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City Lights: 'Hey, Martha' stories still worth telling
A former editor of mine sometimes referred to what he called a "Hey, Martha" story. That was his term for a story with an offbeat or amusing twist. In other words, if an old couple were rocking on their front porch while the husband read the paper, he...
Tags: Muscular Dystrophy, The Rolling Stones (music group), Stan Laurel, Yosemite National Park, Brian Jones
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City Lights: The Oscar pool is on
Everyone has at least one skill that doesn't have a practical use. Mine is the ability to name every movie ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. I absorbed that knowledge from years of reading critical studies of the Oscars, to the point...Tags: Hugo (movie), Christopher Plummer, The Departed (movie), George Clooney, Celebrities
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Florida Film Festival stars: Cary Elwes, Tippi Hedren ... and the U.K.
At this year's Florida Film Festival, the rallying cry could be borrowed from history: "The British are coming! The British are coming!" For the first time, a special program of short films from the United Kingdom is part of the annual 10-day festival...
Tags: Federico Fellini, Tippi Hedren, Robin Wright, Zoe Bell, Tim Roth
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'Gimme the Loot' director says film 'hit the jackpot'
This post has been corrected. See below for details.With its loose, freewheeling style, the unassuming "Gimme the Loot" has already led something of a charmed life. The film picked up the grand jury prize when it premiered at the South by Southwest film festival last year, going on to play the...Tags: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (movie), Celebrities, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Season 16 kicks off
Live from Hollywood: It’s the 16th season of “Dancing With the Stars!” In the grand ballroom tradition we’ve got our old favorites, some new pros and stars of varying wattages (as Tom said, “We get most of our cast when their...
Tags: Disney Channel (tv network), Wynonna Judd, Breast Cancer, Personal Service, Celebrities
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap, Jacoby Jones, a 'Bachelor,' Andy Dick and more
Hello, darlings. We're back in the ballroom, this time with a bunch of new dancers. That All-Star season had its moments, but was kind of a dud overall. Lordie. Someone's given Barbara Barrie's hair to Kellie Pickler. (Relevant fact about Barrie: She'...Tags: Wynonna Judd, Breast Cancer, Mark Ballas, Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Music
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Ang Lee to direct FX pilot “Tyrant” — and other big-time directors who have gone to TV
Channel Guide MagazineNot many people expected Ang Lee to take home the Best Director trophy at the Academy Awards last month for Life of Pi. He's defying expectations yet again with his follow-up project, a pilot for FX called Tyrant, scheduled to shoot this summer. Tyrant... -
Carole King's life and songs headed for Broadway in 'Beautiful'
Carole King’s life and times – and songs she wrote with her ex-husband, Gerry Goffin -- will be the stuff of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” whose producers are aiming for a spring 2014 opening on Broadway. Playbill reports...
Tags: Petula Clark, Entertainment, Music Industry, Book, Music
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Shereen El Feki discusses her new book on sex in the Arab world
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.As change sweeps across the Arab world, there are a variety of lenses through which to examine these changes: religious, cultural, political, economic. Shereen El Feki has chosen a decidedly less conventional lens with her new new book “Sex and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, United Nations, Journalism, Arts and Culture, Sexual Assault
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When working from home, the office can always find you
Rita VanderWaal lives outside Chicago. Her boss works out of company headquarters in Troy, Mich. Her office is ostensibly in suburban West Dundee. But she usually works from home — unless she's on the road, as she was Tuesday. "My boss is quite...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Career and Workplace, Marissa Mayer, Employment, O'Hare International Airport
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Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen split up
Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen have split. The couple ended their relationship, according to Us Weekly, which reports that "The Vow" actress is back on the market. McAdams, 34, and Sheen, 44, met on the set of Woody Allen's 2010 film "Midnight in...
Tags: Owen Wilson, The Vow (movie), Celebrities, Ryan Gosling, Terrence Malick
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Should Emmert keep NCAA president job?
Exit plan a must Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune Mark Emmert needs to go. His rogue enforcement staff has heaped embarrassment on a group that already might have been less popular than Congress. And it's not as if the botched Miami case is the...Tags: Education, The Pennsylvania State University, Colleges and Universities, Mark Emmert, College Sports
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