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Food Comes Into Its Own As An Academic Discipline
Washington PostWhen 80 Yale University freshmen entered school Sunday, they took their first step toward higher education. But there was no reading list or, for that matter, showers. On the syllabus: digging up carrots, picking tomatoes and building chicken coops....Tags: Sociology, Anthropology, George Washington University, University of Maryland, Agriculture
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NEW TO DVD: Kicks in Mamet's martial arts flick
Tribune Newspapers'Redbelt': Though the description " David Mamet martial arts movie" sounds about as sensible as " Woody Allen splatter flick," Mamet's "Redbelt" works quite well both as a study of the art of the con and as a visceral punch-'em-up. Chiwetel Ejiofor...Tags: Woody Allen, Osama bin Laden, What Happens in Vegas, Ashton Kutcher, Paramount
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'Caravan' Puts Light On Gypsy Culture
Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends (Docurama, 2008) — Director Jasmine Dellal didn't set out to combat racism when she made "Gypsy Caravan." She just wanted to show off the wide variety of Gypsy musical styles seen throughout the world. But the...Tags: Political Candidates, Election Day, Sony Corp., Hayden Christensen, Voting Machines
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New on DVD: 'What Happens in Vegas,' 'Redbelt' and 'Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?'
Hitting stores tomorrow WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS (PG-13) (TWO 1/2 STARS) PLOT A jilted Wall Streeter ( Cameron Diaz) and out-of-work carpenter ( Ashton Kutcher) get hitched on a drunken whim in Las Vegas, then go to extremes to scheme each other out of the...Tags: Osama bin Laden, What Happens in Vegas, Ashton Kutcher, David Mamet, Movies
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Kanye West, Spike Lee and more stars gear up for DNC
Los Angeles TimesWho needs bread and circuses when you've got networking and rock 'n' roll? For every Democratic delegate who is bound for the convention in Denver, desperate to influence the platform committee, there are plenty more looking for the best entertainment...Tags: Celebrity, Fran Drescher, Music, Lynn Whitfield, Ellen Burstyn
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New DVDs: 'What Happens in Vegas,' 'Redbelt'
Redbelt Sony, $24.99; Blu-Ray, $38.96
Though the description “David Mamet martial arts movie” sounds about as sensible as "Woody Allen splatter flick," Mamet's "Redbelt" works quite well both as a study of the art of the con and as a visceral...Tags: Woody Allen, What Happens in Vegas, Paramount, Ashton Kutcher, Sony Corp.
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A Rich Sampler Of Good Listening, And One Dud
Special to The CourantEvery once in a while, an audiobook comes along that is as inspirational as it's rumored to be. Randy Pausch's succinct words of wisdom have been compiled into one such. audiobook, "The Last Lecture." In fact, it is more than just inspirational, it is...Tags: Music, Diplomacy, Book, Massachusetts, Plymouth
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Review: 'The Hamburger: A History' by Josh Ozersky
The Associated PressTHE HAMBURGER: A History, by Josh Ozersky. Yale University Press, 160 pp., $22. In writing an ode to a single food, it takes a deft hand to straddle the narrative strands of cultural, culinary and business history and place it all into context. Josh...Tags: Culture, Ray Kroc, Yale University, New York, History
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Tuesday's Highlights
SERIES One last dish: Gordon Ramsay will decide which contestant has what it takes to run a restaurant on the season finale of "Hell's Kitchen" (9 p.m. Fox). Demilitarized: "Wide Angle: Japan's About-Face" (9 p.m. KCET) looks at the role of the military...Tags: Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Shirley MacLaine, Cycling, Texas Rangers
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It's A Big Night For Warren Beatty, And Jack Nicholson Will Be Busy, Too
Robert Downey Jr., Dustin Hoffman, the rapper Pras and former President Bill Clinton praise the actor, director, producer and former lothario Warren Beatty, now 71, tonight as he becomes the 36th recipient of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement...Tags: Demographics, Pras, Jack Nicholson, David Letterman, Migration
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Monday's Talk Shows
The Early Show 7 a.m. KCBS 69905 Today Abigail Breslin; chef Eric Ripert. 7 a.m. KNBC 143924 KTLA Morning News 7 a.m. KTLA 49473 Good Morning America Molly Ringwald ("The Secret Life of the American Teenager"). 7 a.m. KABC 38059 Good Day L.A./Fox 11...Tags: Jerry Springer, Charlie Wilson, Joe Brown, William Shatner, Tom Hanks
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Josh Ozersky's "The Hamburger"
Associated Pressriting an ode to a single food is a road studded with pitfalls. If you go too granular, your narrative is derailed by obscurity. If you're too generalist, you sink into a morass of cliche. Which is why, with the hamburger—and there is no more...Tags: Values, Culture, Ray Kroc, Ethics, Yale University
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