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In 'Wonder,' a sweetly sincere message movie

Sunday, 14 January 2018, 10:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

It's hard for us cynical souls to walk into a movie advertised with the tagline "Choose kindness" and not shudder in trepidation. What sentimental hooey is this? What new hellish circle of cheese...

How a young Ernest Hemingway dealt with his first taste of fame

Sunday, 14 January 2018, 10:13 Last update: about 10 years ago The Conversation

When he published “The Sun Also Rises” in 1926, Ernest Hemingway was well-known among the expatriate literati of Paris and to cosmopolitan literary circles in New York and Chicago. But it...

'Phantom Thread' spins a rich showcase for Day-Lewis

Saturday, 13 January 2018, 10:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

With echoes of "Rebecca" and lavish Max Ophuls productions, writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson spins the tale of an obsessive fashion designer and his muse into a suspenseful and often funny...

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...

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...

A lovely, delicate romance in 'Call Me By Your Name'

Saturday, 6 January 2018, 15:21 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The hours move slowly in "Call Me By Your Name ." It's summertime in Northern Italy in 1983 on a secluded 17th century villa, where life among the antiquities is beautifully tranquil and nothing...

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