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Mob, fame, loss: Film details Rose Marie's surprising life

Friday, 12 January 2018, 10:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Rose Marie's place in show business history is anchored by her performance as smart aleck comedy writer Sally on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and a "Hollywood Squares" quipster. That is simply...

New Supreme Court cookbook dishes up history, recipes

Friday, 12 January 2018, 10:08 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

At Christmastime, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor would send her colleagues gift-wrapped packages of homemade beef jerky from her family's cattle ranch in Arizona. Her colleague Ruth Bader...

Blitzen Trapper tell stories on 'Wild & Reckless'

Thursday, 11 January 2018, 11:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Blitzen Trapper, "Wild & Reckless" (LKC Recordings) Portland-based Blitzen Trapper's "Wild & Reckless" is an album of straightforward tunes, many taken from an eponymous combination...

Star Wars cast reflects on Carrie Fisher's and Leia's legacy

Thursday, 11 January 2018, 10:22 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Carrie Fisher may have been the "madcap Auntie Mame" to Mark Hamill's "square" homebody, but despite their differences, the Star Wars siblings got along famously right till the end. While both...

James Patterson and Einstein archivists creating new series

Thursday, 11 January 2018, 10:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Already co-writing a political thriller with former President Bill Clinton, James Patterson is now set for a collaboration with the managers of Albert Einstein's archives. The best-selling and...

With 'On Air,' Rolling Stones look to past radio recordings

Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 15:26 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The Rolling Stones have released an album of rarely heard radio recordings, but Keith Richards admits with a laugh: "I barely remember some of them." "The Rolling Stones — On Air" was...

Dave Robicheaux returns in new novel by James Lee Burke

Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 15:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"Robicheaux" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke's iconic deputy from Louisiana, Dave Robicheaux, must face the past that haunts him while pursuing a murder case that hits...

'Wonderstruck' is a beautiful fable for youngsters

Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 10:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

For devoted fans of certain prestige directors, it's always a little disarming to see them make a true children's film. Expectations have to be readjusted in real time as you submit to something else,...

New film claims to have solved Jim Thompson mystery

Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 15:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A new documentary is set to stir fresh debate over one of Asia's most enduring mysteries: What happened to Jim Thompson, Thailand's legendary silk king. The former American intelligence officer...

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