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Feast your eyes on this: Snacks and the arts
In the upper right-hand corner of certain pages in my copy of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes From Underground" (1864), you will find dime-size stains of a curious orange-yellow hue. The provenance of this tattoo is unmistakable: Cheetos. The volume thus...Tags: Culture, Books and Magazines, Albert Finney, Charles Dickens, University of Chicago
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Leigh's 'Happy-Go-Lucky' could extend Oscar touch
The Associated PressDirector Mike Leigh has a knack for putting relatively unknown British actresses into Academy Awards contention, as he did with "Secrets & Lies" and "Vera Drake." His latest find is Sally Hawkins, who co-starred in "Vera Drake" and Leigh's "All or...Tags: Culture, Awards and Prizes, Little Britain, Happy-Go-Lucky, Brenda Blethyn
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Joffrey, Hubbard blend old and new
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe next few weeks of dance will combine works by established masters with original pieces by rising stars. In separate fall outings, both the Joffrey Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago are blending old and new, a tried-and-true programming recipe....Tags: Dancing, Theater, Philip Glass, Jerome Robbins, Joffrey Ballet
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"I Love You Because" draws little admiration
steve.parks@newsday.comA generation for whom matches are made in cyberspace may regard "I Love You Because" as a cute boy-meets-girl musical comedy. For those of us who recall a time when girls waited by the phone for a guy to call and ask for a date, "Because" is enough to...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Theater, Long Island, Music, New York University
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Reference Points
Novel Destinations Literary Landmarks from Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West National Geographic [$25] To many, heaven means combining travel with reading. The authors of this book, Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon, are two...Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Salinas, Key West, New York
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'Speech & Debate' playwright Stephen Karam remains youthful
Special to The TimesSTEPHEN KARAM was not like other teenagers. For this Scranton, Pa., native, "play" didn't mean pickup basketball or keg parties -- it referred to one-acts he'd write and mail off to publishers and contests listed in the Dramatists Sourcebook. "What...Tags: Common, High Schools, Theater, Teen-agers, Netflix Inc.
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Author Jay McInerney on 'Gossip Girl' season debut
verne.gay@newsday.comTHE SHOW "Gossip Girl," WPIX/11 at 8 tonight REASON TO WATCH Season 2 begins. ('Nuff said.) OK, here's another reason. Tonight features effective cameos by author Jay McInerney and real-life society doyenne Tinsley Mortimer. CATCHING UP Poor...Tags: Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Penn Badgley, Gossip Girl
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Choreographer Edwaard Liang explores women's roles with 'Age of Innocence'
Special to the Chicago TribuneEdwaard Liang was born in Taiwan, studied ballet growing up in California, danced in New York and first dabbled in choreography in Holland. The 33-year-old mostly retired dancer, nothing if not international, also boasts stints with some of the most...Tags: Dancing, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Family, Joffrey Ballet, Dance
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Straight outta Malibu, rapper Shwayze gets his shot
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the first five minutes of MTV's new reality show "Buzzin'," which stars rising Malibu rapper Shwayze and his ne'er-do-well producer Cisco Adler, Shwayze's faced with an only-in-L.A. Sophie's Choice that could break his fledgling career. On one hand,...Tags: Music Industry, Ashlee Simpson, Television Industry, Los Angeles, Dwayne Johnson
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Putting a modern spin on 'Hamlet,' Jane Austen
Just don't call it plagiarism - many authors, like newcomer Irina Reyn, have put a modern twist on classic plots or characters: THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski. Currently riding high on the fiction bestseller lists, Wroblewski's novel...Tags: Police Investigations, Wisconsin, Greenwich Village, Los Angeles, Virginia
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Past selections
Spring 2008: "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler. Fall 2007: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller Spring 2007: "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin Fall 2006: "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri Spring 2006: "One Day in the Life of...Tags: James Baldwin, Elie Wiesel, Arthur Miller, Willa Cather, Lorraine Hansberry
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'Mummy' Actress Engaged
Zap2It.comDespite playing a wife in many films, Maria Bello hasn't understood the appeal of matrimony until recently. The "Mummy" actress and her boyfriend Bryn Mooser have become engaged, reports People. The engagement was announced in Bello's hometown...Tags: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Maria Bello, Unions, Clubs and Associations, Television
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