Lesbian teen romance a surprise winner at the British Film Academy awards (The Advocate)
The Aviator swooped to land the Best Picture prize at Saturday's BAFTA awards, though the Hollywood blockbuster had to share the limelight with Vera Drake, a low-budget British drama about a backstreet abortionist.
Age of romance Younger teens can lose self with older partner (Boston Herald)
Does age matter when it comes to teenage romance? Teen queen Lindsay Lohan dated ``That '70s Show's'' Wilmer Valderama, 24, for nearly nine months until their recent breakup. She kept their relation...
Culture Shock (Alibi)
Director Preston Mendenhall has brought one of sweet William Shakespeare's last and most obscure plays to the Adobe Theatre. Cymbeline mixes comedy, tragedy and romance into a fairytale-like story about a princess who marries a young man of whom her father, Cymbeline, does not approve.
Dazed and Confused (The Nation via Yahoo! News)
Perhaps no cultural phenomenon has been as successful at demonizing alcohol as MTV's The Real World. Watch it sometime. You'll never want to drink again. The roommates--barely legal, scared, nervous and prone to idiotic exhibitionism--are abandoned in foreign cities, with lots of money and practically nothing to do. They live in close quarters with other men and women, some of whom they don't
Preview Calendar Feb. 17 (Kansas City Star)
KING'S SINGERS: By Harriman Arts Program of William Jewell College. 8 p.m. Feb. 19, Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th. KANSAS CITY YOUTH SYMPHONY CONCERT: 1-6:30 p.m. Feb. 20, Sprint Festival Plaza, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing.
Possibility of a deal left open (Toronto Star)
Lawyers for two accused in the savage Johnathan killing say they hope to work out a deal with the Crown to avoid a new trial after the first one was aborted Tuesday night.
With No Fanfare (Nashville City Paper)
Lots to talk about this month, so let’s just get to it. Two books I’d like to recommend but didn’t get the chance to write about are Livewires No. 1 and Runaways Vol. 2 No. 1 , both of which just hit stands Wednesday, fun books with fresh ideas and a lot of promise.
Area notes: Time for lecture on Willard Clocks in Dedham (The Daily News Transcript)
J ohn R. Stephens, director of the Willard House and Clock Museum, will be discussing Willard Clocks at the Dedham Historical Society Museum on Tuesday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.
New York Daily News - Entertainment - 'Wuthering' is high drama (New York Daily News)
Emily Bronte, meet John Hughes. A new theater show has updated Bronte's classic 19th-century romanceÂ, "Wuthering Heights," and placed it in the perfect setting for a tale of tortured lovers, jealousy, betrayal and revenge.
Finding Success, Winding Up Miserable (Gay City News)
261 W. 47 St. Tue.-Sat. 8 p.m.; David Margulies’ new play at the Biltmore Theater, “Brooklyn Boy,” is an ordinary play of no great aspirations to be anything other than it is. What that is, however, is charming and engaging with a strong cast and accomplished production values.
