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The grieving process
Dear Amy: I am a 12-year-old girl in middle school. My mom died last year at around this time. I am having a hard time sleeping, and I don't want to eat as much as I used to. My dad tells me it's all stress about being in school again after eight weeks...Tags: Advice
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Director Marc Abraham tells story of common man with 'Genius'
Sun Movie CriticJohn Seabrook, the author of the original New Yorker story about Bob Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, loves the movie adaptation with the same name, Flash of Genius. It retains every pungent line Seabrook put on paper, no...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Fred Zinnemann, Roddy Doyle, Ford Motor Co., Bennett Miller
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Lake County community notes
The Lake County Extension Office will present "Your Energy-Efficient Home," a free program in the "Timely Topics" series, from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Lake County Agricultural Center, 1951 Woodlea Road, Tavares. The program will be repeated from 6:...Tags: Dancing, Energy Saving, IceHouse Theater, Dance
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'The China Lover' by Ian Buruma
Special to The TimesIN 1940, at the height of Japan's military aggression during World War II, a movie called "China Nights" won the hearts of countless Japanese soldiers and patriots who were riveted by the stirring singing voice of the young girl who plays a Chinese orphan...Tags: Armed Forces, Truman Capote, Celebrity, History, Defense
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'Ugly' trend hitting Hollywood where it lives
Times Television CriticLast July, the television series “ Ugly Betty” moved from Los Angeles, where it has been filmed for two years, to New York, on account of a recently tripled tax incentive. Given that the series, whose third season premieres tonight, is now...Tags: Long Island City, Family, Labor Legislation, Long Island, Breaking Bad
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On this day in history
On Sept. 3, 1189, Richard I, known as Richard the Lion-Hearted, was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain officially ended the Revolutionary War. In 1939 Britain and...Tags: Roman Catholic, Pauline Kael, Anglican, Christianity
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SCREEN SCENE: Chopin Theatre the set for an existential tavern
Tribune reporter'There's no destiny," says the bartender. "Nothing is predetermined. ... We're like actors on a stage. Whatever happens, happens ..." "Cut!" says director I. Michael Toth, a moment later, as the scene winds down. Here, the lavishly decorated bohemian...Tags: Cinema Industry, Abigail Breslin, Richmond (McHenry, Illinois), Minority Groups, Wilmette
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Sarah Palin, if her life was a movie
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLIKE MANY around Hollywood, I've spent an embarrassing amount of time during the week trying to decide which actress would be best to play Sarah Palin in the story of her life. I know conventional wisdom says that Tina Fey is a lock for the part, but do...Tags: Government, Fred MacMurray, Goldie Hawn, Political Candidates, National Government
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A loss of trust
Every Christmas, millions of Americans get a close look at the pain and hysteria of a run on a bank when George Bailey contemplates suicide after panicked customers demand their money from his tiny savings and loan in the Frank Capra classic It's a...Tags: Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Economy
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A wonderful way to stop bank runs
While I appreciate and agree with the sentiments in The Sun's editorial "A loss of trust" (July 15), I must say that its credibility is undermined by the incorrect and misleading movie reference at its beginning: "Every Christmas, millions of Americans...Tags: Corporate Crime, Fraud
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'Swing Vote': One Man Awakens From Political Malaise
The Orlando SentinelWill a complacent America that doesn't vote show up for a comic civics lesson about that complacency? If they miss " Swing Vote," they'll miss a feel-good film that, at its best, is "fair and balanced" and funny. And if they don't vote? We all know the...Tags: Karl Rove, Natural Resources, Referenda, Government, Nathan Lane
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Costner had a dream (and $21 million)
Asking Kevin Costner if he's comfortable acting in the Capra-esque election-year comedy Swing Vote might feel kind of obvious. Here's a movie star who, according to Swing Vote writer-director Joshua Michael Stern, still drinks a big glass of cold milk...Tags: Kevin Costner, Swing Vote, Elections
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