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Sappily ever after

What's cornier than a reality-show marriage proposal and less likely than Simon Cowell winning the Nobel Peace Prize, but manages to be quite charming in spite of itself? The answer is The Princess Diaries...

Crime by the numbers

Crime by the numbers Police records show an increase in violent incidents locally, but some types of illegal activity are on the decline. By Lorraine Gennaro Violent crime is up all over the city,...

In rare forms

Politics, it is said, makes for strange bedfellows. Art, on the other hand, creates truly weird juxtapositions. Consider the city's Municipal Services Building Plaza, across from City Hall. There stand a South...

Downey’s

It is always good form for a critic to return to a restaurant if a new chef has arrived and a new menu is in place. I reviewed Downey's during the winter of 1996....

Artistic Vision

In Lou Giraldi's living room, one noteworthy object is a ceramic sculpture of two graceful swans. Nearby is an abstract wood sculpture. And on one wall is a three-dimensional clay piece. All...

Blue note for local singer

As Erica Gagliardi exited the stage at Trump Marina Hotel and Casino on Sunday night, the disappointment showed on her face. Like the other five finalists in McDonald's Presents Gimme the Mike...

Saving Grays

The crime wave that has swept through Grays Ferry and surrounding neighborhoods this summer has left many residents feeling like prisoners in their own homes. Some talk of being afraid to venture...

Zorba’s Tavern

One week from tomorrow, the eyes of the world will focus on Athens, one of the ancient capitals of the world. The Greeks gave us glorious architecture, intriguing stories and myths, the frying...

Beloved doc dies at 65

Jack Jenofsky, an obstetrician-gynecologist who practiced for 30 years at Methodist Hospital, died July 24. He was 65. Dr. Jenofsky, who lived in Moorestown, N.J., but was born and raised in South Philadelphia,...

As a killer, Cruise a hit

Perhaps the most frustrating thing about Collateral, Michael Mann's new thriller with Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise, is that it could have been even better. For the first three-quarters of the film, it is like...
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