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  • Whitewashing Roman Polanski

    More than 30 years after he raped a 13-year-old girl, the fugitive director hoped a skewed documentary would reopen his case. Thankfully, a judge said no dice.
  • French lovers and Iraq vets

    The Berlin International Film Festival offers a break from Starbucks-style cinema, and even Renée Zellweger gives a good performance.
  • Live! Nude! Puppies! The year in viral video

    Except for those snuggly Shiba Inus, Sarah Palin and Tina Fey dominated as Web video went pro.
  • The year celebrity scandal died

    Amy Winehouse imploded, Tina Fey triumphed, Heath Ledger overdosed -- and so did the tabloid era. Finally.
  • Black presidents we have known

    What does it look like to have an African-American in the White House? Pop culture has offered versions awful and great, from Sammy Davis Jr. to Chris Rock.
  • Dreams of John Adams

    Saturn rockets, Wagner in the Sierras, 9/11 voices -- the renowned composer discusses the visions and emotions behind his acclaimed and controversial music.
  • Born to runway

    This season's "Project Runway" hopefuls show off their collections -- pastel plaid! flashes of breast! -- at New York Fashion Week.
  • True grittiness of Iraq

    From battlefield chaos to soldier-strength profanity, HBO's "Generation Kill" faithfully captures Marine Corps life during the invasion.
  • Ricky goes to Hollywood

    Ricky Gervais, the comic whiz behind "The Office," aims his nervy, discomfiting humor at the stand-up stage and movie stardom.
  • So you think they can break-dance?

    Forget the Bronx and South Central. If you want to find the best hip-hop dancers in the world look farther east, to South Korea.
  • Everyone hates the Tonys

    But those big-belting dames and over-the-top dance numbers bring out my inner theater geek -- and give my heart a wedgie.
  • The real high-school musical

    Forget Zac Efron and his singing, dancing friends. These real, live high-school musical videos deserve a standing ovation.
  • Strange but true

    Composer Stew bares all about his raucous Broadway hit "Passing Strange" -- and why his song "We Just Had Sex" won't be on TV on Tony night.
  • My Paulina, my country

    During the making of a film about my exile from Chile, I finally met the anonymous woman who saved my life during Pinochet's murderous reign.
  • The ugliest election

    From the overly decorous Gore team to the bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court, HBO's enraging docudrama shows the Florida recount like it was.
  • May the best logo win

    The battle for the presidency may have as much to do with fonts, flags and sunrises as healthcare plans and war stances.
  • The truth about "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

    Family and friends of Jean-Dominique Bauby speak out about how Julian Schnabel's Oscar-nominated film honors and defames Bauby's real story.
  • The quest for the perfect game face

    Video game designers are racing to create characters that feel real. Now, if they could only turn digital figures into flesh and blood.
  • Happy ending for writers

    Once upon a time there were film and TV writers who were getting screwed over by the suits. Thanks to the outcome of the WGA strike, those days are over.
  • And they're auf!

    "Project Runway" designers march their designs -- feathers! fringe! Oprah-worthy pronouncements -- down the catwalk at Fashion Week. Who will take the prize?
  • Alice in Fashionland

    Love-starved reality TV stars! Food-starved baby-faced models! Clothes that starve the imagination! A first foray into New York Fashion Week.
  • Hot off "The Wire"

    Join Salon staff as we discuss Episode 5 of "The Wire"
  • The year in celebrity scandal

    From attention-seeking celebrities to roving nut jobs with automatic weapons to the self-deluded editors of mean-spirited gossip rags, this is the year that media-savvy lunatics took over the asylum.
  • Flirting with disaster

    Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her?
  • Their favorite things

    Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.
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