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'Not Pretty Enough' updates Cosmo editor's legacy

Friday, 29 July 2016, 13:41 Last update: about 9 years ago

Helen Gurley Brown's book about lesbians might be the most entertaining nonfiction that never actually got written. Brown's proposal for such a book as a follow-up to her 1962 debut advice guide,...

Steven Tyler hits pause on Aerosmith to go a little country

Thursday, 28 July 2016, 14:41 Last update: about 9 years ago

He's led the bad-boy rock band Aerosmith for decades, written a book, learned to parasail, and is the father of four children. But Steven Tyler had at least one more goal before hitting 70: his first...

Q&A: Laughing along with the wickedly funny 'Ghostbusters'

Thursday, 28 July 2016, 13:52 Last update: about 9 years ago

It takes all of 30 seconds for Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon to start cracking each other up - and anyone else lucky enough to be in the room with all that infectious...

Polk unpacks leaving Wall Street in 'For the Love of Money'

Thursday, 28 July 2016, 13:39 Last update: about 9 years ago

While working at his dream job as a senior trader on Wall Street, Sam Polk received a bonus of several million dollars. He was enraged: it wasn't enough. "For the Love of Money" chronicles the story...

Prince bought Minneapolis house featured in 'Purple Rain'

Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 14:41 Last update: about 9 years ago

A real estate agent says Prince last year bought a Minneapolis "fixer-upper" featured in his 1984 hit movie "Purple Rain," though the megastar never lived in the home. Deborah Larsen of Coldwell...

Schamus, former studio head, turns director in 'Indignation'

Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 13:52 Last update: about 9 years ago

F. Scott Fitzgerald estimated that less than six people had ever fully grasped "the whole equation" of the movie business. James Schamus would have made it half a dozen. Schamus is, somehow,...

Graphic novelist Mark Siegel working on new series

Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 13:36 Last update: about 9 years ago

Random House Books for Young Readers announced Thursday that Siegel had agreed to a three-book deal for "5 Worlds," a sci-fi-fantasy series featuring "a defiant young girl and the five...

Candi Staton blends gospel and dance on new album

Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 14:40 Last update: about 9 years ago

Candi Staton blends gospel themes and messages of redemption and caution with dance music, funk and soul on "It's Time to Be Free," revisiting earlier hits and perhaps creating new ones. Staton,...

Birbiglia gives improv its first close-up on the big screen

Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 13:50 Last update: about 9 years ago

Good improv is like a magic act, conjured out of thin air. A handful of people step onto the stage with nothing prepared, and - poof! - an hour of laughs tumbles forth from unpredictable, off-the-cuff...

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