http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F Feature articles from the Inquirer Daily Magazine section en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:30:09 GMT 2009-11-11T10:30:09Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737112&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_8_seasons_of_OCD_sleuthing_ends.html HOLLYWOOD - You'd never know by watching the cast and crew of USA's whodunit Monk that its days are sadly numbered. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 574d37387d1ac2b3bd29181e0e294278 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737137&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Senior_scholars_enjoy_college_learning_stress-free.html Mae Pasquariello doesn't have anxiety dreams about hourly exams, finals, or overdue papers. She doesn't worry about grades, or even class participation. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7c2199f7d2d15961f93fb54b4b53f5b6 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69741817&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2FOnline_Unloading.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:30:09 GMT 54bbd778723a12a9c02181707ac422f0 Tony Fitts 2009-11-11T10:30:09Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737147&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Love__AMY_SAMPSON___ERIC_LIBERI.html In fall 2005, Amy was working in Rutgers University's administrative offices, gearing up to go to grad school for urban planning. Her friend Theresa and Theresa's then-boyfriend, Scott, tried for months to interest her in a setup with Scott's friend. "You'd really hit it off with Eric," Scott kept telling her. Just as persistently, Amy told him she didn't have time for anything except grad school. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT cfb9b852ca60c8a8b038763d600bdfd5 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737122&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Mirror__Mirror__Jeans_his_way_is_the_new_way.html Here I am, just getting used to skinny denim, when the fashion world starts bombarding me with another trend - the everything-is-just-a-tad-bit-oversize "boyfriend" look. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 86ac2dc187d01a0ecc72360cd751462a 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737117&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Social_Circuit.html The 22d Wyck-Strickland Award dinner honored architects Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake of KieranTimberlake. Ira Brind, president of Brind Investments Inc., was honored at the Wistar Institute's black-tie gala. The Burn Foundation held its 36th annual gala, "People Make the Difference." The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology celebrated the opening of its latest exhibition. Peter's Place, a center for grieving children and families in Radnor, held its fund-raiser "An Affair of the Arts." Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 1e60c0b3d77f321dd827c237e0c95093 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737132&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Science_of_attraction_.html WASHINGTON - Eli Finkel was still an undergraduate when he realized "somebody could spend his life asking questions about relationships, trying to find the answers to those questions, and then teaching interested young minds about the research." Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT d5e7af2902ddb1f50798625ac21157cb 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737127&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Sideshow__Not_blackmail___commercial_transaction_.html It's the old "I Was Only Trying to Sell Him a Screenplay" defense! So says Robert J. "Joe" Halderman, accused of blackmailing David Letterman. Halderman's attorney, Gerald Shargel, asked a Manhattan judge yesterday to dismiss a charge Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 20b00f7b62d2100d8fdcd0dda51ad09c 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737097&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_A_spirited_Dylan_on_N__Broad.html When Bruce, Bono, and Billy were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York a couple of weeks back, there was another big-name B who couldn't be bothered to take part in celebrating either his or anybody else's illustrious past. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7ca318aa12717ac3fd8153fb67f28e55 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737107&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_People_s_Choice_nominees_topped_by_all_things_vampire.html LOS ANGELES - Nominees for the People's Choice Awards are out, and the people choose vampires. Twilight and True Blood were among the top nominees announced yesterday. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners in 35 categories. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3722b99491fd0b3b33ccdd4d316bfef5 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737102&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Saint_Laurent_auction_runs_from_unique_to_mundane.html PARIS - The 18th-century porcelain that Yves Saint Laurent ate from, a Cartier watch he used to wear, the leopard-print couches and gilded chairs he lounged on: It's all to hit the auction blocks as the late French couturier's longtime partner liquidates their art-and-knickknack-filled residences. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2bfab1f8fae469413b4c1ac0624722ad 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737092&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Weekend_Box_Office.html Weeks    Per    Rank/Title/Studio Last Week   Total    Out   Location    1. A Christmas Carol (Disney) $30.1 mil.   $30.1 mil.   1   $8,159    2. This Is It (Sony) 13.2 mil.   57.0 mil.   2   3,780    Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 16425fadd9527e8ec57dbc9785bc29fe 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737152&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_TV_Today.html The Ellen DeGeneres Show (3 p.m., NBC10) - Actors John and Ella Bleu Travolta. The 43rd Annual CMA Awards (8 p.m., 6ABC) - Brad Paisley - the most-nominated of evening's artists with seven - co-hosts with Carrie Underwood. Taylor Swift, George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, and Darius Rucker will perform. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 52670305f7493211daf2e30b4c1fb5e4 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69737087&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091111_Ask_Amy__Babysitting_and_wine_don_t_mix__they_re_told.html Dear Amy: My husband and I adore our grandson, who is a toddler. We watch him at our house overnight twice a month while his parents attend art classes. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT c4634e26cd1a13cf9ce5385e280ee9c0 2009-11-11T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69635197&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091110_Our_heroine_is_a_puppet.html Bertolt Brecht's play about a young Chinese harlot who decides to be the best person she can possibly be - only to learn that best person is a tough phrase to qualify - has had many titles since the German master wrote it in the '40s. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT e8a5b2ac1cbb3fc3b90968d67707abcb 2009-11-10T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69635202&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091110_Inqlings__Fountain_gushing_with_a_5.html Philadelphia has a five-star restaurant again. The Fountain at the Four Seasons last night was elevated for 2010 by Forbes Travel Guide (formerly Mobil). Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT f496158e8fe832f2d180607f2bcfedcf 2009-11-10T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69635182&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091110_Forever_young.html NEW YORK - Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street! That's what he decides on the Sesame Street season opener. A rapping real estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat (habitat, the episode's "Word on the Street"). After sizing up a beach and a swamp for his new abode, Big Bird chooses a rain forest. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7495093e5a39630107d3050fa35add8a 2009-11-10T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69635177&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091110_Grace__A_well_told_story_of_Act_1__at_least.html Grace Kelly, bricklayer's daughter and alabaster goddess, was a stunner from East Falls who shone briefly, and memorably, on screen before she became Her Serene Highness, Princess of Monaco. Twenty-six when she wed, she was 52 when she died in an automobile accident. Her life divides into two acts of equal length. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT d28282b7e42efa6136bfd45c87e6aa8c 2009-11-10T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69635207&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091110_Sideshow__Aerosmith_missing_its_lips_.html Steven Tyler, 61, may have ditched his longtime Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, Aerosmith. Guitarist Joe Perry tells the Las Vegas Sun that Tyler left the band after a Nov. 1 concert in Abu Dhabi: "Steven quit as far as I can tell. I don't know any Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 96c59db995d974adea21284eae09c8cb 2009-11-10T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166846&44=69635212&32=3796&7=195507&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fmagazine%2F20091110_Swell_Season_casts_a_spell_of_harmony.html Almost any band can get a crowd to sing along with them, but few can inspire them to sing in tune. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT b69872b7550b7db242a26247eda89c75 2009-11-10T08:01:00Z