This Duff is no beer

By David Blackman
INTERMISSION| My 10-year-old sister asked me to take her to see Hilary Duff in concert, since I’m so much cooler than our father. Why this mattered to her I will never understand.

More shoes than a sweatshop

By Kathryn McGarr
INTERMISSION| If it has Cameron Diaz in a bikini (and, oh yes, it has Cameron in a kini), it must be a romantic comedy. Yet “In Her Shoes,” however funny it may be at times, is no romcom — the official Stanford term.

How 'bout dem apples?

By Rachel Linn
INTERMISSION| Fiona Apple has never been one for conventionality. When the singer-pianist emerged on the music scene in 1996, at the age of 18, with her brilliant debut “Tidal,” she quickly became famous not only for her superb, tortured song writing, but also for her dramatic outbursts and bizarre behavior.

JAWS

By Ryan Lampe
INTERMISSION| Late in 1974, two movie producers were frantically contemplating their futures. Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown were working on a new film with a bright young director named Steven Spielberg, and things were not going well.

Weird ass game, straight from Japan

By Eric Ford
INTERMISSION| In the gaming dark ages of sequels and non-innovative rehashes, it’s always a refreshing change of pace to discover a title that is truly unique and, most importantly, fun.

You! With the book! Put it down and turn on the TV

By Matty Smith
INTERMISSION| With more and more shows debuting and a greater emphasis on quality over reality, its a good time for television — a darn good one.

The one thing Cal and Stanford can agree on: Hilary Duff is not good people

By Caley Anderson
INTERMISSION| After a summer of intensely watching television, reading Rolling Stone and listening to Top 40 radio, I was worried that three weeks without Internet, television, mail or radio (not to mention limited phone service) was going to, basically, end me.

Never fear, kiddies, Roxy’s integrity is here to stay

By Roxy Sass
INTERMISSION| Everyone knows that Halle Barry could have played any role in the business after winning that Oscar. But instead of going for Shakespeare, she decided maybe she just wanted money.