Entertainment :: Top Story
Marsha Thomason :: playing White Collar’s out special agent
On USA’s hit series White Collar British actress Marsha Thomason returns for the second season as a series regular playing out special agent Diana Lancing. EDGE’s Jim Halterman spoke to the Lost-alumni about working on the streets of New York, hunky co-star Matt Bomer, how she approaches playing her character and her bizarre (as she calls it) experience on General Hospital with James Franco.
Movies
The Man Who Drove With Mandela
This docu-drama traces the impact of a gay white Englishman Cecil Williams on the consciousness of the anti-apartheid movement and eventually on the constitution of South Africa.
Culture
Sacred Intimacy, Compassion Practice :: Kevin Smith is Your ’Snugglebud’
Kevin Smith maintains a touch practice that’s a little different from most bodyworkers. Instead of basing his work on massage, assisted stretching, movement training, or other forms of touch, Smith practices a form of structured holding--a method he developed on his own over time, and which he calls "snuggling."
Theatre
Wicked’s Gregory Maguire takes on the Brothers Grimm
Gregory Maguire is best-known for having re-imagined The Wizard of Oz as Wicked, his hugely popular novel that became the basis of the hugely popular musical. This month finds him re-imaging Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for the stage as one of the seven fairy tales re-imagined in Grimm, Boston-based theater Company One’s current production that continues at the BCA through August 14, 2010. EDGE exchanged questions via email with Maguire this past week about how he became involved in the project, his thoughts on fairy tales and what attracted him to reworking Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Celebrities
Polanski free, Swiss reject US extradition request
The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a U.S. request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
Music
Beyond the Beat: DJ Chris Padilla’s Song Picks, Week of July 25
Wow, it’s hot out there -- and on the dance floor. DJ Chris Padilla picks the songs to make you sweat.
Television
South Beach :: where the Jersey Shore boys are
MTV’s break-out reality series Jersey Shore has a cast so unique they couldn’t be replaced for its second season, which this time moved them to Miami for more hook-ups, fights and domestic squabbles. Recently EDGE’s Tony Phillips visited with three of the cast’s male stars - Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Ronnie Magro and Vinny Guadagnino about Miami, the Fame Machine and the rumors that cast members are being cut for season three, which returns the cast back to Seaside Heights.
Books
The Big Butt Book
A little behind in your reading? You’ll find plenty of it in this enormous new coffee table book that celebrates the female posterior. It’s guaranteed to have you crack a smile.
Fine Arts
Naked Bodies Painted for Art
Artists from around the world flocked to Austria to compete in a body painting competition. CBSNews.com’s Shira Lazar reports.

