By Stephen Hunter, Page E01
It's finally happened. A big-time, big-budget filmmaker has finally put the Hollywood limelight squarely on the bank robber extraordinaire John Dillinger, who for 13 months in 1933 and 1934 riveted America with his big-time take-downs, full-metal-jacket shootouts, and hairbreadth escapes, all of ...
By Celia Wren, Page E01
The awakening of "Spring Awakening" was slow and wintry. When the rock musical premiered at New York's Atlantic Theater Company in June 2006, composer and alternative-pop star Duncan Sheik -- then best-known for his mid-'90s mega-hit "Barely Breathing" -- had been laboring on the piece for some s...
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By Robin Givhan, Page E01
It is only a detail in an outlandish story of adultery, lies, political death and narcissism that knows no bounds, but there is something splendidly defiant in the wardrobe Jenny Sanford, the wife of Gov. Mark Sanford, has been wearing the past few days. Her husband has spent nearly a fortnight d...
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Moves Forward With Echoes of the Past
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Change is constant for Wilco. Guided by the songs and voice of Jeff Tweedy, 41, every one of the band's albums since 1996's "Being There" (with the arguable exception of 2007's "Sky Blue Sky") has explored new subjects, textures and song structures. And of its six members, only Tweedy and bassist...
By Carolyn Hax, Page E02
Dear Carolyn: I have been dating a woman who is, save in one respect, the woman of my dreams. She is everything: beautiful, generous, kind, great in bed, a great cook, quick to apologize when she's wrong, quick to forgive me when I've been an ass, hard-working, faithful, of fine character and of ...
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They weren't kidding when they called it "Tough Love." With Steve Ward at the helm, the first season of VH1's dating reality show was a festival of tears, obscenities and crazy-girl breakdowns.
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If George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate makes it onto the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, it will join iconic
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Trying Out for a Role on the Global Stage, Mount Vernon Downplays Its Lead Character
By Brigid Schulte, Page E07
Just about every American, from the time they're 6 or so, learns that Mount Vernon is Founding Father George Washington's home. They draw pictures of the grand farmhouse in art class. Study it in history. File onto buses and reverently visit the hallowed ground along the Potomac River.
The Heart of the Broadway Musical Now Beats With an Unmistakable Rhythm
By Peter Marks, Page E08
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens used to be a few of the American musical's favorite things. These days, however, a more combustible type of song imagery -- translated through pulsing electric guitar riffs and synthesized power ballads -- has become the staple of the musical theater. ¶ ...
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TOKYO -- Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, the portable cassette player that revolutionized the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age: the iPod.
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BARBERSHOP/BEAUTY PARLOR 11 a.m. Beauty Tales With Joni Jones and Toni Blackman
