Times Watch Quotes of Note: Beware the 'Symbolic Phallus' of Summer Mo

May 13th, 2011 2:29 PM
Newt Gingrich: He’s No Mario Cuomo "Whatever can Newt Gingrich be thinking? That’s the question a lot of political handicappers are asking now that Newt, as he is universally known in Washington, has decided to enter the 2012 campaign, with an announcement expected on Wednesday. Until recently, most of my colleagues assumed that the former speaker of the House, who flirted with running four…

NY Times Critic Dargis Laments Lack of Women in Summer Movies and "the

May 2nd, 2011 2:15 PM
New York Times movie critics Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott spray the new crop of summer flicks with a dose of liberal guilt in Sunday’s “Gosh, Sweetie, That’s a Big Gun.” Dargis in particular just can’t be pleased with how women are portrayed by Hollywood. Three years ago she greeted the summer season with "Is There a Real Woman in This Multiplex?”  On Sunday she lamented that the women on…

NYT: Leonardo DiCaprio Trying to Save the World, But No One's Listenin

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