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Six adults become b'nai mitzvah in West Boca
South Florida Sun-SentinelFor a moment Nancy Alovis felt like Yentl, the girl in the Barbra Streisand movie of the same name and Isaac Bashevis Singer story who secretly studies Talmud and impersonates a boy so that she can continue her studies at the yeshiva. Alovis, 51, said...Tags: People, Boynton Beach, Judaism, Religious Texts, Schools
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Karl Malden, Oscar-winning actor in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' dies at 97
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes...Tags: Theater, Steve McQueen, Gary Cooper, Television, Arthur Miller
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Sol Theatre charms with Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown
South Florida Sun-SentinelIt takes awhile before everything clicks in place with Angel Perez in the one-man comedy Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown. It isn't until his third take in this vigorous staging of playwright Guillermo Reyes' series of monologues that Perez's...Tags: Marathon, Theater, Migration, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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Beyonce's the queen of glittery glam at BankAtlantic Center
Palm Beach PostThe big productions of the past that Beyoncé's Monday night event paid homage to were clearly in evidence -- Tina Turner/Ann-Margret-style shorter-than-short shiny leotards and hordes of backup dancers, the Cher-esque costume changes and Barbra Streisand-...Tags: BankAtlantic Center, YouTube, Michael Jackson, Sarah McLachlan, Dance
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Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
The Associated PressJean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter. That message has now earned him a potential five-year prison sentence and the...Tags: Police Arrests, Organized Crime, New York, Franz Kafka, Behavioral Conditions
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For women, stylists, Fawcett's style was groundbreaking
Special to NewsdayLioness. Beach girl. Bombshell. All of these labels could easily refer to one of Farrah Fawcett's most distinctive attributes . . . her hair. That dark blonde feathered mane, just messy enough to imply a bedroom romp, indelibly changed hair fashion....Tags: Farrah Fawcett, Personal Service, Long Island
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How many times can they remake a movie?
There are more than 20 versions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde listed at the Internet Movie Data Base (imdb.com), but the two most famous came out in 1931 and in 1941. I'd never seen the '31 version, so I taped it off TCM and thus began my Fredric March film...Tags: Theater, Larry Craig, Ethel Merman, Walter Brennan, Wallace Beery
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFING
MALIBU Performing Arts Center bought as new City Hall Step aside, Barbra Streisand and Tom Petty, the Malibu City Council is moving in. The city purchased a new City Hall -- the former Malibu Performing Arts Center -- in an auction for $15 million. The...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Pollution, Folk Music, Auction Service, Bob Dylan
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Munopco revue scans five decades of music
Special to The Morning CallMunopco director Larry Williams began writing original revues with music from the 1950s and 1960s several years ago for economic reasons. ''The costs of royalties charged for producing Broadway musicals is so high, and the economy has increased our costs...Tags: Theater, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), William Penn, Tony Awards
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Folklife fest a 'rite' of democracy
The National Mall is being flooded with people taking part in what is billed as an annual "rite of cultural democracy" - the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This year's rite promises such things as absorbing stories of the African-American experience,...Tags: Radio Industry, Minority Groups, Folk Music, Culture, Mexico
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One Of DiCaprio's Hats: Savvy Real Estate Owner
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has sold a bluff-top contemporary in Malibu that had been listed at $7,999,000. The main house has two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,374 square feet. Walls of glass frame ocean views in the living room. A guesthouse has two one-...Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Auction Service, Revolutionary Road (movie), Leonardo DiCaprio, NFL
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All about roses, and new roses for 2009
June is National Rose Month, so how could I let prime bloom time go by without a mention of the so-called Queen of Flowers? I could start by waxing poetic, quoting Shakespeare or someone else who has written romantic prose about the fragrant blossoms, but...Tags: Christopher Marlowe, Cinco de Mayo, Beauty Products and Fragrances, Rubber Products Industry, Folklore and Mythology
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