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Jessica G.
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Today an unhappy wife writes in to Cary Tennis's advice column on Salon, seeking counsel because her husband keeps yelling at her when they go skiing together. "My husband cannot understand why I won't go faster, and he gets upset when I ski slowly. He even thinks I ski slowly on purpose. But I cannot go fast, or at Read more

Heroine of the Day: Derrionna Adams, 12, who saved two of her siblings from their burning home. Although her parents and three of her brothers and sisters were on the first floor of the smoldering East St. Louis, Illinois abode and escaped easily, Derrionna and her two younger sibs were on the top floor. The young Read more

Kirsten Dunst was spotted at a Utah Target, stocking up on some goodies to tide her over while she is at rehab. •

Black models aren't the only creatives of color getting the shaft: according to a U.S.C. Study quoted in the New York Times, females and non-whites are grossly underrepresented in films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. "The data show there are almost three speaking males for every one female and more than four Read more

An L.A. county commissioner is trying to crack down on invasive paparazzi with a bill dubbed Britney's Law, and

Paco, a crude, yellow-colored type of crack cocaine is ravaging the slums of Ciudad Oculta, Argentina, and one mother is doing her part to stop the vicious cycle. Bilma Acuña, 46, has formed a support group for mothers of Paco addicts, and according to the IHT, Bilma " fields dozens of calls a week from mothers Read more

The staggeringly talented Edie Falco has been cast in a new Showtime series about "an iron-willed Gotham nurse balancing the challenges of an urban hospital and a difficult personal life." Falco is super-psyched about her character, telling Variety, "This character and the writing are truly thrilling." [Variety] Read more

Tipper Gore must be crapping herself with glee over the results of a new study claiming rap music activates pre-existing sexism. In the study, conducted by social psychologists at North Carolina State, "college students were randomly assigned to one of three groups. In the control group, students' levels of sexism Read more

"I invest only in fur and animal poachers. No, I'm just kidding. That's a joke...I have a business manager and I am always asking him, 'There is nothing bad for the earth in there? Nothing really evil in any of these mutual funds?' And, he is like 'No, no it's all alright.' And, then, I ask him, 'Well, is there Read more