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  • Project Runway: We Have a Winner!

    ''It'll be better next time'' is a phrase that rarely brings the reassurance the speaker intends, but it's the best thing that can be said for Project Runway. The book is now closed on Season 6, which was beset by legal problems, second-rate contestants, uninspired challenges, inconsistent judging, absent judges, too many one-day contests, and the ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on November 20, 2009

  • Ripped From Which Headline? "For the Defense"

    We all know that Law & Order rips its stories from the headlines--but which headlines? Every week, Brow Beat matches L&O's plot points to the events that inspired them.Nov. 13, 2009: ''For the Defense''These Are Their StoriesThe episode begins when Maggie Hayes is killed before she can testify in a murder trial. The detectives discover ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on November 16, 2009

  • Ripped From Which Headlines? "Boy Gone Astray" and "Doped"

    We all know that Law & Order rips its stories from the headlines—but which headlines? Every week, Brow Beat matches L&O's plot points to the events that inspired them. Nov. 6, 2009: ''Boy Gone Astray''These Are Their StoriesIn the first act, a female drug dealer is murdered by two 14-year-old American boys who learned how to use firearms ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on November 9, 2009

  • Project Runway, Week 12: The Final Challenge

    The final challenge involved a trip to the J. Paul Getty Museum, where the designers were told to create a look using the Getty Center as inspiration. Only three of the five remaining contestants could go on to Fashion Week in Bryant Park, and they didn't make the judges' jobs easy. John William Godward's sexy 19th-century painting ''Mischief and ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on November 6, 2009

  • Ripped From Which Headlines? "Human Flesh Search Engine"

    We all know that Law & Order rips its stories from the headlines, but which headlines? Every week, Brow Beat matches L&O's plot points to the events that inspired them.Oct. 30, 2009: ''Human Flesh Search Engine''These Are Their StoriesThe first act of the episode, co-written by Slate contributor Matthew McGough, focuses on the murder of ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on November 2, 2009

  • Ripped From Which Headlines? "Dignity"

    We all know that Law & Order rips its stories from the headlines, but which headlines? Every week, Brow Beat matches L&O's plot points to the events that inspired them.Oct. 23, 2009: ''Dignity'' These Are Their Stories:Dr. Walter Benning is shot and killed in church. As one of the few doctors who performs legal late-term abortions in New ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on October 26, 2009

  • Project Runway, Week 10: Tim Gunn and the Seven Dwarfs

    For the ''Michael Kors challenge''—so named because the assignment was handed out in Kors' Rodeo Drive boutique—the designers had to choose one of seven possible locations and design a look that ''embodies who you are as a designer and also embraces that locale.'' Irina won for an outfit fit for an Aspen ski lodge—brown jersey pants; a knit top ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on October 23, 2009

  • Ripped From Which Headlines?

    We all know that Law & Order rips its stories from the headlines—but which headlines? Every week, Brow Beat matches L&O's plot points to the events that inspired them.Oct. 16, 2009: ''Reality Bites'' These Are Their Stories:Larry Johnson, the father of 10 adopted special-needs kids, comes home to discover his wife, Joy, dead in the living ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on October 19, 2009

  • Project Runway, Week 9: Beware of Flying Sequins

    This week's challenge was to design an extravagant stage look ''in the style of Bob Mackie'' for Christina Aguilera. Mackie—the designer of over-the-top costumes for Cher, Tina Turner, and many more—told the designers to create a ''staggering'' look that could be seen from ''miles away.'' Carol Hannah won for a long black dress that combined ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on October 16, 2009

  • Ripped From Which Headlines?

    We all know that Law & Order rips its stories from the headlines—but which headlines? Today Brow Beat launches a recurring feature that matches L&O's plot points to the events that inspired them.Oct. 9, 2009: ''Great Satan'' These Are Their Stories:The first act involves ''virtual kidnapping,'' in which extortionists steal cell phones from ...
    Posted to Brow Beat  by June Thomas on October 12, 2009
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