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In memoriam: Deaths in 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to stand atop the world's highest mountain. Dr. Michael DeBakey developed treatments for heart disease that prolonged the lives of millions. Arthur C. Clarke carried readers and movie fans light years into space and...Tags: Studs Terkel, Culture, New York Dragons, Gene Kelly, Estelle Getty
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Writers and editors
Writers and editors George MacDonald Fraser, 82; author of the "Flashman" series of historical adventure novels (Jan. 2) Gilbert A. Harrison, 92; editor of the New Republic, helped launch new talent (Jan. 3) Philip Agee, 72; former CIA official wrote...Tags: Culture, Newspaper and Magazine, Studs Terkel, Richard Ford, Awards and Prizes
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Goodbye to Butch Cassidy and others
Of The Associated PressCharleton Heston's powerful screen presence dominated ''The Ten Commandments'' and ''Ben-Hur.'' Paul Newman portrayed lovable rogues in smaller-scale films that reflected changing attitudes toward sex and society. Moses and Michelangelo. Hud, Butch...Tags: Studs Terkel, Gene Kelly, Estelle Getty, Yves Saint Laurent, Ray Charles
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The magic of Cartagena
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterIf it isn't the bright bougainvillea tumbling from the colonial balconies or the quiet shimmer of the Caribbean Sea, then maybe it's the impromptu dance parties in the town plazas, or the joyful din of guitars, bongos and maracas that drifts through the...Tags: Civil Unrest, Volcanoes, Tourism and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Music Industry
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John Leonard dies at 69; erudite critic was early champion of Toni Morrison and other writers
The Associated PressLiterary and cultural critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors, and so consumed and so informed by books that Kurt Vonnegut once praised him as "the smartest man who ever lived," has died. He...Tags: Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Studs Terkel, Radio Industry, Upper East Side, Death and Dying
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Literary critic John Leonard dies at 69
Literary and cultural critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors, and so consumed and informed by books that Kurt Vonnegut once praised him as "the smartest man who ever lived," died Wednesday...Tags: Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Studs Terkel, Radio Industry, Upper East Side, Death and Dying
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'Cholera' rivals are actually admirers
Sentinel Movie CriticLove in the Time of Cholera, a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a new film by Mike Newell, is a love triangle, a story of two men who love the same woman over the course of 50 years. It was near certain to require an on-location film shoot, in...Tags: Mike Newell, Film Festivals, Senior Citizens, Julia Roberts, Benjamin Bratt
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'Cholera' Adaptation Lacks Spark of Love
Zap2It.comSome books put up one hell of a fight on the way to the multiplex, and they're not always the ones you'd expect. Ever since "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, much has been written about the difficulty of adapting...Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Ronald Harwood, Mike Newell, Film Festivals, John Leguizamo
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Lists of Best-Selling Books
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS FICTION 1. "Stone Cold" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 2. "Creation in Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult) 3. "Protect and Defend: A Thriller" by Vince Flynn (Atria Books) 4. "Book of the Dead" by...Tags: Books-A-Million Incorporated, Fiction, Books, John Grisham, Donald Trump
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Confusing 'Love' lurches along
amNewYork Movie CriticDirector Mike Newell nimbly translated the magic of the fourth Harry Potter book from page to screen, but not so with the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera." For a story about a man who falls in unrequited love for...Tags: Benjamin Bratt, Mike Newell, Movies, Javier Bardem, Harry Potter
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L.A.: Life that art can't imitate
So Reggie the alligator already has escaped once from his cell at the Los Angeles Zoo. Mark my words: No prison will hold him. He will escape again and steal a Ferrari Enzo. This is what makes writing wild fiction about Los Angeles so hard. L.A. just...Tags: Natural Resources, Michael Mann, Robert Towne, Wildlife, Los Angeles
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The king of anti-kidnapping
Colombia has its human rights problems, but in one respect it's a poster child for law-enforcement progress. Once the kidnapping capital of the world, Colombia claims to have slashed its snatching-for-profit business by 88% since President Alvaro Uribe...Tags: Civil Unrest, Police, Human Rights, Armed Forces, Police Investigations
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