The Philadelphia Inquirer

Gloria Britten used to be the frying queen. Six months ago, her dinners were laced with oil and sugar. Her four children were growing outward as well as upward. Then...

Once upon a time, this was a topic banned from polite conversation. But because of the myriad choices manufacturers present us with, discuss it we must. We're talking about toilets...

God's gift to women enters the Four Seasons clutching a generic baseball cap. Presumably it's an emergency disguise just in case a fan riot breaks out. "From time to time,...

A shower is a quick way to get clean. But a bath can mean so much more than just washing up. It can be a relaxing escape from the stresses...

Baby Boomers have a home-ownership rate higher than the national average, and one in four Boomers owns more than one house, a new survey shows. Results of the survey of...

Julie Roberts "MEN AND MASCARA" RATING: 4 SOUND LEVELS Julie Roberts' drawl plays against taut, unvarnished country arrangements on her new disc. Like the music, the top-shelf songs don't offer...

Hot Chip "THE WARNING" RATING: 3 1/2 SOUND LEVELS With their second full-length release, the London techno-geek quintet Hot Chip steps up with an album of chilled-out electro-pop that beats...

Camera Obscura "LETS GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY" RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS Tracyanne Campbell and her mates couch their nostalgia in gloriously anachronistic girl-group arrangements and sweetly soulful '60s ballads....

Who's in it: Frank Gehry (left), Sydney Pollack, Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha, Dennis Hopper What it's about: "Out of Africa" director Pollack's documentary about his friend, Frank Gehry, the architect...

Who's in it: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Bibi Naceri What it's about: Ruthless crime boss Taha (Naceri), who rules Paris' desolate District B13, acquires a neutron bomb he plans to...