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Stop nagging, start wooing

Q: How can I tell if my man is cheating on me? My husband recently has been spending a lot of time out with "the boys," something he rarely did before. When I ask him about it, he gets angry and accuses me of not trusting him. Ideas?
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‘Vera’ just wants you to think

Times were way different in 1950. Imagine what it would be like to buy a record player for $12.95, a car for $1,300, a house for $14,500. And, oh, there was this: Back then, you weren't likely to see crowds parading outside hospitals chanting mantras about the "sanctity of life." The question just wouldn't have come up.
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‘Beauty Shop’

Straight from the frames of "Barbershop 2," Queen Latifah stars in a movie of her own. "Beauty Shop," which opens Wednesday, features her as Gina, a hair-stylist who quits working for the arrogant opportunist Jorge (Kevin Bacon) and buys a shop of her own. In the process, she takes along a ditsy shampoo girl (Alicia Silverstone) and inherits a crew more interested in passing on gossip than in washing or coloring or even cutting hair. –Dan Webster, staff writer
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Beg off current big-budget flops for better alternatives

At the approach of each movie season, summer and winter, I get excited. I see the next action flick as the next "Die Hard," the next comedy as the next "Galaxy Quest," the next romance as the next "Annie Hall," the next drama as the next "Godfather" and the next non-mainstream offering as the next "Pulp Fiction."
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‘Bush’s Brain’

"Bush's Brain," a documentary film by Joseph Mealy and Michael Shoob, will be screened at 7 p.m. Saturday in the lobby of the Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. The film is a look at Karl Rove, the political consultant whose strategies helped bring the Republican Party to power in the late 1990s. Admission is a $5 donation (747-3807). –Dan Webster, staff writer
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C’mon, gimmie a Crüe …

How much do you know about the baddest boys of the '80s? Test yourself to find out. For bonus points, send the correct answer to question No. 7 to spokane7@ spokane7.com to be entered into a drawing for Mötley Crüe's latest album, "Red, White and Crüe."
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‘Congeniality’ sequel scores hits and misses

When "Miss Congeniality" was released in 2000, it seemed pretty franchiseproof. The comedy followed an FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) who enters a world of fearsome girliness when she goes undercover to investigate a plot against a beauty contest. The frumpy crime-fighter is remade into a fashion-savvy princess, and she saves the day while looking great.
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Film festivals star native culture, ecology

Native American life and political/ecological points of view will be at the heart of two film festivals scheduled for the coming week. First up is the annual Human Rights Film Festival, an event sponsored by the Gonzaga University Law Amnesty International Chapter, which screens two films tonight: "Thirst," a documentary about water privatization at 6 p.m. and "Baraka," an environmental- themed film at 7 p.m.
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Landmark blues man Taj Mahal hits The Met

Henry St. Claire Fredericks, better known as Taj Mahal, took piano lessons for two weeks before his teacher set him loose. "My teacher said to my mother, 'It's just not possible. He already has an idea for what he wants to play. There's nothing that I can teach him,' " Mahal said from Berkeley, Calif., where he was visiting his daughter. He keeps secret the location of his home base.
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Love often follows friendship, but can friendship follow love?

Remember how Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal debated whether men and women could be friends without sex getting in the way in "When Harry Met Sally?" Well forget the sex – can they be friends without marriage or a former relationship getting in the way? Since moving out of our house and finally into my own place, my estranged husband and I have gotten to be good friends again. We get together almost every weekend for a movie or dinner. I have to admit, it's been good having him around. It feels much different than those last few years that we lived together.
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No Quarter rocks Led Zeppelin style at Big Easy show

If the music and mystique of Led Zeppelin were a movie, No Quarter would be the made-for-TV remake. Transcending the role of a cover band, the members of Seattle-based No Quarter call themselves a "tribute" and act out the roles of hard-rock's most legendary band in their live show.
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Poitier gets Punk’d

In 1967, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" starred Sidney Poitier as a young man meeting his white girlfriend's parents, and built up to a gentle plea for colorblind romance. In 2005, "Guess Who" stars Ashton Kutcher as a young man meeting his black girlfriend's parents, and builds up to a slapstick go-kart race with daddy Bernie Mac. Whether that's a better example of how far race relations have come or of how low movies have fallen is an interesting question to consider.
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Send absent boyfriend funny e-mails

Q: My boyfriend is spending the next three months in Europe for work, and I won't be able to visit him. How can I keep romance alive via phone and e-mail? Mia: Be creative! Send him funny e-mails to let him know you're thinking about him. You could even send him an old-fashioned love letter in the mail. And don't underestimate the power of phone sex.
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Today’s trivia challenge: women’s work

March is Women's History Month. This year's theme is "Women Change America," honoring the role of American women in transforming culture, history and politics. See how much you know about the annual celebration and some of the women who have been recognized in previous years. 1. In 1981, Congress passed a resolution establishing National Women's History Week. In what year did the government officially expand that week of recognition to a full month?
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Disney’s ‘Ice Princess’ plays it clean and cool

As figure-skating movies go, "Ice Princess" is a solid silver-medal winner. It doesn't score high in degree of difficulty, but it is technically flawless, and artistically it sticks the landing. Here's a G-rated movie that isn't embarrassed to wear that label and show just how challenging and worthwhile "wholesome" can be.
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Dorothy was right, there really is no place like home

It's hard to imagine my childhood home for sale. I haven't lived there in almost 20 years, so why am I dreading to see the sign in the yard when I return home this weekend? No matter how grown up we are, I can't imagine we're ever ready for our family home to be sold. My merged family moved into the South Hill home in 1972. Two things immediately overwhelmed my 5-year-old mind: how big it was and how many kids I had to share my mom with now. Our family had grown from four kids and Mom to a new stepdad with eight more children. From the get-go, things were crazy and it's been that way for the past 30 years.
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