December 9, 2002 Archive

Video

• The Whack Mentality

  All kinds of observers accuse "The Sopranos" of losing its luster - but can they come up with a better reason than "not enough murders?"

  in Video — by Stephen Silver — on Dec 09, 2002

• 17 Annual Cinemateque Award

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

• Santa Clause 2

  A charming romantic Christmas comedy with lots of laughs, mostly thanks to Tim Allen.

  in Video — by Ernest Svenson — on Dec 09, 2002

Culture

• Weighty Thoughts

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

• Hole In the Shopping Cart

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

• Kennedy Center Honors

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

• Media Cheered When Reagan Was Shot

  in Culture — by Thomas M. Sipos — on Dec 09, 2002

• North Pole Times

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

Music

• Italian Day of Bruce

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

• Yngwie Loses It!

  Yngwie Malmsteen is afraid of gays?

  Opinion in Music — by Tim Hall — on Dec 09, 2002

• Now They're "Swappers," Not "Pirates"

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

• "There Are a Few Obstacles"

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 09, 2002

• Lullaby Dreams

  Testing the power of lullabies to heal preemies

  in Music — by Sydney Smith — on Dec 09, 2002

• Shake, Rattle and Roll

  At a time when mainstream white America feared black music as much as it was fascinated by it, Bill Haley displayed both his awe and his trepedation of black music when he covered the Big Joe Turner classic.

  in Music — by Walter Enderby — on Dec 09, 2002