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Whatever the general population may think of the Academy’s taste or politics, an Oscar means a whole lot to those graced with that little golden man. Some of the best acting all year comes with the expressions of feigned joy worn by the losers when the real winners are announced. That’s not because the losers won’t be able to find work without that shiny statuette on their resume. Even the biggest stars still care because there’s an element of prestige in the title “Oscar-winning...
...very long ago, we liked everything to be smooth and sleek and glossy. We liked glass coffee tables in our living rooms and black lacquered tiles in our bathrooms. Then suddenly everything changed. Fabrics became worn and soft. Leather became old and brown and distressed. Smooth was out, texture was in. What happened? It all started with two gay men and an English bulldog in a tiny town in North Carolina...
...their pleated relaxed-fit chinos: J. Crew. "We looked at J. Crew's blue shirt that comes already broken in," says Gold. "It's your favorite shirt from your closet. It's familiar." Their idea was to synthesize that familiarity using new materials that felt and looked like well-worn heirlooms. Gold calls his furniture philosophy "relaxed design," which means elegant and affordable, old and new, all at the same time. It makes deracinated college students feel as if they're at home, urban hipsters feel as if they're in the country and suburban yuppies in ranch houses feel...
...general populace seems to agree, and patience is wearing thin. "The public thinks unions are just interest groups acting at the cost of public welfare," says Nam Sung Il, a labor expert at Sogang University in Seoul. Activists appear to have worn out their welcome at Myeongdong Cathedral too. Says associate pastor Lee Jun Sung: "The church shouldn't be exploited as an arena for this kind of fight," adding: "These people just barged in." To drive the point home, the church has cut off electricity to the cathedral...
...Jason Schwartzman got to be the president of the Debate Society and the founder of the Bee Keepers Club. In real life, he gets to play drums for the sunny post-grunge band Phantom Planet. The band’s new label, Epic, has dolled up the fivesome in worn denim and messy hair, plopped them on a sidewalk stoop and photographed them in black and white for an album cover worthy of The Strokes. And why not? If that band can make it big with throwbacks to punk’s heyday and a hype campaign to embarrass...