Like Lohan with less crack

By Joshua Smith
INTERMISSION| Is Robin Williams the only actor you know in upcoming family comedy “R.V.”?

Not THAT bad

By Joshua Smith
INTERMISSION| The very first scene in the innocuous family comedy “R.V.,” in which Robin Williams performing a typically inane puppet show for his baby daughter, proved recent IMDb.

Coil is Cool as Metal

By Mark Kogan
INTERMISSION| For fans of the female-fronted metal genre, the last few years have been nothing short of barren and depressing. Poppy and successful Evanescence has yet to announce an official follow up to 2003’s “Fallen” and international femme-metal powerhouse Nightwish booted out their singer shortly after the conclusion of their 2004 “Once” tour and have yet to find a replacement.

Hooked on Spill

By Seth Shamblin
INTERMISSION| All a song needs is a hook. Open with simple percussion, add a bass line, throw in a guitar riff, maybe a chorus or voila and a pleasing if overly conservative song is born.

Don't Immerse

By Rachel Torres
INTERMISSION| Allegra Goodman’s short story collection, “Total Immersion,” newly re-released by Dial Press, is worth reading if you, like Goodman, are obsessed with American Conservative Jews, effete academics, Oxford or Hawaii.

Lips are on Fire

By The Stanford Daily Staff
INTERMISSION| The Flaming Lips’ new CD, “At War With The Mystics,” is as psychedelic as its title suggests, and all the better for it.

"Hard Candy?" More like "Hardcore Candy"

By Weena Pun
INTERMISSION| Simply put, “Hard Candy” is a movie about a 14-year-old girl, Hayley (Ellen Page), and a 32-year-old man, Jeff (Patrick Wilson), who plan to meet after an Internet chat.

This "Bee's" got sting

By Ryan Lampe
INTERMISSION| Ever wondered what “Rocky” or “The Karate Kid” would be like if you replaced boxing or karate with competitive spelling?

Scariest car commercial. Ever.

By Lisa Kerner
INTERMISSION| What’s more frightening: the supernatural...or reality?

"Untold" secrets, now portable

By Eric Ford
INTERMISSION| Ever wanted to hack and slash across the world (or for about 5 hours on a PSP battery) with no strings attached?