What besides medicine can help depression? updated Tue, January 13, 2009
I am 29 and have been suffering from depression for more than 10 years. It started with losing my virginity in an unpleasant situation, and continues through my mother's battles with severe depression, alcoholism and drug abuse. I have also lost two grandparents to slow, declining dementia. I have tried talk therapy but d...
Relationship anxieties to quit worrying about updated Thu, January 8, 2009
A good friend of mine recently reminded me of some advice I'd given her back in college. She was about to sleep with a new boyfriend for the first time and had been fretting about some body part. Apparently I shrugged and told her, "Please -- boys are just happy to have a naked girl in the same room as them."
Virginity pledges don't mean much, study says updated Tue, December 30, 2008
As many as one in eight teens in the United States may take a virginity pledge at some point, vowing to wait until they're married before having sex. But do such pledges work? Are pledge takers more likely than other teens to delay sexual activity?
BBC's top star loses $2.4 million in phone call row updated Fri, October 31, 2008
The BBC's highest-paid celebrity has lost more than $2 million after being suspended without pay for a series of abusive telephone calls made by himself and another of the broadcaster's stars.
Ross suspended, while BBC executive quits over abuse calls updated Thu, October 30, 2008
The BBC's highest paid star has been suspended for 12 weeks without pay and a senior executive has resigned over a series of abusive telephone calls made by two of its stars, the broadcaster said Thursday.
Brand resigns as BBC takes action over abusive broadcast updated Wed, October 29, 2008
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) suspended one of its best-known stars while another resigned Wednesday for broadcasting a series of "gross" and abusive telephone calls.
Review: Ang Lee's 'Lust, Caution' is a thrilling oriental pearl updated Thu, December 20, 2007
Masks beneath masks, the click-clack of Mahjong tiles and the sheen of silk cheongsams: Taiwanese director Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"; "Brokeback Mountain") brings an intoxicating tale of lies, deceit and corruption to the screen with his latest film, "Lust, Caution".
Morality and the fight against AIDS updated Fri, December 1, 2006
Amid the haunting stories of whole African communities struck by HIV/AIDS and gloomy statistics showing there are 39.5 million suffering from the disease globally, there have been some positive developments to usher in World AIDS Day.
EW review: Charming 'Step Up' updated Fri, August 11, 2006
In the world of the dance movie, life is stripped down to the honesty of bodies in motion and a rhythm-dictated intimacy that can't be denied. There's usually a class factor, a competitive element, a disapproving authority figure, or perhaps all three.
showbuzz updated Mon, July 17, 2006
Punk-pop princess Avril Lavigne has married a fellow Canadian musician.
