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You have something on your face

11/07/2009 09:00 AM

There are bad hair days, and then there are bad hair days. But we’re hoping this picture inspires you to write a great (and fake and funny) caption. Then e-mail that caption (with your name, city and phone number, please) to starfyi@gmail.com. Put “11/6 caption contest” in the subject line. Deadline for entries is 11:59 tonight.

Irving’s ‘Last Night in Twisted River’ mirrors his career

11/10/2009 07:36 AM

John Irving has always called himself an underdog, and he still talks like one — even at 67, even wildly famous as one of America’s great storytellers, even at the release of his 12th novel, certain to be a best-seller. Maybe he feels goaded. A recent review of “Last Night in Twisted River” used such words as tricked-up, gimmicky, cartoony, cheesy and preposterous — all in the first sentence. (Although the reviewer, the famously harsh New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani, kindly followed up with “deeply felt” and “often moving.”)

Michael Jackson an icon of style again

11/09/2009 06:58 PM

In Michael Jackson’s “This Is It,” moviegoers do not see the elaborate costumes created for the tour that never was, bedazzled with 4 million Swarovski crystals and lighted up using LED technology. Those are on display at the O2 Arena in London, where the engagement had been scheduled to begin in July, and will go on to New York and Tokyo.

Stargazing: James Woods wants justice, Kid Rock gets a star

11/09/2009 05:38 PM

James Woods: Seeking ‘justice’ James Woods was in a Rhode Island courtroom Monday for opening statements in a lawsuit he filed against a hospital where his younger brother died three years ago.

A case of the Mondays | Jaclyn Frankenberg is quite the Angel (unless you chew loudly)

11/09/2009 02:01 AM

People frequently misspell and mispronounce Jaclyn Frankenberg’s first name. “We laugh about it when people call me JacQUEline. It sounds so formal,” says Jaclyn, 22, who lives in Prairie Village. Her mom borrowed the name from Charlie’s Angel Jaclyn Smith, but most everyone calls her Jac.

An upholstered headboard adds a focal point to the bedroom

11/09/2009 09:45 AM

Watch TV’s “Mad Men” and you may notice the upholstered headboard in the bedroom of Don Draper and his wife, Betty. Soft, plush headboards were popular in the 1960s timeframe of the show, and they’re making a modern comeback.

Jeneé Osterheldt

How can we stand by and do nothing?

She was leaving a high school homecoming dance. It should have been a night that ended with happy memories and silly pictures to be posted on her Facebook page the next day.

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Get in the holiday mood with a festive homes tour

11/10/2009 08:27 AM

The holiday season whizzes by before you know it, so why not carve out some “me time” and take a tranquil tour of lavishly decorated mansions, historic landmarks and contemporary condos?


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