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There are 38 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History In 1765, Frederick County, Md., became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act. On This Date • In 1903, singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the...Tags: World War II, Music Theater, Robin Roberts, Theater, Rock and Roll
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Studs Terkel, writer and radio personality, dies at 96
Studs Terkel, who made his name listening to ordinary folks talk about their ordinary lives -- and who turned that knack for conversation into a much-honored literary career -- died Friday. He was 96.
Terkel died of old age at his home in Chicago, his...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Mark Twain, Bob Dylan, Family, Mississippi
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Check out old Paris charm in Belleville, birthplace of La Vie En Rose's Edith Piaf
The Associated PressTourists looking for old Paris charm and a taste of La Vie en Rose should head to Belleville, a largely overlooked part of the city and the birthplace of Edith Piaf. Only five Metro stops away from Paris' town hall, Belleville has retained much of its...Tags: Death and Dying, Marion Cotillard, Movies, Edith Piaf, Film Festivals
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DVD FOCUS: 'Touch of Evil' and its many touches of genius
Tribune NewspapersA routine genre assignment that its beleaguered director turned into the most Shakespearean film noir of all time, "Touch of Evil" was primed to be Orson Welles' comeback, the movie that revived his Hollywood career after a long period in the wilderness....Tags: Cinema Industry, Francois Truffaut, Hedy Lamarr, Jean-Luc Godard, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Court's in session
It's law night on Turner Classic Movies, as five of Hollywood's most celebrated legal eagles are showcased in an evening of programming that shouldn't raise objections from anyone. The proceedings commence at 5:15 p.m. with Otto Preminger's Anatomy of...Tags: Dirk Bogarde, Witnesses, Gregory Peck, Charles Laughton, Justice System
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Fashion takes to Paris catwalks
Luxury labels Christian Dior and Giorgio Armani fought for the hearts and minds of A-list actresses in Paris on Monday with glittering haute couture presentations of red carpet gowns.
Helen Mirren, Kerry Washington, Liv Tyler and Eva Mendes were just...Tags: Death and Dying, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Giorgio Armani, Sophia Loren
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Goodbye To Convention Coverage, Hello To NFL Season
John McCain's acceptance speech in the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul culminates the week's activities at the Republican National Convention (CSPAN, CNN, 6 p.m.; MSNBC, 7 p.m.; PBS, 8 p.m.; Fox News, 9:45 p.m.; ABC, CBS, NBC, 10 p.m.). His theme of...Tags: New York Giants, Jon Stewart, Ronald Colman, Sam Brownback, Joan Crawford
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Olivia De Berardinis paints pinup art
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHOW Olivia De Berardinis found her creative calling is a classic feminist success story -- with one possible catch. Can a painter who is at the pinnacle of pinup art be a symbol of female empowerment? Since 2004, De Berardinis' portraits have filled...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, MySpace, Manhattan (New York City), Family, Pornography
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Innovative Pieces Considered Shockers In Their Day
Gardeners know that an unusual blooming magnolia or dogwood tree must be placed in an isolated spot to be admired as a "specimen" tree. Decorators and collectors soon learn that some furniture can dominate a room filled with pieces from many eras as a...Tags: Firearms, Furniture, Basketball, Defense
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'There Will Be Blood'
jan.stuart@newsday.comMarlene Dietrich used to extol in song the virtues of a man who takes his time. Were she still about, the screen diva might have had a soft spot for Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson, two artists known for the long, considered intervals that...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Upton Sinclair, California, American Petroleum, Daniel Day-Lewis
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'Love Letters' is written from a land of loss
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles TimesThe nervous, tender-hearted stories in "Love Letters From a Fat Man" (BkMk Press, 234 pages, $16.95 paper) are often set in that netherworld humans inhabit after loss -- that strange, weightless, one-foot-in-front-of-the-other place that is a buffer...Tags: Physiology, Refugee, Natural Science
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Elvis is still in the building
rafer.guzman@newsday.comHumorist Dave Barry once wrote, "Eventually everybody has to die, except Elvis." Barry was being funny, as always - but was he right? As America marks the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death this week, the singer is still very much with us....Tags: Culture, Leonard Bernstein, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Rock and Roll
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