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The return of Indy
The Associated Press*Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Nearly 20 years after he literally rode off into the sunset, the world's most famous archaeologist-adventurer returned to the big screen, a bit rustier for the mileage but still able to throw a good...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Cary Grant, Shirley Jones, CSI, Police
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quickguide NEW ON DVD: Hitting stores tomorrow
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (PG-13) (THREE STARS) PLOT The blockbuster reunites Harrison Ford's Indy with the love of his life, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen, reprising her "Raiders of the Lost Ark" role), and introduces Shia...Tags: Steven Spielberg, Cary Grant, Shia LaBeouf, Movies, Tallulah Bankhead
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A Hitchcock sampler
Special to The TimesAT THIS point there is probably no major filmmaker better represented on DVD than Alfred Hitchcock. Universal's 14-film Masterpiece Collection, which includes the crown jewels "Vertigo," "Psycho," "The Birds" and "Rear Window," remains the best value...Tags: Cary Grant, Movies, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Maritime Accidents
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Le Clezio of France wins Nobel prize in literature
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersJean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a globe-trotting French author of books exploring indigenous and nomadic cultures in Latin America, Africa and Asia, on Thursday won the Nobel Prize in literature. Le Clezio, 68, has written about 50 books. He has won...Tags: Diego Rivera, Los Angeles, Awards and Prizes, Frida Kahlo, Culture
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New DVD releases include 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
AP Movie WriterSelected home-video releases: "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" Nearly 20 years after he literally rode off into the sunset, the world's most-famous archaeologist-adventurer returned to the big-screen, a bit rustier for the mileage... -
'The Butt' by Will Self
The Butt
A Novel
Will Self
Bloomsbury: 368 pp., $25
WHEN WE succeed, nothing is less interesting than our intent; but the same cannot be said when we screw up. It's hard to imagine a scenario more profoundly snafued than the one Will Self has...Tags: Anthony Burgess, Book, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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'The Spy's Bedside Book,' edited by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGRAHAM GREENE divided his novels into serious works and "entertainments." They might just as easily have been categorized as stories about Catholicism and espionage, topics that actually were near neighbors in Greene's labyrinthine but fertile inner...Tags: Eric Ambler, Crimes, Books and Magazines, James Fenimore Cooper, Christmas
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Barack Obama: Search for identity
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFour years ago, Barack Obama introduced himself to America by painting a picture of a country that was united, somehow, in spite of itself. The pundits, he said in the keynote address to the Democratic convention, like to "slice and dice" the country:...Tags: Government, Minority Groups, Roman Catholic, Kansas, Chicago
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Historian David McCullough wins Chicago Tribune Literary Prize
David McCullough, who has brought American history—and democracy—to life in a string of wildly popular histories on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Harry Truman to the Panama Canal, has been awarded the 2008 Chicago Tribune...Tags: Tom Wolfe, Government, First United Corporation, Gerould W. Kern, Awards and Prizes
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What's the Chicago area buying?
++++++++++++++++++++ || Barbara's Bookstore at UIC, 1218 S. Halsted St., Chicago, 312-413-2665 || || || || || 1. || When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Little, Brown, $25.99): The humorous essayist recounts quirky events from his life. ||...Tags: Henry James, University of Illinois at Chicago, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Nathaniel Hawthorne
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'Secrets of the Sea' by Nicholas Shakespeare
Special to The TimesFOR THOSE of us who don't expect to travel soon to Tasmania, reading Nicholas Shakespeare's "Secrets of the Sea" is a decent alternative. His fifth novel draws much of its allure from its wild setting on this remote Australian island at the bottom of...Tags: Family, Fiction, Farms, Missing Persons
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'Devil May Care' by Sebastian Faulks
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMay 28, 2008 James Bond was the 20th century's most famous spy and -- almost as certainly -- one of its best-known literary characters. Had he lived, 007's creator, Ian Fleming, would be 100 years old today. A number of new books have been timed to...Tags: Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Eric Ambler, Books and Magazines, Ian Fleming, John F. Kennedy
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