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  'Girls, Girls, Girls' Is Hot, Hot, Hot!

  By STACY DAVIES

  Now that I'm wading into my 40s, one of my favorite pastimes is to drone on and on about how much better everything was when I was a kid. It's... More >>

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  'Fifty Shades of Grey' for Mother's Day?

  By MICHELLE WOO

  I first heard about Fifty Shades of Grey, the best-selling trilogy by British author E.L. James, while having lunch with my parents. "I just... More >>

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  'Great Western Wanderlust' Takes the Last Train to Nowheresville

  By JOEL BEERS

  There's something distinctly American about the road trip. Be it on a river (Huckleberry Finn), in a car (On the Road) or on foot (Into the... More >>

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  Irvine: America's Most Fashionable City?

  By MICHELLE WOO

  I nearly spit out my morning carrot juice when I read the news: Irvine is the most fashionable city in America. Not Manhattan, not LA, but... More >>

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  'Unrelenting Relaxation' Is Just a Little Bit of History Repeating

  By STACY DAVIES

  Amanda DeMaio debuted Unrelenting Relaxation three years after our nation declared 1992 "The Year of the Woman," which was a response to the... More >>

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  Nicole Longstreath Wants You to Stop Being Closeted

  By MICHELLE WOO

  "Organize the closet" has been on my New Year's resolution list since, oh, 1998, usually falling somewhere below "Stop saying 'seriously'" and... More >>

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  South Coast Repertory's 'The Prince of Atlantis' Is Wicked Nice

  By JOEL BEERS

  It's often said that every great play, in some fashion, deals with home: finding one, losing one, figuring out one's place in the world with or... More >>

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  Daiso Is Dollar Shopping, Japan-Style

  By MICHELLE WOO

  I went to Japan and fell in love. It was my first time there, and whoooooa, the place is surreal. I felt like a metal ball in a pinball machine,... More >>

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  Brea Art Gallery Presents the Other Side of Sunny

  By STACY DAVIES

  Whenever I hear a phrase such as "made in California," my thoughts immediately scatter like shrieking bats into the farthest corners of my mind... More >>

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  Nail Polish: The New Handbags

  By MICHELLE WOO

  Yeah, nail polish. That stuff you used to pick up at the drugstore while buying a birthday card and tampons. What used to come in shades of pink,... More >>

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  Harold Chapman Asks: Will the Beat Go on?

  By STACY DAVIES

  Those who obsess over the past and steep themselves in nostalgia to block out the shallow, mass-marketed mayhem of our modern, trend-chasing... More >>

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  Get Skin Like a Korean Soap Opera Star

  By MICHELLE WOO

  If you happen to watch Korean soap operas, you'll notice a couple of things. One, someone always either gets cancer, loses the use of a body part... More >>

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  Victor Hugo Zayas' 'Obra' of Art

  By DAVE BARTON

  It's the rare moment when I attend an exhibition and fall in love, but after the exhilarating kiss of not one, but two perfect exhibitions, I'm... More >>

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  'Zombies, Run!' Trains You for the Zombie Apocalypse

  By MICHELLE WOO

  Let's face it: There's not a whole lot that can motivate me to run. Cute new running shoes? Maybe. Pants feeling snug? Eh—more dresses.... More >>

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  Occupy Sherwood Forest?

  By JOEL BEERS

  The buzz around the Maverick Theater's production of The Legend of Robin Hood is that it's "not your grandfather's Robin Hood." And sure enough,... More >>