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    Nov 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Holiday gift guide 2012: ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Star Wars,’ superheroes, more

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.com
    Call it Christmas, call it Hanukkah, call it Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice or Festivus. The truth is, we here at Hero ......
    2. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. In 'Restless,' William Boyd spies overlooked World War II chapter

    British novelist and screenwriter William Boyd doesn't buy the conventional wisdom that a writer should never adapt his own books. His long list of industry credits includes scripts based on his own work (the miniseries "Any Human Heart"), novels by the likes of Evelyn Waugh ("Scoop") and biographies ("Chaplin"). "Restless," the two-part miniseries Boyd wrote from his 2006 novel of the same name, premieres Dec. 7 on Sundance Channel.
    British novelist and screenwriter William Boyd doesn't buy the conventional wisdom that a writer should never adapt his own books. His long list of industry credits includes scripts based on his own work (the miniseries "Any Human Heart"), novels by the...

    Tags: Graham Greene, Sundance Film Festival, Germany, Manhattan (New York City), Sundance Channel (tv network)

    3. Dec 7, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. 'American Lady' offers a portrait of Susan Mary Alsop

    When Susan Mary Alsop died in August 2004 at the age of 86, her death marked the end of a legendary era in Washington social and political life. The wife of columnist Joseph Alsop, she had a front-row seat in the theater of 20th century power players, was a friend to presidents, moguls, artists, movie stars, intellectuals and European leaders, and bore intimate witness to the history of her day, recording it in sprightly, intelligent letters to her husbands, children and friends.
    When Susan Mary Alsop died in August 2004 at the age of 86, her death marked the end of a legendary era in Washington social and political life. The wife of columnist Joseph Alsop, she had a front-row seat in the theater of 20th century power players, was...

    Tags: Family, Jean Cocteau, Marriage, New York City, Human Rights

    4. Jan 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. And the Golden Hatchet goes to ...

    There’s a certain joy that comes with reading a great literary takedown, the kind of mean but intelligent and precise review that eviscerates the pretensions and the sloppiness of a truly awful book.
    There’s a certain joy that comes with reading a great literary takedown, the kind of mean but intelligent and precise review that eviscerates the pretensions and the sloppiness of a truly awful book. Over in Britain, they think of a good pan as...

    Tags: Authors, Book

    5. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Choosing books for the holidays

    Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-sized tome of history. I love shopping for my dad. I don't buy what he asks for; I go with books I suspect he'll like. Bill Buford's "Heat," a memoir about Italian cooking, was an unexpected hit. The next year, I bought him a cookbook.
    Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...

    Tags: Museum of Science and Industry, Madeleine Albright, Chicago Stories (tv program), Ossie Davis, Grant Achatz

    6. Nov 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 'Untouchable': A prosthetic-nose-and-all look at Michael Jackson

    In the exhaustive and at times <em>exhausting</em> new biography "Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson," journalist Randall Sullivan presents a radical new theory concerning one of the most heavily scrutinized public figures of the last half a century. Namely, that the man revered worldwide as the "King of Pop" could not possibly have been a child molester. The book posits that Jackson resisted sex for all his days and died in 2009 a 50-year-old virgin.
    In the exhaustive and at times exhausting new biography "Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson," journalist Randall Sullivan presents a radical new theory concerning one of the most heavily scrutinized public figures of the...

    Tags: Arbitration, Blackmail and Extortion, Bahrain, Prince Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson

    7. Nov 24, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 'Eight Girls Taking Pictures' explores the lives of eight radical women photographers

    In her fifth novel, "Eight Girls Taking Pictures," Whitney Otto explores the 20th century lives of eight radical women photographers. In these fictionalized stories, the women battle sexism and throw off the yoke of domestic oppression to reinvent...

    Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Manhattan (New York City), World War II (1939-1945), Fine Artists, Mexico City

    8. Nov 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Titian painted in a new biography

    <strong>Titian</strong>
    -------------------- Titian His Life Sheila Hale Harper Collins: 832 pp., $39.99 -------------------- This is a long book about a long life, a large volume about a large talent. Titian, its titular subject, was the most celebrated painter of his...

    Tags: Architecture, Fine Artists, Robert Frost, Artists, Book

    9. Nov 22, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  9. Jesse Jackson Jr. Quits Congress, Cites Health Reasons

    CHICAGO -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress effective Wednesday, citing the need to spend time "restoring my health."
    CNN
    CHICAGO -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress effective Wednesday, citing the need to spend time "restoring my health." Jackson, who announced his resignation in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, has been is the subject of several...

    Tags: Family, Regional Authority, Pat Quinn, Mayo Clinic, Bobby Rush

    10. Nov 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'Breaking Dawn 2' breaks big! Will moviegoers eat up 'Pi'?

    <span style="font-size: small;"><strong>After the coffee. Before packing for Thanksgiving in D.C.</strong></span>
    After the coffee. Before packing for Thanksgiving in D.C. The Skinny: I'm heading home for Thanksgiving tomorrow and can't decide whether to take the new Bruce Springsteen biography or an old Pete Maravich biography with me. While I decide that, you can...

    Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Argo (movie), Craig Bierko, Tribune Company, Audie Murphy

    11. Dec 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Our town was Wilder's town too

    New biography sheds light on Thornton Wilder, the influence of his childhood and his love of Chicago
    Chicago makes a claim on many writers — Nelson Algren, David Mamet, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg — even if those scribes spent only a portion of their lives within its sweet confines. But Thornton Wilder, the author of such iconic plays...

    Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Ernest Hemingway, David Mamet, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)

    12. Dec 15, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  12. The Victims And Their Stories

    Killed in Friday's horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults. In the day since the worst massacre at a primary school in the country's history, stories of heroism in the face of death and of young lives lost are beginning to emerge.
    Killed in Friday's horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults. In the day since the worst massacre at a primary school in the country's history, stories of heroism in the face of death and of young...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Adam Lanza, Georgetown University, Heroism

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