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Married to the Snob

In a very funny scene in Nick Hornbyâs new novel, Juliet, Naked, Annie makes a list of novels for a man sheâs met online. The two have...
Newsweek, 10/12/09 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
Let Them Eat Cupcakes

At the Johnny Cupcakes stores in Los Angeles, Boston, and Hull, Mass., you can buy cupcake-emblazoned T shirts. You can buy MAKE CUPCAKES NOT WAR...
Newsweek, 10/05/09 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
How to Read a Menu

Frank Bruni loves the menu at New Yorkâs Standard Grill, where weâve met to discuss his new memoir, Born Round. Heâs lukewarm about...
Newsweek, 09/21/09 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
Dark, With Almost No Sugar

Thereâs a scene in Judd Apatowâs new movie, Funny People, in which George Simmons (Adam Sandler), a famous comedian fighting a terminal...
Newsweek, 07/27/09 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
Kathryn Bigelow: Road Warrior

Just before dawn one July morning, Kathryn Bigelow was setting up a shot for The Hurt Locker in the Jordanian desert. The movie follows an...
Newsweek, 06/29/09 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
Why Is It A Sin To Read For Fun?

Jodi Picoult makes lots of people love booksâbut has she become too successful to be taken seriously? The young woman with blonde ringlets has...
Newsweek, 04/20/09 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication

‘The Real Spinal Tap’

âSpinal Tapâ made mockumentaries the art form of our time. It also made life hell for every struggling hair-metal bandâjust ask...
Newsweek, 04/20/09 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
A Lawyer’s New Jefferson Memorial

The next chapter in the Hemings saga When she was in first grade, Annette Gordon-Reed made history. Although Brown v. Board of Education had...
Newsweek, 10/13/08 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
Take the Bananas and Run

At 72, a superstitious Woody Allen is still working hard, but is terrified of the void, the âmeaningless flickerâ of life. Woody Allen...
Newsweek, 08/25/08 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication
A Word From Our Sponsor

âMad Menâ may be set in the 1960s, but the showâs period-piece ads tell us plenty about ourselves. This week on âMad...
Newsweek, 08/04/08 by Jennie Yabroff · More from publication