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Beautiful, Damned: Gatsby's sometimes great, but not always good

The Seven Habits of Highly Irritating Individuals (Hip-Hop Edition)

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

Swastikas, Lemmy and Screaming Christians: Picking the Winner of the Mayhem Festival

This Friday, the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival rolls through our fair city, bringing fifteen purveyors of heavy music to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. The scope of artists ranges from old-timers like Anthrax and Motorhead to young guns like The Devil Wears Prada and Asking Alexandria. These b ... More >>

William Prada Charged; Allegedly Shot Boys He Suspected of Shooting Fireworks

The man who allegedly fired off several rounds at a group of boys he suspected of shooting off fireworks has been identified as William Prada, 56. Prada has been charged with three counts of first-degree assault and three counts of armed criminal action. The 11-year-old boy injured in the incident r ... More >>

Byrd Style Lounge Relaunch Tonight

Mr. Dior himself will not be there, but his work will.​Sometimes, only a $3,000 vintage Christian Dior frock will do. Other times, plunking down a couple sawbucks on a sundress from the '60s will scratch your sartorial itch just fine. And after tonight's super-swank relaunch party at Byrd Style Lo ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

No Luck Among the Irish: Amy Adams is trapped in the land of blarney, cow pies and forced humiliation

Legends of the Fall, Part 2

Tatiana the Anonymous Model at Jezebel, our favorite source for fashion news, reports that St. Louis model Katie Fogarty's fall on the Prada runway in Milan last September has inspired an entire fashion spread in the magazine L'Officiel Singapore. Sadly, Fogarty doesn't get to play herself in the 'z ... More >>

Legends of the Fall

Jennifer SilverbergFogarty, more secure than on a runway.Katie Fogarty, one of the teen models I profiled last September in my feature "The It Girls", became infamous shortly after the story ran -- no, no, not because of the powerful impact and global reach of the RFT, but because she fell down at t ... More >>

Buyer Beware: Bush and Confessions agree: Go shopping! (Wait, don't.)

Go! The St. Louis Weekend Calendar, September 19-21

Guilt-Edged

Pugnacious defense attorney Frank "Tony" Fabbri never backed away from a fight. Then the lawyer ran afoul of the law.

Shoe Love

French Confection

Sofia Coppola pays opulent tribute to the innocent boredom of a teen queen

Desperate Housewives

“We were two crazy broads who went on a shopping spree in New York.”

Cruella de Vogue

The Devil Wears Prada slaps the latest duds on an infamous fashion editor

Starr-gazing

Get ready for the summer of Ruka Puff

Week of January 5, 2006

“What a windfall for us ‘yokels’ to have an individual of his keen wit among us.”

Breakin' Boards

You can if you think you can

Candy Caine

Jude Law's Alfie puts a pretty face on a once-ugly story

Fashion Second

With charity first

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of September 8, 2004

Sunny, One So True

Artist Soo Sunny Park is stubborn about the kind of art she wants to make and how she makes it. That could be a problem.

Fresh Fruit

Dare to eat a peach? Meet the globe-hopping electroslut who's turning on everyone from Boy George to Lil' Kim.

Field of Schemes

Mary and Jeff Clarke feed beauty to the tough world of high fashion. Hard to do from the cornfields of Iowa. Harder still in St. Louis, where too many parents and kids have their dreams exploited for money.

The Strokes

Is This It? (RCA)

Rustic Never Sleeps

Forget toasted ravioli: Trattoria Marcella purveys a different kind of Italian fare

Fly by Night

Rush Hour 2 is as light on its feet as a dead elephant

Totally Bizarro

Can superheroes and alternative comic authors really get along?

Boogie Nights

Bring in da funk, bring in da bucks: backstage with Dr. Zhivegas, St. Louis' most popular -- and derided -- cover band

Getting Off Easy

He drugged her and raped her. "This," the judge told them, "is why you don't go to bars." Then, ignoring the jury's advice, he gave the rapist probation.

Almost Famous

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

Roman Holiday

Before you get to heaven, you gotta raise a little hell