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Kim Basinger

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Showa's Udon: A-Rated for Taste, X-Rated for the Prurient Thoughts It Puts in My Mind

    ​If the photo looks familiar, it's because I just showcased the inaka udon at Showa in this week's Mein Man column. Now, two days later, the noodles are providing fodder for this week's Sexy Feast. Why? I liked this udon dish so much that I wanted to learn how to make it at home. When feeling ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2011

    The Door in the Floor

    ​If the photo looks familiar, it's because I just showcased the inaka udon at Showa in this week's Mein Man column. Now, two days later, the noodles are providing fodder for this week's Sexy Feast. Why? I liked this udon dish so much that I wanted to learn how to make it at home. When feeling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Today in Sex: Resist the Siren Call of the Slutty Halloween Costume

    ​When my bawdy friend Simcha asked which costume idea I liked better—sexy cupcake or Kim Basinger's character in My Stepmother is an Alien, it was a no-brainer; Celeste Martin, obviously. Leave the dopey "sexy" costumes to the prudes. Halloween should be about three things—imaginatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Your Weekend Art-Geek Advisory

    Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    L.A. Confidential

    Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Dategirl’s Romance Without Finance

    A guide to sexing up the new economy.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    We Heart Mickey Rourke

    We're already rooting for Mickey Rourke to win the Oscar for The Wrestler (review here) on Sunday, Feb. 22. Before that, however, you can make a date with the man in his pre-boxing, pre-middle age, pre-plastic surgery (or whatever it is) prime. Yes, ladies, we are talking about the 1986 hit Nine 1/2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Mickey Rourke, Bruised and Interviewed

    You can read J. Hoberman's new review of The Wrestler here. Meanwhile, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down to talk with Mickey Rourke, who's won plaudits for his comeback role, along with plenty of Oscar talk. Here's their conversation:"I hated the '90s. The '90s fuckin' sucked," says prof ... More >>

  • Film

    April 19, 2006

    Rupert and Me

    Why has Fox banned Seattle Weekly from its presidential assassination movie? We smell a conspiracy!

  • Film

    February 8, 2006

    Feb. 8-15, 2006

    This week's specialty screenings and venues.

  • Film

    September 29, 2004

    Incident at Loch Ness

    Also: Head in the Clouds, Ladder 49, Last Life in the Universe, Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Shark Tale.

  • Film

    July 14, 2004

    Starman

    Forget John Irving, Jeff Bridges is the real anchor of this sex-drenched, grief-wrenched literary adaptation. Will a fifth Oscar nomination follow?

  • Diversions

    December 3, 2003

    Farrah Forever!

    Guilty favorites, hidden pleasures, and obscure treasuresthe TV vaults have opened up and are flooding onto DVD.

  • Diversions

    December 3, 2003

    Bound to Be Wrapped

    Cartoons, boobs, Pythons, and moredo we need a holiday theme to recommend these books?

  • Diversions

    October 1, 2003

    Blood Bath

    Cartoons, boobs, Pythons, and moredo we need a holiday theme to recommend these books?

  • Diversions

    March 19, 2003

    Best Sporting Oscar

    Cartoons, boobs, Pythons, and moredo we need a holiday theme to recommend these books?

  • Film

    November 6, 2002

    Eminem Crosses Over

    Dog's got some star appeal, but he's still bigger on the small screen.

  • Music

    November 28, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Dog's got some star appeal, but he's still bigger on the small screen.

  • Arts

    March 29, 2000

    All that glitters

    The journal of an Oscar junkie.

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Six degrees of David Sylvian

    The journal of an Oscar junkie.

  • News

    May 27, 1998

    Son of spam

    The journal of an Oscar junkie.

  • News

    April 15, 1998

    If you must spam

    The journal of an Oscar junkie.

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