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TV highlights for May 28, 2013
Washington Post - 27 May 2013 23:06
RETURNING SHOW: "Transformation specialist" Chris Powell helps people who struggle with obesity learn to adapt healthier lifestyles on the third season of "Extreme Weight Loss" (ABC at 8 p.m.). He starts with 23-year-old...
TLC's 'Family S.O.S.': Supernanny Jo Frost returns to the unhappiest of homes
Washington Post - 27 May 2013 23:11
In her last TV incarnation for seven seasons as "Supernanny," British import Jo Frost arrived at American homes in a black, London-style hackney cab and set about helping the fried parents of manic, misbehaving toddlers ...
High hopes for Latin American art auction amid buoyant market
Reuters - 27 May 2013 11:37
NEW YORK
Some could have gaps in medical coverage under health law
News Observer - 27 May 2013 10:00
When the national health care law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or...
'Real Thing' revived at Studio Theatre
Washington Post - 27 May 2013 23:25
Vows do not mean much to Henry, the adulterous playwright at the center of "The Real Thing." But words do. He's so high-minded about language, in fact, that he refuses to help his second wife, Annie, in her efforts to wh...
PHOTOS: National Geographic Goes To Everest
The Huffington Post - 27 May 2013 23:21Kelly Rowland deems 'Dirty Laundry' therapeutic
Washington Post - 27 May 2013 23:06
Singer Kelly Rowland has long played the role of loyal BFF to Beyonce Knowles, never showing anything but enthusiasm for the astronomical success of her friend and former Destiny's Child groupmate. Rowland carved out a s...
Pop music
Washington Post - 27 May 2013 22:52
Notable recordings from the world of pop music. The Devil Derek Schklar made his name in recent years managing some of Atlanta's steeliest street rappers, including Trouble and Pill. Now, he's unleashing his own brand of...
Simon Hewitt: Tselkov In New York: Brutal Beauty at the Back of the Candy-Store
The Huffington Post - 27 May 2013 22:52
After wowing London with his Last Supper at Saatchi during the Winter, Oleg Tselkov hit New York this Spring.
Daft Punk Breaks Spotify Record
The Huffington Post - 27 May 2013 21:09John Feffer: The Artist as Bullhorn
The Huffington Post - 27 May 2013 21:08
Art, in some sense, upends this relationship between the world and our perceptions of it. Artists provoke us into looking with fresh eyes at the things that we take for granted.
Maureen Ryan: Don Ignites An Old Flame
The Huffington Post - 27 May 2013 20:38Paul McCartney's Gift To Elvis
The Huffington Post - 27 May 2013 20:15How To Really Enjoy a Day Off
Apartment Therapy - 27 May 2013 18:00
A day off is a gift and in today's hard-working world, a thing to be savored. For some of us, that means a recuperating and revitalizing opportunity -- a day without any goals beyond recharging batteries. For others, the...
Viennese artist and convicted pedophile Otto Muehl dies
Reuters - 27 May 2013 16:30
VIENNA
The Reliable Source will return. . .
Washington Post - 27 May 2013 15:29
The Reliable Source is off for the Memorial Day holiday but will return online tomorrow and back in print on Wednesday. In the meantime, some recent highlights: Connie Mack and Mary Bono Mack are divorcing
E. Nina Rothe: Of Middle East Cinema and Filmmakers in Cannes: Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
The Huffington Post - 27 May 2013 15:25
As much as I admire filmmakers, they are modern-day heroes for managing the nearly impossible feat of creating the magic of cinema despite financial restraints and all kinds of obstacles, we must recognize and applaud, e...