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The beginning of last year was hectic for Francesca Cisneros, an energetic young businesswoman who was heading up a new mortgage office in Phoenix.
She was working...
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The first time I heard of Attack of the Giant Squid, I was drinking whiskey with my friend Rob Birmingham, a.k.a. Fun Bobby, who used to bartend and book shows at Hollywood...
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An extended dance remix of the Stone Roses' track "Fool's Gold" was blaring out of the sound system as I tried — fruitlessly — to flag down my waiter on a recent...
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Midway through last April's press screening of Paul Greengrass' United 93, I made a mental note to watch the end credits for the name of the actor playing the role of Ben...
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Make a Saturday morning stop at the neighborhood garage sale, and you might find a stack of watercolors depicting flowers, butterflies and landscapes, at 25 cents apiece. They...
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Explaining the appeal of the WarioWare series is like trying to describe a fever dream: It doesn't make sense unless experienced.
Nevertheless, here goes: Mario's...
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• Don't speed or run red lights. (Don't run red lights. Well, okay, but never speed? Hello!)
• Know where the cameras are:
Paradise Valley:
Three intersections with r...
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Club Candids has been showing a lot of love to the straight folks lately, so we decided to hit up Burn Nightclub to get a good dose of gay on Saturday, February 3. The...
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As we've seen from British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's guerrilla-style comedy hit Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, one...
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"Armor de Amor — Agave Art for the 21st Century" at five15 Gallery: Artist Carrie May Kreyche pairs natural objects with manmade materials to make humorous, yet profound,...
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The Science of Sleep (Warner Bros.)
Feature films are to video directors what sitcoms are to stand-up comedians, and for every David Fincher and Seinfeld, there are dozens of...
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When prosecutors accused the owners of Ajo Al's of violating the county's health code and sickening diners, it took the restaurateurs seven months to get their day in court...
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Few events on the U.S. holiday calendar muster the same degree of cynicism in people as Valentine's Day, the other notable dates being Christmas and Election Day. Somehow, this...
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What could be scarier than yet another PG-13 creepfest serving up pasty, staggering ghouls with stringy hair? Why, the same PG-13 creepfest set against the high-tension...
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Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years of the Master of Suspense (Lions Gate)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal)
Anything but Love: Volume One (Fox)
Arabian Nights...
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With its cavernous spaces, handsome brick walls, and soaring ceilings supported by intricate wooden trusses, Bentley Projects is as easy on the eyes as any of the high-end...
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Iron Maiden made it into the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for achieving a sound level of 124 dB (decibels) at the 1988 "Monsters of Rock" Festival. Since the...
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Fascist and Furious
What do you want the boy to do?: For the first time since living in Arizona, I'm truly afraid. After reading the story of how Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his...
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David Lowery lost his share of fans when he followed his days at the helm of one of independent rock's most willfully eccentric acts — Camper Van Beethoven — with...
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Dear Readers:
Gracias to all of ustedes who submitted pictures for my racist Mexican restaurant logo contest — they were all muy bueno. Winners will be announced in a...
