Walter Winchell
Connections
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Well, if it was the summer, there was no air conditioning. I’m hot. All the windows are wide open. The radios are on. You hear Walter Winchell, Fred Allen, Jack Benny. You hear people talking in the alley ways. They’d have beach chairs in the driveway, so you’d hear laughter and radios. I’d put the ball game on, the Dodgers. … Red Barber was the voice of the Dodgers.More quotes »
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Philip Roth and his 'delicious' Newark
Published: March. 18, 2012 at 2:26 PM NEWARK, N.J., March 18 (UPI) -- As Newark, N.J., prepares to honor native son Philip Roth's 80th birthday next year, the writer reflects back, saying growing up there was "delicious." While the Newark Landmarks and H from United Press International Read more »
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Living literary legend and Newark native Philip Roth looks back as he turns 79
John Munson/The Star-LedgerNewark native and author Philip Roth poses in the Manhattan apartment. NEW YORK CITY — Philip Roth laughs. It’s not a belly-shaking guffaw — the lanky novelist couldn’t do that even if he wanted to — rather, it’s a head-thrown- from NJ.com Read more »
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Breitbart: Media Rebel With a Cause
Andrew Breitbart — my dear wild friend, who died yesterday at the heartbreakingly young age of 43 — could have become a mainstream media mogul, perhaps the first true mogul of the Internet era. There was a moment, a few years ago, when the size of his ro from New York Post Read more »
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Gossip divine
The gossip spectrum runs from acts of disloyalty at a maximum to those of mild indiscretion at a minimum. . . . The disloyalty fades and the indiscretion lessens the further the remove of the gossiper from the actual parties being gossiped about. Someone from The New Criterion Read more »
