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'Gran Torino': How A Novice Ended Up Writing A Screenplay For Clint Eastwood
Los Angeles TimesHOLLYWOOD — If it's true that Clint Eastwood is hanging up his acting shoes with "Gran Torino," he couldn't have offered us a nicer swan song. Directing himself, Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a crusty retired assembly-plant worker who, recently...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Michigan, Movies, Hancock (movie), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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They make sure neighbors don't go hungry
Sentinel Staff WriterA grateful Charles Jones stood in a line of 100 or so people outside a cinder-block building on West Michigan Street on Wednesday morning, waiting for his Thanksgiving dinner. "I'm the collateral damage of the housing bust," said Jones, 46, of Orlando,...Tags: Turkey, Michigan, Business Enterprises, Orange County (Florida), Winter Park
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Though syrupy, long, 'Grinch' will steal kids' hearts
It's a well-established axiom that theater critics have hearts that are three sizes too small. How else could we skewer productions that folks in the audience - including the 5-year-old sitting on my lap - wholeheartedly enjoy?
Such is the quandary...Tags: People, It's a Wonderful Life (movie), Theater, Jim Carrey, Holidays
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A royal role for Crawford
A movie that cuts closer to the soul of U.S. politics than most of us would like to admit, Robert Rossen's 1949 All the King's Men (TCM at 4 p.m.) follows the tempestuous career of Louisiana Gov. Will Stark (Broderick Crawford), who exploits his...Tags: Anne Bancroft, Mercedes McCambridge, Billy Bob Thornton, Movies, Patty Duke
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Starting young: Kids on the campaign trail
beth.whitehouse@newsday.comRaymond Rose took off a week in late May and flew to Puerto Rico to help Sen. Hillary Clinton with her quest to win the Democratic primary there. Raymond is 8. On his birthday a few weeks ago, his parents gave the second-grader a choice: a birthday...Tags: Elections, Huntington Bay, High Schools, Manhattan (New York City), South Huntington
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Audio Review: Reader fails superior collection of short stories, Blue Religion
Mystery Fiction columnistWith authors such as Michael Connelly, T. Jefferson Parker, Alafair Burke, John Harvey, James O. Born, Paula Woods, Leslie Glass, Laurie King, the late Edward Hoch, Peter Robinson, Laurie R. King, and more, it's pretty easy to guess that quality tales...Tags: Book, Michael Connelly, Jim Dale, Florida, Idaho
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Off-Track Betting heads toward last hurrah
dfreedlander@am-ny.comThe city's Off-Track Betting parlors are in their stretch run, Mayor Mike Bloomberg said Tuesday, and it's no use trying to move the finish line. "Our plans are Sunday will be the last day that OTB is open in New York City," Bloomberg said. "It's sad....Tags: Michael Bloomberg, New York, Regional Authority
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NYRA gets extension; pols urge VLTs at Belmont
bart.jones@newsday.comWith NYRA's franchise set to expire Monday, the organization was given a three-week extension Thursday even as doubts grew about whether video lottery terminals will be coming to Belmont Park anytime soon. Meanwhile, local politicians and community...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, Executive Branch, Government, Sheldon Silver, Tourism and Leisure
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New Beatles-themed lodgings in Liverpool
Special to The TimesMoney can't buy you love, but it can buy you a night with the Fab Four, now that a Beatlesque boutique hotel has opened in the northern English city where it all began. Liverpool's 110-room Hard Days Night Hotel, which opened Feb. 1, is an artsy homage...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Ringo Starr, Cheshire, Gustav Klimt, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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IF YOU GO
YOTEL DETAILS Yotel is in the international arrivals hall at Gatwick Airport's South Terminal and in Terminal 4 at Heathrow. Standard rooms are from £25 ($50) for four hours and £55 ($110) per night (£40 and £80 for premium rooms; $80 and $160,...Tags: Heathrow, New York, Kensington
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IN MEMORIAM
[ IRAQ ] Name * Rank * Date of death * Age * Home Alicea, Rivera Rafael Angel * Ssg, Army * 02-05 * 30 * Bayamon, PR Allmon, William Elliott * Sgt, Army * 04-12 * 25 * Ardmore, OK Alvarez, Conrad * Sgt, Army * 02-20 * 22 * Big Spring, TX Anderson,...Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), St. Charles, Bell Gardens, Sag Harbor (Southampton, New York), Evanston
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Details on the museum events
For listings of London's late-opening museum events, visit www.lates.org. Entry to most events—including all those cited here—is free (drinks extra). 1. Natural History Museum After Hours events are the last Friday of every month from 6 to 10...Tags: Kensington
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