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May 2, 2013"It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire."
So begins the famous opening crawl to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the 1977 film that kicked off a universe full of furry dog-beasts, deadly weapons of l ... More >>
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April 12, 2012Et tu, Mr. Peanut?
How many times have we reached blindly into a can of Planters Cocktail Peanuts to sate our need for salt -- when it comes to snacking, we're basically the salt vampire from that episode of the original Star Trek -- believing your product to be sacrosanct?
Now comes word from the ... More >>
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December 2, 2011Star Trek make-up artist Jeff Lewis is at the St. Louis Science Center tonight for First Fridays, a monthly series for Trekkies to geek out with their half-betazoid loving kin. The six-time Emmy nominee will make-up one lucky girl -- the the costume contest winner from last month's inaugural event - ... More >>
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May 24, 2011Bon AppetitGwyneth's back! Not that she ever goes away.
Oh look. It's Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover of the new issue of Bon Appetit. Because she's everywhere.
Acting? Yeah, that's fine. But then there was the singing. And now she's pushing her cookbook, My Father's Daughter and cooking on ev ... More >>
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December 23, 2009​​It was the month of Kristen! My colleague Kristen Hinman won three prestigious journalism awards for her stellar feature about Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer, "The Pope of Pork": a James Beard Foundation award, an Associaton of Alternative Newsweeklies award and an Association of Food Journal ... More >>
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May 6, 2009Major food firms see an improved economic outlook. (Dow Jones)Kansas City Royals broadcasters are fooled by an -- unintentional? -- Guy Fieri impersonator. (Kansas City Star)Deadspin has the video of the interview.And, in honor of tomorrow's opening of the much anticpated -- by, uh, me, at least -- ... More >>
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August 23, 2006Flaming Lip Michael Ivins drops some serious science -- fiction, that is -- on Paul Friswold.
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April 20, 2005We’ve got the inaugural edition of If Billboards Could Talk, advice for brides-to-be and some insight about what the future holds for the SLPD's forensics lab. Plus, our blogger of the week has a sweet side.
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October 20, 2004If you can't get laid at a science-fiction convention, you can't get laid!
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February 11, 2004Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the dining room
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October 29, 2003Starlight Express is the limit
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December 11, 2002Unorthodox rapper Jonathan Getzschman keeps his ear to pop culture
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November 21, 2001"Night at the Oscars" juxtaposes the music of the St. Louis Symphony with clips from acclaimed films
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June 13, 2001Everything's hotter under the water in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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February 7, 2001Robert Wise finishes Star Trek: The Motion Picture--22 years later
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September 27, 2000St. Louis gears up for Archon 24
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July 12, 2000Sci-fi and fantasy enthusiasts of all stripes congregate at the Gateway Science Fiction and Media Convention
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June 28, 2000Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time
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December 8, 1999The phrase "red ink" takes on an entirely new meaning, courtesy of a Maoist publication
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