COVER STORY Forever Young
Kurt Andersen and Nick Hornby look at how youth is no longer wasted on the young.
Grown-Up Garage Band A lot of people dream of becoming rock musicians.
But the middle-aged professionals who make up the Oxymorons never became super stars.
The band members told Rachel McCarthy that their wonky Washington day jobs don’t stop them from making rock-n-roll. Go to The Oxymorons website Listen to samples of their music
Timeless Beauty The entertainment industry demands
that performers have flawless, youthful, and unlined faces. Actress and
teacher Heather Rasche just finished her dissertation about actresses
and their anxieties about aging. She told Lu Olkowski about what's at
stake for women who perform in front of a camera. Go to a description of how Botox works
SPECIAL
GUEST Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby is the author of Fever Pitch,
High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good,
and A Long Way Down. He also edited the collection of short stories
Speaking With the Angel. In 1999, he was awarded the E.M.Forster
award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in North London. Go to Nick Hornby's website Buy Nick Hornby’s latest novel A Long Way Down
Action Figure
A lot of us grew up with GI Joe and Princess Leia
action figures. But today's selection of tiny plastic dolls isn’t limited
to movie and comic book characters. Super heroes worked hard to make our
democracy safe. So it naturally follows that we can now customize our
own action figures and base them on the look and personality of absolutely
anyone-- including Kurt Andersen. Produced by Eric Molinsky. Go to Highly Flammable Toys' website
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Grown-Up Garage Band
