Fair warning: Just because you smell like Thor doesn't mean you're going to score Natalie Portman -- or any girl for that matter. In fact, there's no guarantee of any direct (or physical) benefit of smelling like a big, sweaty superhero, but that hasn't stopped fragrance company JADS international from releasing...
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How did the Will Ferrell-in-Spanish movie ever get made? Casa de Mi Padre is a Spanish-language comedy starring Will Ferrell as a simpleminded, asexual Mexican cowboy who welcomes the return of his prodigal brother Raul (Diego Luna) to the family ranch but eyes Raul's beautiful fiancée with suspicion. The movie...
The Arizona Court of Appeal is weighing whether to overturn a ruling that protected from public release Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail log.It's unknown when the judges who heard arguments in the case on Tuesday will make their ruling.The log maintained by Gordon's security detail -- sworn Phoenix police officers...
BirdmanThe rules of Birdman are simple. First, make the “okay” sign with your index fingers and thumbs. Rotate your wrists outward and flip these rings over your eyes. These are your “goggles.” If, while wearing your goggles, you make eye contact with a participating Birdman player (after they’ve agreed to play with a handshake) he […]
One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action, and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yours? At the release party for Jennifer Campbell and Catherine Akins' Join + Cast, a Guide to Contemporary Art in July, small pamphlets and pencils...
If there is not a tsunami of underage prostitutes in America, that is not to say that there are no children trapped in this world. Of course, there are. Yet, as we have pointed out in numerous stories, few resources have been devoted to sheltering the victims. If you want...
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We know you're crazy busy this time of year, and so are local theater companies. With very few revivals of Curtains-approved holiday extravaganzas on the boards in 2011, we ran around and checked out as many of the current crop of offerings as we could. Here are four plays running through the weekend...
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Maricopa County, advising residents that the temperature for much of the week will be in excess of 110 degrees -- which completely f***ing sucks.The mercury hit 113 degrees today -- which is pretty hot for this time of year...
Thrice has been a staple in the alternative rock world for more than a decade. But even to those paying close attention, the band's extensive catalog is hard to keep up with. Their eighth album, Major/Minor, was released on September 20 and is --as usual-- another stage in the band's...
Some meals are meant to be solo adventures, reserved reflections on flavors executed with slow, thoughtful bites in the quietude of an intimate setting. This was not one of them. The thought occurred to me when the steaming sticky rice arrived in a small bamboo basket. Like children suddenly permitted...
Mike Fitzgerald announced Wednesday that he was closing the doors of Climbmax, effective immediately. Word spread quickly through the climbing community, and an open letter was posted by Fitzgerald on the Climbmax website:"Due to reasons beyond our control, we have been forced to immediately close this facility," Fitzgerald writes. "Closing the gym...
TheAtlantic.com released its list of America's 19 "Most Hated Companies" -- based on the American Customer Satisfaction Index -- earlier this month, four of which happen to be airlines (imagine that). Among them is Tempe-based U.S. Airways.The airline came in at the six spot on TheAtlantic's list with a 61/100...
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Update: Kings of Leon have called off the rest of the band's tour, which was scheduled to hit Phoenix on September 6.Perhaps he started to really listen to what he was singing, perhaps he finally realized that he also sells fancy scarves for a living -- whatever the case may...
he Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has researched and cataloged an index of its clergymen accused of sexually abusing kids and now has released some of their identities to the public. Spearheaded by Bishop Thomas Olmsted, the Diocese is putting out a list of sexually abusive clergymen on its newly revamped website. The...
Russell Jefferson waves at the two women standing in front of his apartment. He hobbles through the crosswalk on Seventh Avenue south of Osborn, pushing a makeshift cart with groceries from a nearby Bashas'. Jefferson's humble apartment of about a year is his first real home in a decade or...
Just because school's out doesn't mean you have to be caught home alone with only your Wii to keep you company. Whether you're a word nerd, techie, or science dweeb, put the summer reading list down, the video games away, and try out these local ways to get out this...
If the misery of your daily life has you wanting to eat a bullet rather than face the reality of another day, you may want to consider moving -- Phoenix has been ranked the most miserable city in the entire country.According to a Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal "misery index," Phoenix's changes in...
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Good news, fatsos: you may now be able to blame your flab on your friends.According to a recent study by researchers at Arizona State University, obesity is socially contagious...
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's son, police Officer Jeff Gordon, has been on paid administrative leave since January as police officials conduct an internal investigation over allegations of "inappropriate contact."The Phoenix Police Department won't say much more than that, but apparently Jeff' Gordan has been using his paid time off to...
In his quest for the presidency, Texas Governor Rick Perry says three things: His state's economy is better than America's. Low taxes and small government are the reasons. He gets the credit. Almost none of that is true. The Texas economy isn't stronger than the national economy, and it may...
In case you hadn't heard, Madison, Wisconsin, looks more like Cairo, Egypt, these days, with thousands of people taking to the streets in protest of Governor Scott Walker's new budget and the effect it has on the bargaining rights of union workers, namely, the most coddled of all government employees:...