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OPINION

 Harry Potter Is 
 Neutering America 

At the box office, the chaste rule, writer says

Jul 16, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Remember the old teen sex comedies, where hormones ruled and no one talked about their feelings? Hollywood doesn't, ST VanAirsdale writes in Esquire. Today's sexless blockbusters—think the Harry Potter flicks and Twilight—reflect how "our PG-13 imperative has scrubbed mass culture of its libido." The new leading... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • sex • Transformers • teen sex • movies • Esquire • teenager • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer

(Newser) - There are certain things men cannot do without, that if lost “we would briefly mourn and immediately replace.” Esquire offers up 31 male necessities.
  • Cast-iron skillet: "it will last longer than you."
  • Waiter's corkscrew: corkscrews should not "require instruction manuals."
... More »

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men • list • male • clothing • Esquire • tools • cash • things • necessities

GLOSSIES

Palin: Without Makeup, I'm
Not So Hot

Alaska guv says she loves Carmex, hates 'pathetic' bloggers

Feb 5, 09 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - “I eat, therefore I hunt,” Sarah Palin tells Esquire in a wide-ranging interview, dishing on motherhood, how to make good mooseburger chili, and life as a supposed MILF: “If only people could see me as I come in from a run early in the morning without a... More »

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John McCain • politics • hunting • blogger • Sarah Palin • Esquire • interview

OPINION

 Worst Members of Congress 

Esquire lists the public servants most wasting your money today

Oct 18, 08 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The competition for the worst member of Congress title was more like a marathon, Esquire reports; a wide field of people worked over long periods of time to stake their places in this list. Below, the worst of the worst:
  • Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn: Since being defeated in 2006
... More »

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Congress • William Jefferson • Joe Lieberman • John Cornyn • Election 2008 • Esquire • Michele Bachmann • William Jefferson sentenced

GLOSSIES

 Wine for Breakfast? 
 A Fan Makes His Case  

Perhaps a glass of Merlot should replace your cup of coffee in the morning

Oct 16, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The eggs are scrambling, the bacon is sizzling, the toast is, well, toasting. So kick back and pour yourself a glass of red zinfandel, writes Ryan D'Agostino in Esquire. This isn't some sophomore-year-of-college attempt to undo the excesses of the night before, but rather an innovative approach to the... More »

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wine • red wine • breakfast • Esquire

COMMENTARY

 Halle 'Sexier 
 Now Than I 
 Used to Be' 

Esquire's sexiest woman alive ruminates on the honor

Oct 8, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 20-plus years in Hollywood, Esquire picked 2008—the year of her first baby and, incidentally, not the year she played a bikini-clad Bond girl—to dub Halle Berry the sexiest woman alive. “I'll take it,” writes the 42-year-old actress in an acceptance speech that shares a thing... More »

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Halle Berry • celebrity • actor • Esquire • sexiness

 Esquire 
 Endorses 
 Obama ... Kinda 

He might be unable to define what change means, but Barack's the only horse in the race, say mag's editors

Oct 8, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama "is the only possible choice to lead the country," says Esquire, though the magazine’s position is less an endorsement of Obama and more a treatise against John McCain. Obama has failed to define his key campaign theme of change “except as all those things... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • political endorsement • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • presidential election • George W. Bush • Esquire

GLOSSIES

This Xoogler Might Be the
Next Bill Gates

Former Googlers make ever-widening waves
across Silicon Valley

Oct 4, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the past few years, Google has lost some serious firepower to the startup frontier, Luke Dittrich writes in Esquire. With self-styled Xooglers  providing the brain power not only for two dozen or so startups, but for the venture-capital firms that fund them, it’s likely “the next big... More »

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Google • YouTube • Silicon Valley • Gmail • venture capital • Internet startups • venture capitalists • Esquire

GLOSSIES

 How This Tastes to a Vegetarian 

Scribe's first steak in 22 years 'absolutely delicious'—until brain, stomach revolt

Aug 31, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The embarrassment for a cow in being a meal for a human one-fifth its size is among the reasons AJ Jacobs doesn’t eat meat. “If my body ended up as brunch for some badger or dachshund, I know I'd be pissed,” he writes in Esquire. But that... More »

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food • beef • steak • red meat • vegetarianism • Esquire

GLOSSIES

 Steak: More Than  
 Meats the Eye 

Esquire provides the basics, from grades to cooking times

Aug 29, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's more to a mouthwatering steak than meets the eye. So Esquire offers some tips and terms every steak lover should know before a Labor Day meat-fest:
  • Types of beef: Grass-fed: "Healthier but ... less flavorful than corn-fed." Heritage: "Rare heirloom breeds ... without the hormones or
... More »

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cooking • beef • steak • list • Esquire

GLOSSIES

Would-Be Butcher Tackles Meaty Issues

Dealing with people as important as wielding cleaver, writer finds

Aug 28, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Chiarella had the perfect customer-butcher relationship—the shop near his home gave him good meat and good advice. But he wanted more. He wanted, as he writes in Esquire, to live on the other side of the counter, "to be a guy with answers." So his Indianapolis... More »

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meat • Esquire • Tom Chiarella • butcher

GLOSSIES

 Wagyu: 'the Hummer of Beef'

Esquire taste tests extravagant $130-per-pound meat

Aug 25, 08 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wagyu beef, a Japanese tradition catching on in the US, uses cows “bred so that fat corrupts the striations of every muscle,” Tom Junod writes in Esquire. After sampling some at $130 per pound, Junod ponders how Americans can be attracted to such excess. Despite America's ecological awakening,... More »

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Japan • beef • delicacy • slaughterhouse • Esquire • opinion • Wagyu beef

Glossies

Tom Brady Talks Football, Life

Throwing a football 'doesn't matter to God'

Aug 10, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Brady knows he's a talented quarterback, but he's pretty sure that doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. "Look at the attention I get: It's because I throw a football," he says in the September issue of Esquire. "But that's what society values. That's... More »

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Indianapolis Colts • New England Patriots • football • Peyton Manning • Tom Brady • Super Bowl XLII • Esquire

 6 Events to Watch in Beijing


Aug 8, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - For those who won't watch every Olympic game—and who will?—Esquire has picked a few Olympic highlights to Tivo:
  • Day 1: Michael Phelps starts his second bid for eight gold medals.
  • Day 2: Kobe Bryant dribbles and shoots in the Olympics—for the first time ever.
... More »

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China • sports • list • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Esquire • Paul Hamm

ANALYSIS

 In Defense of
 American Blood Lust

'Inheritance' of nation 'born in blood'

Aug 7, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Cormac McCarthy's ascension "from cult writer to Great American Novelist" and the "primordial joy" of Grand Theft Auto IV as backdrop, Stephen Marche reflects on the central role violence plays in the American mythos in Esquire. "Purification through violence has been created and nurtured by figures... More »

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violence • Cormac McCarthy • Grand Theft Auto IV • Esquire

 The 5 Tastiest Absinthes

It's not the stuff of legend, but it makes a fine cocktail

Aug 7, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Absinthe is back on sale in the US after being outlawed since 1912 because of a compound believed to cause hallucinations, but two brands were approved for sale last year. So Esquire rounded up the five best bottles of absinthe.
  1. Vieux Pontarlier ($65): Absinthe at its finest.
... More »

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alcohol • drinking • ban • absinthe • Marilyn Manson • Esquire

 75 Things Every
 Man Should Do
 Before He Dies 

Esquire presents a real man's guide to life before death

Jul 24, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - On Esquire's 75th anniversary, the quintessential men's mag recommends 75 things every man should do before he dies. A smattering:
  1. Eat wild game you killed, dressed, and cooked yourself.
  2. Acknowledge the accomplishments of others
  3. Make an omelet
  4. Fast for three days, consuming only water
  5. Play a game of
... More »

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men • list • death • Esquire

GLOSSIES

What's With all the Skulls?

Ancient death symbol becomes a favorite modern fashion accessory

Jul 5, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy metal and Halloween, make room for haute couture. “What used to be a symbol for borderline-sociopathic tough guys with weird design fetishes—Hells Angels, pirates, Nazis—has become a trope de luxe,” writes Stephen Marche in Esquire. The skull, a symbol of death with deep religious significance,... More »

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fashion • Indiana Jones • Damien Hirst • pop culture • pop art • skull • Esquire

GLOSSIES

Germans Can't See Forest of
US Culture for the Trees

Media machine distorts view, author finds

Jun 30, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - German college students aren't impressed with American culture—they're not even sure it exists, author Chuck Klosterman finds at the outset of a teaching stint in Leipzig. "The proliferation of media has made it virtually impossible to tell the difference between a) what information is unilaterally interesting," Klosterman... More »

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Germany • Germans • pop culture • columnists • Esquire • opinion • Chuck Klosterman • University of Leipzig

Beastie Directs Film, Reilly Does Double Header

Esquire picks 5 performances to watch next month

Jun 15, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who will reign in pop culture next month? A dead drug addict and rapper-turned-filmmaker are on Esquire's list of predictions:
  1. Actor John C. Reilly will compete with Will Farrell for jokes in the upcoming laffer, Step Brothers.
  2. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has directed Gunnin' for that #1
... More »

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Hunter S. Thompson • John C. Reilly • Beastie Boys • Esquire • Michael Ian Black • Men Without Pants

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