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Review: Climbing the crime career ladder in 'Live by Night'
-------------------- LIVE BY NIGHT A Novel by Dennis Lehane William Morrow: 416 p.p., $27.99 -------------------- In a recent interview, Dennis Lehane told fellow author Stephen Anable, "one of the reasons I write is because of all the Jimmy Cagney...Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Organized Crime, Lifestyle and Leisure, World War I (1914-1918), Flu
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Film review: 'Paradise' revisited
Thanks to digital technology, film — that is, the actual, physical substance — is disappearing faster than, hmm, let's say, adding machines and manual typewriters disappeared in earlier upheavals. Whether or not new technology is also having a...
Tags: Blu-ray Discs, Literature, French Literature, Movies, Entertainment
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War and romance never go out of style
Mark Helprin's delightfully old-fashioned new novel, “In Sunlight and in Shadow,” begins in New York in 1946, and particularly in its first half it borrows language, gestures and plot points from the sort of romantic comedy that one associates...
Tags: Literature, Chicago Tribune, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Physiology
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'Well Digger's Daughter' is good old-fashioned French filmmaking
Let "The Well-Digger's Daughter" take you back in time, not once but several times over. This traditional French film tells the story of a complicated romance between a rich man's son and a poor man's daughter in the Provence region of a century ago, a...Tags: Music Box Theatre, French Literature, French Movies, Movies, Kad Merad
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Literary Festivals - Enlightening, Entertaining and FREE
This past Saturday (9/29), I had the privilege of moderating a panel on the popularity of the romance genre at the Fall for the Book Festival in Fairfax, sponsored by George Mason University (GMU). I was joined by fellow romance writers Laurin Wittig of...Tags: Literature, Michael Chabon, Festive Events, Genres, Arts and Culture
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Ivey Lane's evolution: From Rodney King to Trayvon Martin
Two decades ago, a largely white jury from a Los Angeles suburb lit a perilously short racial fuse with two words: "Not guilty." Four white Los Angeles police officers were freed on charges of excessive force in the brutal beating of Rodney King —...
Tags: Racism, University of Florida, NAACP, Colleges and Universities, Drug Trafficking
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A bill for 17 porn films in 4 days? Now that's obscene
Carol Scott's idea of unwinding at home is ordering a movie from Time Warner Cable's pay-per-view service, maybe a nice romantic comedy or an engaging mystery. It's not watching tons of porn. So Scott, 52, a healthcare lawyer for a prominent Los Angeles...Tags: Credit and Debt, Pornography, Satellite and Cable Service, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Movie Projector: 'Madagascar 3' to top 'Rock' musical, Sandler comedy
"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" will be at the top of the box office food chain for the second consecutive weekend, beating out two new star-studded arrivals. DreamWorks Animation's 3-D sequel is expected to gross at least $30 million this...
Tags: Judd Apatow, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Jack and Jill (movie), Johnny Depp, Your Sister's Sister (movie)
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Colonial Players' 'Bell, Book and Candle' features spellbinding performances
Colonial Players ushers in its 64th season with John Van Druten's "Bell, Book and Candle," a romantic comedy that debuted in the same 1949-1950 season as the theater company. It was first presented by Colonial Players in 1953 — the company's...
Tags: Book, Annapolis, Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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TMI: novelist Toni Andrews
Name: Toni Andrews Age: 52 Occupation: Novelist Found at: Mark Twain House & Museum (Hartford) You became an author at 44-years-old. What prompted you to become a writer? The story on my website (toniandrews.com) really is true, even...
Tags: Travel, Mustard, Trips and Vacations, Mark Twain, Kathleen Turner
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Author Mariah Stewart says she has the world's best job
marieg@herald-mail.comWho knew whooping cough could influence a career choice? Not in medicine — but as an author. That was the case with romance fiction writer Mariah Stewart, who at the age of 7, spent an entire summer in bed, recuperating from the respiratory...Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Respiratory Disease, Whooping Cough, Arts and Culture, Authors
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Tracie Thoms' celebrity travels
You might call Tracie Thoms a triple-triple threat: The Baltimore native sings, dances and acts, and her career encompasses film, television and theater.
Introduced to acting and television at an early age — her father, Donald Thoms, is a...Tags: Kathy Bates, Personal Service, Celebrities, Cold Case (tv program), Television Industry
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