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...JOEL STEIN is better known for his humor column than for reporting on terror attacks, but he has recently been covering the rescue effort. Talk to him about that and how the tragedy has affected humor in America, on Monday at 8 p.m. E.T., Keyword: Live...
Gary and Andi Sherwin of Westlake Village, Calif., were always considered the cool parents by their 18-year-old son Joel's circle of friends. When Joel lived under their roof, they welcomed flocks of teens to their home and hosted coed sleepovers. "Three or four boys and girls sleep downstairs in sleeping bags, fully clothed. That's O.K.," says Gary, 56. But when Joel became sexually active, there was a tightening in the family rules, and Gary and Andi spelled them out with great specificity. No sleepovers with a girlfriend. Joel could entertain in his room behind closed doors...
...band began to delve more deeply into themes of loss and inability to cope with life which had only been hinted at in their first album. The more emotional side of the band soon started a chorus of comparisons to other piano rockers like Elton John and Bily Joel, although Folds himself claims to have more similarities with Randy Newman. Songs like “Evaporated,” which Folds fought to keep on the album, showed his ability to transcend the smart-ass energy they began with. The group made their first real foray into popular culture when...
...what constitutes normal? In the past, Hollywood has dealt with devastation in different ways. Screwball comedies and lavish MGM musicals entertained destitute Depression-era audiences, and World War II brought a slew of patriotic and nationalistic films. Diversion was the key. As socially minded protagonist John Sullivan (Joel McCrea) realizes in Preston Sturges’ classic satire Sullivan’s Travels (1941), there wasn’t any shame in choosing to direct a silly film (Ants In Your Pants—the sequel) as opposed to a more somber choice (O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
...after they started dating, the two moved in together. Over the years they pursued their careers - Stig is a musician and sound technician; Malene a preschool teacher - lived in a series of rented homes in Elsinore, a city 50 km from Copenhagen, and had three children: Aske, now 11; Joel, 9 and daughter Signe, 6. What they never did was get married. "We considered marriage when we had our first child, mainly because it would give Stig a stronger position [on custody rights] in case we split up," says Malene. But they quickly decided to leave things as they were...