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Oscars make room for expanded best picture race
- 6/27/2009
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Following the decision of the academy to expand the best picture Oscar race to 10 nominees, there were concerns that the telecast would get even longer with clips introduced and screened from the extra
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Johnny Depp: An outlaw outlook
- 6/30/2009
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The 46-year-old actor has never played by Hollywood's rules, and now his rebel streak taps a kindred spirit in the role of John Dillinger with 'Public Enemies.' 1 Johnny Depp has fond memories of his
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All bang, no bucks
- 6/28/2009
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The empty-pocket guide to the Burlington International Waterfront Festival A fireworks show is just one of the attractions you can catch for free during the Burlington International Waterfront Festival.
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Croydon's Aerodrome Hotel not closing, says owner
- 6/28/2009
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The future of the Aerodrome Hotel is '100 per cent safe' - despite it being put into administration. Owner John Power says the renowned hotel, on Croydon's Purley Way, is definitely not closing, but simply
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Book on Charlie Chaplin ?overdone? one critic notes
- 6/27/2009
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Glen David Gold's historical novel ?Sunnyside? is about the legend filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. USA Today notes: ?Few readers will find fault with Gold as a writer or his ability to summon up a sense of
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Sunnyside by Glen David Gold: review
- 6/29/2009
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Dominic Sandbrook praises a sumptuous historical novel about Charlie Chaplin On the rocky Pacific coast, a lighthouse keeper spots a sinking skiff, its only passenger bearing a distinct resemblance to
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Book aims bright light on guilty characters
- 6/30/2009
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There must have been at least some virtuous citizens among the half million who doubled the population of Los Angeles between 1920 and 1930. Nearly two centuries before, the founding Spanish missionaries
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Mincemeat
- 6/29/2009
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WOS Rating: Average Reader Rating: Reader Reviews: Cordy House, Shoreditch Rarely does a show leave one genuinely speechless, but Mincemeat, Cardboard Citizens promenade production at Cordy House, does
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How To Misunderstand Satire
- 6/29/2009
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Celebrating cricketer Jack Hobbs' equalling of W.G. Grace's batting record, he depicted a statue of Hobbs on a dais above various lesser notables such as Adam, Julius Caesar, Charlie Chaplin and, as you
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Party like '20s at county museum
- 6/30/2009
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REDLANDS - In the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald's fictional Jay Gatsby gave big parties nearly every week. The Museum invites guests to 'party like the '20s' from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at
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News quiz: Week in review
- 7/3/2009
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1. The $65bn Wall Street fraud financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to how many years in jail? 10 years 50 years 90 years 150 years 2. Which unlikely figure did Elton John select as one of his heroes
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Jackie was a popular but unlikely uncle
- 7/2/2009
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'The little-known secrets behind the men & women who shaped America' By Paul Niemann But wait, there's more! As an adult, Jackie had a treehouse in the backyard. Also rode a motorcycle. And was bald,
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Slow Down: How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick
- 7/2/2009
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Not so very long ago, humans -- like the rest of the animals and plants on earth -- moved through our natural cycles at nature's pace. Time was marked by the passing of the seasons, the life cycles of
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-- Depp looking out for the outlaw
- 7/3/2009
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HOLLYWOOD -- Actor Johnny Depp has fond memories of his first machine gun. He was a kid growing up in Owensboro, Ky., and around age 5 or 6, began shooting .22s, then moved to .38s, .44s and .45s. Then
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Depp into the criminal mind
- 7/2/2009
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Of today's big male stars Depp is perhaps the last to ascend by way of the gun Rachel Abramowitz Los Angeles Times Actor Johnny Depp has fond memories of his first machine gun. He was a kid growing up
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Your daily pinta, delivered by handcart
- 7/2/2009
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I am intrigued by the photograph of this young lady doing her milk round in south-east London, possibly in the late 1920s or 30s. There is no caption but the picture tells us much about the days when
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An angel called Charlie Chaplin
- 7/2/2009
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Impact of Chaplin: The Boot Cake. Adipur is a sleepy desert town in Kutch, Gujarat, complete with cows blocking the narrow streets, and bicycles and scooters being the main mode of tran. Whats so special
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Lunch in Rome costs pretty penny
- 15 Hours ago
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Italian authorities have shut down a historic Roman restaurant days after it charged a Japanese couple $987 for a seafood lunch to become an unwitting symbol of tourist rip-offs in the capital. The tourists
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Economy of language
- 7 Hours ago
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For 80 years, linguists and philosophers have been arguing back and forth about the question of whether language determines reality. From the 1920s to the 1940s, Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf popularized
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JLo returns with a backup plan
- 3 Hours ago
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Jennifer Lopez seems at home as she wanders the hallowed halls of Radford Studios, originally built in this San Fernando Valley enclave as the cinema home for silent film greats Charlie Chaplin and The
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