The DVD Wrapup: Camp X-Ray, Free the Nipple, Giuseppe Andrews, Pillow …
No sooner have his siblings gathered for dinner than it takes on the appearance of an encounter group at a rehab clinic. …. Rifkin's doc chronicles the making of the nano-budget “Garbanzo Gas” and “Shlong Oysters,” whose casts include alcoholics and … Read more on Movie City News

Student-Loan Deadbeats: Fashionable Theft
He was the greatest poet and critic of his time, but poetry and criticism do not in general pay all that well, and T. S. Eliot, unfortunately for him, lived in an age in which celebrity academics did not bank CEO money. He came from a well-to-do family … Read more on National Review Online

Handwritten Jim Morrison poem found in Paris hotel could net K at auction
The Doors frontman was known for his heavy drug use and drinking, but last year singer Marianne Faithfull told Mojo magazine that her former boyfriend, a heroin dealer named Jean de Breiteuil, accidentally killed Morrison with a lethal dose of heroin. Read more on Examiner.com

In honor of Cole Porter's 124th birthday, his story of triumph over pain
His blustery and domineering grandfather, J.O. Cole, was the richest man in the state, thanks to a series of well-placed investments in drug stores, coal and timber. Young Cole loved poetry and playing the piano. …. East European Jewish Immigrants … Read more on PBS NewsHour (blog)