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Review: 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' by Lee Israel
tom.beer@newsday.comCAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Memoirs of a Literary Forger, by Lee Israel. Simon & Schuster, 129 pp., $19.95. In the title of this peppery little memoir, convicted forger Lee Israel asks our forgiveness. But is it absolution she's seeking? Or admiration?...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks, Nora Ephron, Punishment
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Typewriter wizard Martin Tytell, 94
The New York TimesMartin Tytell, whose unmatched knowledge of typewriters was a boon to American spies during World War II, a tool for the defense lawyers for Alger Hiss and a necessity for literary luminaries and perhaps tens of thousands of everyday scriveners who...Tags: Whittaker Chambers, New York, David Brinkley, Manhattan (New York City), Alzheimer's Disease
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NYC's 'Mr. Typewriter'
New York Times News ServiceNEW YORK — Martin Tytell, whose unmatched knowledge of typewriters was a boon to American spies during World War II and a necessity for literary luminaries and perhaps tens of thousands of everyday scriveners who asked him to keep their Royals,...Tags: New York, David Brinkley, Death and Dying, Manhattan (New York City), Central Intelligence Agency
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New York Real Estate: Kew Gardens, Queens
Special to amNewYorkIf you are a believer of "great things come in small packages," then Kew Gardens might be your kind of neighborhood. This triangular-shaped enclave has many conveniences of city life, yet retains a small-town feel. One of seven planned communities in...Tags: Horace Mann, Crimes, Will Rogers, Clubs and Associations, Schools
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Avedon photo exhibit worth a thousand words
What does power look like? What does it do to people? How can you tell who has it and who doesn't? No one has all the answers, of course, but valuable lessons can be gleaned from a timely, illuminating and, yes, powerful, new exhibit at Washington's...Tags: Music Theater, Richard Avedon, Barack Obama, New York, Greta Garbo
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ALMANAC
On Aug. 22, 1775, England's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion. In 1787 inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress. In 1846 the United...Tags: Delaware River, Madonna, Crimes, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Althea Gibson
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Oh well, whatever, never mind
Be honest: Were you upset about the fakery at the Olympic Opening Ceremony, when the kid lip-synced "Ode to the Motherland"? Irked by the perfidy of the fireworks display at the same event—enhanced, we now know, by digital images to make it a better...Tags: John Edwards, Oprah Winfrey, Corporate Crime, Fraud, Barry Bonds
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New CDs: The Jonas Brothers, Inara George
Jonas Brothers "A Little Bit Longer" (Hollywood)
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The third album from the alpha boy band of the moment is certainly of the moment. Jersey-born Jonas siblings Nick (15), Kevin (20), and Joe (18) hit all the right pop notes with such numbers as...Tags: Jonas Brothers, Music, Brian Wilson, Popular Music, Rick Springfield
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Felines rule the catwalk
The catwalk really was a catwalk on Thursday. Show cats dressed in everything from an Elvis costume to a sequined satin dress were poised to strut their stuff at New York's famed Algonquin Hotel. The feline fashion show was to unfold in the dining...Tags: Animals, New York, Long Island, New Jersey, John Barrymore
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Liz Smith: Rodgers & Hammerstein music for sale
The famed Rodgers & Hammerstein music publishing business, run by Ted Chapin, has put itself on the market for a mere $250 million. This seems like as good a time as any, what with R&H a hit again at Lincoln Center in the brilliant revival of just one...Tags: New York, Irving Berlin, Lillian Hellman, Gold and Precious Material, Music Industry
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Literary forger tells of her success in humorous memoir
Associated Press"She is a bright, talented actress," Noel Coward once wrote of Julie Andrews, "and quite attractive since she dealt with her monstrous English overbite." Pure Coward—except that it isn't. Banged out on an old Olympia typewriter in 1991, this...Tags: Estee Lauder Companies, Lillian Hellman, Manhattan (New York City), Humphrey Bogart, Celebrity
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The 'Age of Fake': Fireworks, singers, and beyond
Tribune criticNo, really: Were you upset about the Chinese kid who lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland" during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing? Or about the soul-stirring fireworks at the same event--many of which were, we now know, digitally...Tags: John Edwards, Luciano Pavarotti, Olympic Games, Multi-Sport Events, Television Industry
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