Books
First-time novelist and Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Jennifer Weiner has written a lightweight comic romp about a heavyweight, wisecracking entertainment writer for a fictional Philadelphia newspaper.
Aug. 26, 2001
Television
ABC’s new “Buddies” is not close to being comedy friendly, its interracial cloddishness teetering on the cutting edge of warmed-over Norman Lear, despite being from the same people responsible for the network’s hit “Home Improvement.”
March 5, 1996
Music
If you want simple answers, don’t ask John Cale or Bob Neuwirth what their collaborative album “Last Day on Earth” is about.
April 29, 1994
Its four male buddies are borderline bozos, single adults still wallowing in adolescence.
March 16, 1996
Movies
“Somewhere in the City” has such an endearing sensibility, good-humored and surprisingly tender, and such a wonderfully improbable cast, that it’s tempting to forgive its strained, synthetic stretches and its tendency to meander.
Oct. 2, 1998
California
After the verdicts, defense attorney Johnnie L.
Oct. 5, 1995
High School Sports
Cleveland High might have pulled a first Friday night when two players from the football team were elected homecoming king and queen.
Oct. 28, 1992
“Living Proof” is a new Lifetime TV docudrama about Dr.
Oct. 18, 2008
Melina Kanakaredes knows exactly what her parents are doing every Friday evening.
April 11, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
Actress Justina Machado sheds mortician’s wife for seductress.
March 5, 2008