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Andrew O'Hagan observes and partakes of 'The Atlantic Ocean'
-------------------- The Atlantic Ocean Reports from Britain and America Andrew O'Hagan Mariner: 354 pp., $15.95 paper -------------------- The British writer Andrew O'Hagan is probably best known in the United States for his fiction; his novels...Tags: Authors, Newspaper and Magazine, Oceans, Bodies of Water, Literature
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Gore Vidal says nice things about women in the new Vanity Fair
In his prime, writer Gore Vidal didn't have much nice to say about people, and he enjoyed sharing his opinions. On live television in 1968, he referred to fellow commentator William F. Buckley as a "crypto-Nazi" (Buckley responded by calling Vidal...
Tags: Charles Manson, Joanne Woodward, Andy Warhol, Dick Cavett, Google+
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Flirtatious poking bothers girlfriend
Dear Amy: I'm 27 and have been with my boyfriend "Mike" for three years. We intend to get married down the line. However, I'm discovering that Mike has a string of female admirers in all of his friend groups — women from college, clubs, interest...
Tags: Authors, Willa Cather, Book, Jane Austen
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Black and White Party features vintage idea, youthful appeal
The storms of winter 2010 shut down roads, cancelled classes, closed up shops and nearly ended a signature Baltimore event before it started. On a cold January night, organizers of the Pratt Contemporaries' inaugural Black and White Party watched the...Tags: Julia Child, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Fells Point, Weather, Moschino
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Truman Capote on the Sonny and Cher Show
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Kansas exhumes bodies of 'In Cold Blood' killers
LANSING, Kan. (AP) - Kansas officials have exhumed the bodies of two men executed for the 1959 slayings of a Kansas family made infamous in Truman Capote's nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood." The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the bodies of...
Tags: Murder
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National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation
A gripping western, a beloved holiday film, a 115-year-old movie capturing a famous boxing match, a memoir of a Holocaust survivor and a visionary science-fiction thriller in which Keanu Reeves utters the word “whoa” are among the 25 films...Tags: Keanu Reeves, U.S. Congress, Audrey Hepburn, Literature, Boxing
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First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is taken to the decrepit library of the Eloi race. "I can learn all I want about you from books,"...
Tags: Jack Kerouac, Authors, J.K. Rowling , Services and Shopping, Apple iPad
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Memories that bind
Books often play a big role in people's holiday memories. Some of us receive a gift book that becomes a cherished memento or starts us on a lifelong love of reading. Or a family reads a certain book each year as part of their holiday traditions. We...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Religious Festivals, Fiction, Mystery (genre), World War II (1939-1945)
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'In Cold Blood' a cold case police decide is worth digging up
The notorious killers of "In Cold Blood" are long dead, but their bones could have another hellish story to tell. The remains of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock were unearthed Tuesday for DNA testing. Authorities are looking for a link to the slaying...Tags: Murder, FBI
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The books behind the new films at the Library of Congress [Video]
The Library of Congress announced the names of 25 films Wednesday that are to be enshrined in its National Film Registry. Of those 25, 5-1/2 were based on books or stories. The half? Read on. The 1983 film "A Christmas Story" -- with Ralphie, a frozen...Tags: Authors, Google+, Audrey Hepburn, Drama (genre), Libraries
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In 'Hitchcock' and 'Lincoln,' two icons, divergently portrayed
One man liberated America from the scourge of slavery. The other freed the country of its preconceptions about cinema and entertainment. OK, so there's no comparing the moral achievements of Abraham Lincoln and Alfred Hitchcock. But both men followed...Tags: Anthony Hopkins, Psycho (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012), Rust and Bone (movie), Celebrities
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