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Will Jake and Heath shatter Hollywood’s taboo against gay sex?
Rebecca Traister
Director Ang Lee is set to cast Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain," a story of two cowboys in love. But are studios -- and audiences -- ready for a passionate big-screen kiss between men?
The world press on Islamophobia
Compiled by Laura McClure
Al-Ahram: "Arabs and Muslims vehemently claim in Europe the very civil and democratic rights they firmly believe should be trampled at home."
Toni, queen of the desert
Amy Reiter
Actress Toni Collette talks about her "intense" desert-romance flick "Japanese Story" -- and why she likes weddings almost as much as Muriel Helsop.
Letters
Salon Staff
"We live in the age of the electronic sweatshop" -- readers respond to Gilbert Neal's "The Phones Don't Stop."
What French girls know
Debra Ollivier
Young girls in France learn early in life that happiness is not as important as passion.
Best fiction of 2003
Laura Miller
Salon's picks for the year's finest novels include off-center tales of the '70s, the slavery era and the Lewis and Clark expedition, a battle with troublesome software code, and the purgatory of boarding school.
Always in fashion
Stephanie Zacharek
Two French documentaries about Yves Saint Laurent showcase the legendary designer's love of clothes and the women who wear them.
“Millennium Mambo”
Charles Taylor
Legendary director Hou Hsiao Hsien's 2001 film finally makes it stateside, and glows with old-movie glamour.
Dean: Ninja power?
John Gorenfeld
For months, a rumor that Howard Dean played a minor role in a 1980s slasher flick has captivated supporters and political junkies. Here's a clip of the movie -- and the back story.
“In the Name of Science” by Andrew Goliszek
Farhad Manjoo
From the Tuskegee study to Josef Mengele, from soldiers forced to march into A-bomb clouds to the CIA's secret LSD trials, a biologist provides a frightening tour of the 20th century's most evil experiments.
Art as turn-on
Glen Helfand
A new book, coauthored by John Waters, is like looking behind the scenes at a perverted gallery opening.
Avenging angel of the religious right
Max Blumenthal
Quirky millionaire Howard Ahmanson Jr. is on a mission from God to stop gay marriage, fight evolution, defeat "liberal" churches -- and reelect George W. Bush.
MetroDaddy speaks!
Mark Simpson
In an interview (with himself) the man who introduced us to the term "metrosexual" explains why it conquered the culture, bemoans his own "lesbosexual" style, and critiques "Queer Eye," Howard Dean and Schwarzenegger.
Letters
Salon Staff
Haven't white Southerners suffered enough? Anyway, slavery is irrelevant to the plot (and geography) of "Cold Mountain." Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review.
Is therapy dead?
Fred Branfman
A new book argues that the decline in long-term psychotherapy -- along with our reliance on medication and quick fixes -- is a public health tragedy.
Music 2003: Rock is dead (once more with feeling)
Thomas Bartlett
Forget those boring white boys with guitars. Thanks to Missy, OutKast and Timbaland, for the first time since the Beatles, the most vital forms of pop are found at the top of the charts.
Sports 2003: The year of behaving badly
King Kaufman
To be a fan you had to look past the surface-level depravity to see the true, deep, real depravity underneath. But every once in a while, there were rewards.
I Like to Watch: 2003
Heather Havrilesky
Faraway explosions, lots of hot bods, and assorted juvenilia: The year TV pandered to us like never before.
The 10 best movies of 2003
Charles Taylor, Andrew O'Hehir, Stephanie Zacharek
From the eccentric, intimate "Lost in Translation" to the epic nobility of "Return of the King" to the rough-hewn affirmation of "In America," Salon critics Stephanie Zacharek, Charles Taylor and Andrew O'Hehir list 2003's best films.
George Clooney (and his dad) vs. George W. Bush
Patrick Crowley
With the help of his son from Hollywood, Nick Clooney is campaigning for a congressional seat in a conservative Kentucky district. How far can star power carry them?
The “Jewsploitation” craze
Baz Dreisinger
Jonathan Kesselman's "The Hebrew Hammer" is the manifesto for a hip, hype-driven "new Jewishness." But here's a news flash: American Jews aren't actually black, and anti-Semitic stereotypes aren't automatically funny.
Video gaming and its discontents
Jane Pinckard
Was 2003 the year of the great online multiplayer gaming flameout, or the year when a whole new approach to computer games finally gained real momentum?
Parenting through art direction
Christopher Healy
A certain breed of parent is happily buying postmodern rugs, art deco lamps and vintage sports posters for their children. But who are these items really for?
The long road to Longhorn
Scott Rosenberg
Who knows what Microsoft's whiz-bang new Windows will look like by the time it's ready, in 2006 or beyond? In the meantime, the bloggers of Redmond will provide progress reports.
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