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Hillbilly Heroine (Oxford American - May 2007)
Lindsay Lohan and the sexiness of self destruction.
Celebrity 2.0: Fame Kills (Huffington Post - April 2007)
"Cho, the VA killer, wanted the world to stop and pay attention to him... and the world did exactly that."
Goodbye, Vickie Lynn(Salon - February 2007)
"No candle in the wind, Anna Nicole Smith was more like a bonfire in a hailstorm -- and we couldn't pry our eyes away from her."
Two parts hubris, one part paranoia (Salon - December 2006)
"9/11 gave America amnesia about the real Rudy Giuliani. He's an authoritarian narcissist -- and we don't need another one of those in the White House."
"I Invaded the White House Press Corps (Salon - August 2005)
"I had front row seats at the media's Great Slave Rebellion over Karl Rove. No wonder our democracy's in trouble."
The Duke of Hazard Salon - February 2005)
"Hunter S. Thompson blasted through the world like a big-finned rocket of defiance and revulsion. He leaves a big burned hole and a safer, duller world."
The Abounding Gutter (USAToday.com Open Book - 2005)
"Wilson's tale involves two bored and isolated Salvadoran students — one male, one female — who attempt to pull off the ultimate high school prank. Once they realize their joke might have gone too far, it's too late."
Red Spiral Notebook (Zoetrope All-Story - Fall 1997)
A man visits New York City only to hit rock bottom - and records his experience.
Salon.com Articles - 2000
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The Oscar Shrine
Hollywood Gets Humble (2007)
Ellen was 'Ellish in her tacky leisure suits. But at Sunday night's Oscars, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Al Gore and the rest restored fame's good name.
Oscar on Life Support (2005)
Welcome to wartime Academy Awards: Cheap, tense and cobbled together from graphics rations donated by the E! Channel. Not even Chris Rock or BeyoncĂ -- or the travesty that is Antonio Banderas -- can save it.
Oscar Bombs (2004)
"The Passion of The Frodo" sweeps, and more beautiful stars bravely impersonate the genuinely homely to great success. But all the crooked teeth in New Zealand can't save a dull, dull Oscar night
The 75th Oscars: Hollywood dons its war paint (2003)
Movie people act all serious while Marines die, the Academy actually provides some surprises (Adrien Brody, anyone?) and Michael Moore pees on the furniture. And Nicole, honey, write a speech, OK?
Oscars 2002: Somebody make it stop! (2002)
It's the Oscars of Defensiveness (TM): Four-plus hours in which Hollywood tries to pretend it's not racist -- and Tom Cruise is revealed as that Scary Flaming Eye from "Lord of the Rings."
