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NEWS AND OPINION

By Tara Murtha

Stargazer Lily's Singer Formerly Known as Steph Hayes Shares Story of Becoming a Man

Socially, a relaxed rock-star swagger and a chiseled porcelain face has long made Hayes a heartthrob to lesbians in this town. But while almost everyone in Philadelphia knows Steph Hayes, it’s just now becoming common knowledge that for years, Hayes struggled with a secret burden.

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Posted Sep. 28, 2011 | Comments: 7

NEWS AND OPINION

By PW Readers

Letters to the Editor

Flash mobs in Center City, and now flash mobs in our neighborhood. People are going to become tired of it and someone, who will have a permit to carry, will shoot one or more of the invaders, and then there will be another problem. I think the Center City curfew should be in place throughout the city, especially now that school is back in session.

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Posted Sep. 28, 2011 | Comments: 0

SCREEN

By Matt Prigge

Young Outcasts Feeling "Restless" In Suburbia

Are you a fan of Harold and Maude but wish that its geriatric sparkplug was instead a young Manic Pixie Dream Girl? (After all, old-people sex is gross.) What about if Harold also hung out with the ghost of a WWII kamikaze pilot for some reason? Helmed by Gus Van Sant from a script by a friend of Bryce Dallas Howard, Restless is the school nerd that puts the “kick me” sign on him/herself.

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Posted Sep. 28, 2011 | Comments: 0

SCREEN

By Sean Burns

Seth Rogen, Will Reiser Discuss Real-Life Story Behind "50/50"

Seth Rogen was in his early 20s and sitting on the toilet when his good friend Will Reiser called to say he’d been diagnosed with cancer. (“I never should’ve picked up the phone while I was taking a shit,” Rogen says.)

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Posted Sep. 28, 2011 | Comments: 1