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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Gabriel Winant Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/13/orly_taitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/13/orly_taitz/index.html?source=rss The head Birther talks about Obama's boyfriends, the long arm of Hugo Chavez and how the Web is rigged against her By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/18/john_woo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/18/john_woo/index.html?source=rss Back home after 17 years, the action maestro has created his biggest spectacle -- and rebooted China's film biz By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/16/gordon_levitt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/16/gordon_levitt/index.html?source=rss After starring in a summer rom-com and kicking ass in "G.I. Joe," the one-time TV teen returns to "Uncertainty" By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/almodovar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/almodovar/index.html?source=rss The Spanish director on his delirious new movie-movie with Penelope Cruz, and how the New York Dolls fought Franco By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/11/harrelson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/11/harrelson/index.html?source=rss The one-time "Cheers" star turned eco-radical climbs into bed to talk about his new film, and the new James Dean By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/18/malkovich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/18/malkovich/index.html?source=rss The screen icon on playing Coetzee's doomed hero, rewriting other people's scripts and making terrible movies By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss "No Impact" couple Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin on the new movie capturing their year without A/C, TV or T.P. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/10/crude/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/10/crude/index.html?source=rss Documentarian Joe Berlinger on the amazing Amazon pollution case in "Crude" -- and its link to the West Memphis 3 By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/27/cutler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/27/cutler/index.html?source=rss Director R.J. Cutler on Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington and the backstage fashion dramas of "The September Issue" By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/12/blomkamp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/12/blomkamp/index.html?source=rss Peter Jackson protégé Neill Blomkamp talks about "District 9," the sci-fi breakthrough of the summer By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/07/31/thirst/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/07/31/thirst/index.html?source=rss Director Park Chan-wook talks about his delirious, dark-comic "Thirst" -- this year's other, better vampire romance By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/25/lovely_life/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/25/lovely_life/index.html?source=rss Vicki Forman's twins weighed only a pound at birth. She thought they should be allowed to die. Doctors disagreed By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/07/23/spacey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/07/23/spacey/index.html?source=rss The two-time Oscar winner talks about his move away from Hollywood and his new role as a pothead Dr. Phil type By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/18/babysitter_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/18/babysitter_history/index.html?source=rss She's the source of fear, frustration and sexual fantasy. A new social history looks at girls who care for our kids By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/10/robert_stavins_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/10/robert_stavins_interview/index.html?source=rss As the debate over the Waxman-Markey climate bill rages on, Harvard's top environmental economist sheds some light By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/26/bigelow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/26/bigelow/index.html?source=rss Action queen Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal talk about "The Hurt Locker," their pulse-elevating Iraq drama By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/06/20/daddy_shift/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/06/20/daddy_shift/index.html?source=rss Today's fathers spend more time with their children than ever. One of them talks about why that's a good thing By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/18/overeating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/18/overeating/index.html?source=rss We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving? By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/12/food_inc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/12/food_inc/index.html?source=rss Michael Pollan and director Robert Kenner talk about "Food, Inc.," the movie agribusiness doesn't want you to see. By Caitlin Shamberg Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/06/11/moon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/06/11/moon/index.html?source=rss Sam Rockwell and Duncan Jones talk about their new space movie and the pleasures of 1970s science fiction films. By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/25/halfway_heaven/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/25/halfway_heaven/index.html?source=rss How couch potato Mark Obmascik changed his life, and his body, summiting dozens of Colorado mountains in one summer By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/22/soderbergh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/22/soderbergh/index.html?source=rss The indie film legend talks about his latest experiment: Casting a real-life porn star as a high-class call girl By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/16/purity_myth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/16/purity_myth/index.html?source=rss Why is our culture so obsessed with girls' chastity? Author Jessica Valenti talks about how purity balls and "barely legal" porn both feed the same idea: That a woman's worth is between her legs. By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/05/15/oliver_assayas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/05/15/oliver_assayas/index.html?source=rss French director Olivier Assayas talks about the temporary intimacy of filmmaking and his new movie, "Summer Hours." By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/07/kirby_dick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/07/kirby_dick/index.html?source=rss Closeted gay politicians like you-know-who and hm-hm aren't just personally screwed-up, says filmmaker Kirby Dick. They're hopelessly distorting democracy.