Obsession

  • My roommate is addicted to eBay

    She's buying rugs, she's buying rings, and she never leaves the house!
  • I suffer from hair-pulling disorder

    I compulsively pluck my eyebrows and have to draw them on -- I'm terrified I will be found out.
  • Between love and madness lies ... Eva Mendes' nipple?

    The newest perfume ad from Calvin Klein is as scandalous as ever.
  • Drafted into the cult of war

    I am not obsessed with the battle; I am the battle.
  • Butlers in love

    Mark Stock's most famous series of paintings depicts tuxedoed men in various obsessive poses.
  • Kiddie fixations

    I am walking through life with the elephant obsessed.
  • Full tilt

    Quixotic, obsessive, panty-waving zealots are staking out their own corporate windmills. Are they heroes or crackpots?
  • Love's labors flossed

    Inventor Sean Dix wanted to revolutionize the way we get rid of plaque. Now he's in jail for threatening Ted Turner's life.
  • The return of the hidden persuaders

    Driven by a booming economy, a corporate obsession with brand-building and a feelgood philosophy, a motley crew of ex-grad students, starry-eyed admen and hypnosis gurus are probing the consumer unconscious to sell soap.
  • Austin's powers

    Falling in and out of love with the International Man of Mystery.
  • "Star Wars" widows

    As their mates obsess over movies, these women find their relationships crushed under the weight of the Force.
  • The road to hell was paved with handbags

  • Music Feature: A match made in pop heaven

    A match made in pop heaven: Costello's words and Bacharach's music were meant to be together

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