Utah

Ralston Crawford Sees the Light

Courtesy of Zabriskie Gallery

Certain exhibitions cast doubt upon the received wisdom.  read more »

Elsewhere: Ethics, Snow

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Brendan Scott captures the moment when the Chairman of the Assembly's Ethics Committee decided to vote for the controversial ethics reform bill.

Eliot Spitzer's appointments so far have not been confirmed by the Republican-controlled state Senate.

The Jewish Press thinks Spitzer is too hard on Sheldon Silver.

The snow storm has Newsday asking, "How far does Tom Suozzi's juice go?"

Hillary leads the Democratic field in Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma and Utah.

Ben explains the rift between the netroots and the religious left.

The "fastest and safest human-powered vehicle ever built," according to one inventor, is here.

The daughter of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was arrested for DUI.

President Bush refused to answer questions about the Scooter Libby trial.

And pictured above is a happy Eliot Spitzer at his budget press conference yesterday.

-- Azi Paybarah

Kid Stays in the Picture: Houseguest’s Weird Tale Of Movies and Abramoff

The modern city dweller must suffer rats, cockroaches, the occasional snakefish and lately, it seems  read more »

Kid Stays in the Picture: Houseguest's Weird Tale Of Movies and Abramoff

The modern city dweller must suffer rats, cockroaches, the occasional snakefish and lately, it seems  read more »

Sundance Schwag: Party Promoters Blast Into Town

On the crowded streets of Park City, Utah, it’s difficult to leave the screening of a small movie  read more »

New York Post Takes Stand Against Shallowness

The New York Post greets plastic-surgery magazine Skin Deep today with a collection of quotes from the new title, assembled into a damning portrait of superficiality:
* "It's a month before your wedding and you want everything to be just perfect! ... The good news is that you can get that Hollywood smile you've been dreaming of."
* "Pregnancy is a special time in a woman's life, but invariably the 'mark of pregnancy' produces changes in her body which are less desirable. Fortunately, excellent treatments are available."
Good stuff! And here are some quotes from recent issues of the Post:
* "For me, modest shaping with a Lady Panasonic does the job just fine. My anti-aging measures notwithstanding, my decision to keep my feminine fleece comes from my concern for future appearances." ( WHEN BALD ISN'T BEAUTIFUL, by Elizabeth Hayt, January 9, 2006)
* "If you're Bonnie Fuller, you're taking a week off. Skiing in Utah with the family." (SCHMOOZING IS A SPORT I KNOW, by Cindy Adams, January 13, 2006)
* "Things one is suddenly required to have a strong opinion on: the new Strokes record (uninspired or solid?); James Frey (huckster or victim?); 'Match Point' (re-tread or reinvention?). The pressure!" (HOT LIST, by Maureen Callahan, January 15, 2006)
* "No network ever offered to turn any of my ideas into a TV show — not even such surefire concepts as 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham?', which combines the how-to elements of a cooking show with the domestic conflict of an Edward Albee play..." ( 'LOVE' THE ONE YOU'RE WITH, by Adam Buckman, January 17, 2006)
* "So, the GGs are over, but the mammaries linger on. Drew Barrymore needed support, and Pamela Anderson needed another room!" (EYES ON CELEBS & THEIR BODS, by Liz Smith, January 19, 2005)
Matt Haber
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A Gentle Times Critic Goes On a Grand Tour

Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic of <i>The New York Times</i>.
Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic of The New York Times.

There are few things more humiliating than crying in Chicago.  read more »

Bigamy: A Modest Proposal

Granted, it's been a slow summer for hard news, but with thealarums and excursions over the computer  read more »

What's Wrong With Wanting a Ring?

When I recently announced that I was getting hitched at 31, a bunch of people started asking me why.  read more »

Mormon's Family Album: Pollock, Reagan, Steve Young

In recent years, Deitch Project, a gallery in SoHo, has made a specialty of exhibiting the we-are-th  read more »

Children of D-Day Refuse to Grow Up

My buddy and I walked the D-Day beaches of Normandy in the spring of 1984, 40 years after civilizati  read more »

Bah, humbug, Hollywood! In a shower of blockbuster movie releases, only The Boxer brings good cheer.

Day-Lewis K.O.'s Xmas Heavyweights Instead of traditional year-end salvation, the 1997 Hollywood San  read more »