James Brown

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What you need to see, read, do this week: Prom night tales, James Brown's '60s soul, Charlie's kindest Angel.
Aug 2, 2008

  • Hurley and Grant swept up by rumor hurricane

    Hugh allegedly caught snogging with 21-year-old; fans seeking Britney dirt get it, and lots more. Plus: Eminem gets some respect -- from Marilyn Manson!
    By Amy Reiter July 18, 2000

  • 'N Tact

    Baby one more time: Teen pop stars don't put out. Plus! Playboy courts Swank; Jackson disses Singleton; Hewitt trashes Di. Oh my.
    By Amy Reiter May 2, 2000

  • "Main Event"

    A retrospective of Howard Bingham's photography recalls the Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle."
    By Stephen Lemons February 28, 2000

  • It's a boy's, boy's, boy's world (and a girl's)

    "Liberty Heights" stars Ben Foster and Rebekah Johnson talk about race relations and "spilling seed" in Barry Levinson's latest look back at Baltimore.
    By Michael Sragow December 16, 1999

  • Merry olde millennium

    Britain's kittens purr and hiss: Rupert on royal dysfunction, Kate on connubial bliss. And now for something just like everything else ... John Cleese develops a sitcom.
    By Amy Reiter December 8, 1999

  • The Artist you better not call Prince

    After nearly two decades as rock royalty, his inner flame still burns hot purple -- rain or shine.
    By David Rubien September 27, 1999

  • Aretha Franklin

    A poet-novelist who knew the Queen of Soul as a teenager looks back at the forces and influences that shaped one of the world's greatest singers.
    By Al Young August 3, 1999

  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    A transatlantic crime caper arrives in America jetlagged.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams March 5, 1999

  • Newsreal: The fame economy

    What's good for Michael Jordan is good for America
    By Jonathan Broder December 18, 1997

  • Wall-to-wallowing carpet

    The songs on British folk singer Beth Orton's "Trailer Park" will brighten any Winnebago.
    By Sarah Vowell June 27, 1997

  • Brand New Heavies

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
    By Ezra Gale June 16, 1997
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