A few weeks back a flyer began circulating on ye olde interwebs rumoring that random party attendee Bill Murray would embark on a bash crashing tour of these United States over the summer. Unfortunately for those who believe everything they read, the poster’s hotline is the direct number for the…
Recently fashion designer Ralph Lauren came under fire for the outfits he created for Team USA to wear during the Olympics opening ceremony. Turns out his preppy patriotic duds were made in China instead of the team’s home turf. However, if the international competition’s history is any indication, the fashions…
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For longtime fans of the aging reality competition show Project Runway, Tim Gunn merits worship and “make it work” is a life mantra. But on its decennial, the show has plenty to consider in the way of a makeover. From its inception at Bravo and jump to Lifetime (we’re still…
Of all American popular sports, slow-paced, detail-oriented, and poetic baseball might be the most Shakespearean. The pastime collides with the storied scribe in Friendly People Productions’ Bardball and Other Plays, a trio of comedic shorts by Cindy Brown, Drew Derrix Templeton, and New Times contributor Julie Peterson. On stage through…
Esquire editor-at-large A.J. Jacobs released a list of takeaways from his latest book about fitness, Drop Dead Healthy. The most horrifying of which is number three: “Why I use the Purell dispensers at the gym: MRSA, athlete’s foot, jock itch…” The cringe-inspiring list goes on and makes the prospect of…
Taking celebrity advice on how to get (and stay) skinny is glamorous and tempting. But once Tracy Anderson’s personal trainer bills arrive, gung-ho gals realize the pilates classes are full of snotty, competitive yuppies, and Bethenny Frankel’s intense calorie restrictions are revealed as bananas (but you may not eat the…
Books have long served as moviemakers’ source material. And this year’s box office bait is literary as ever with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina, and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit luring audiences to theaters. Cinephiles can tack Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises onto that list, too…
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Francophiles that we are, we’ve always sported a soft spot for Marie Antoinette. Sure, she technically played party to the broadening of the gap between rich and poor in 18th-century France. But the dauphine-turned-queen was functionally illiterate, had a joke of a hubby in Louis XVI, and, despite popular opinion,…
Olympic fever is this close to totally saturating your daily lives, and, instead of sitting on the couch (obligatory ice cream and/or potato chips in hand) musing about how fast the track and field squad can move, follow in the marathoner footsteps of ASU grad and team USA runner Desiree…
Some movies are the visual equivalent of comfort food: a little cheesy and a lot satisfying. Whether you’re sick, grumpy, or have a case of the mean reds, it’s usually old movies that offer such soothing. Singin’ in the Rain is one of those flicks, with Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor,…
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In the Valley of the Sun everyone has a little scene of their friends, hobbies, and hangouts. That’s all well and good. There’s nothing really wrong with doing your own thing, but perhaps a little figurative shaking up and stirring wouldn’t hurt. In comes RAW Scottsdale’s Mixology Arts Showcase, an…
For someone who’s been dead (yeah, “allegedly,” whatever) for nearly 16 years, Tupac Shakur sure has been in the news a lot lately. First the deceased rapper got some California love when a hologram resembling him “performed” alongside Snoop Dogg at Coachella. Then it was revealed that a gunman had…
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