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  • They're seeing stars in New Orleans.Roughly 1,500 astrologers from more than 30 countries have converged at the Mariott Hotel on Canal Street for the…
  • When a very young child, born as a girl, insists she is a boy, what should a family do? Can the biology of developmental dynamics help us think through this conundrum? Commentator Barbara J. King discusses these issues with a noted gender-studies expert.
  • Cuadrado combines lines from surrealist poetry to find the music within during a concert from 92Y Tribeca. He uses Spanish and African modes and melodies, Flamenco rhythms, and more.
  • In tough economic times, people almost never cut out comfort foods like chocolate. But sometimes, when you just can't get the foods you love, deprivation can lead to a new food invention, like Estonia's faux chocolate bar, the Kama bar.
  • Political scientists have long noted the propensity for self-dealing among politicians in out-of-sight, out-of-mind state capitals like Albany, NY and Springfield, Ill. After comparing federal corruption convictions of state officials and the relative isolation of state capitals, two researchers found a strong correlation.
  • When it comes to time, there is a stubborn feeling among patients that doctors are in too big of a hurry. That is troubling — and frustrating — to physicians who feel that they are already packing more into every workday and are stretched thin by paperwork.
  • Based on a true story, a popular award-winning French film follows the therapeutic relationship between a quadriplegic aristocrat and his ex-con caretaker. Critic Mark Jenkins says The Intouchables is likable, but airbrushes the sociocultural conflicts inherent in its material.
  • The second film directed by Joachim Trier (Reprise) follows a self-destructive writer released from rehab for a day in Oslo. Critic Mark Jenkins says the film is a meditative look at one man seeking connection while considering ending it all.
  • Bud Clayman dreamed of becoming a filmmaker in Los Angeles, but those dreams were complicated by his Asperger's syndrome, OCD, bipolar disorder and depression. Three decades later, he's co-directed a film about his struggles with mental illness.
  • Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones return in the second Men In Black sequel as J and K, two of the sable-clad agents monitoring the Earth's secret alien population. Critic Scott Tobias says a time-travel plot and a strong performance from Josh Brolin as a young Agent K give the franchise a lift.
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