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    Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists

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    This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...

    Tags: Culture, Michael Chabon, Gravesend, University of Oxford, Pulitzer Prize Awards

    2. Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Richard Stern dies at 84

    To the literary world, Richard Stern was primarily a novelist, author of "Golk" (1960), "Stitch" (1965), "The Books in Fred Hampton's Apartment" (1973), "Other Men's Daughters" (1973) and "Natural Shocks" (1978) , among others, along with a host of superb short stories and essays. To the reading public at large, he was less well known, though he deserved better.
    To the literary world, Richard Stern was primarily a novelist, author of "Golk" (1960), "Stitch" (1965), "The Books in Fred Hampton's Apartment" (1973), "Other Men's Daughters" (1973) and "Natural Shocks" (1978) , among others, along with a host of superb...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Fiction, Joseph Heller, David Brooks, The Philadelphia Inquirer

    3. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  3. 'Django' actor Dennis Christopher recalls the foxiest 'Little Fox' of them all -- Liz Taylor. Also, Oscar thoughts -- Ben Affleck robbed

    Liz Smith
    "I'M LUCKY Horace. I've always been lucky. I'll be lucky again." So declared Lillian Hellman's ruthless anti-heroine Regina Giddens in "The Little Foxes." She announces this to her critically ill husband, after he has foiled her crooked plans to become...

    Tags: Liz Smith, Maureen Stapleton, John Warner, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Life of Pi (movie)

    4. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  4. Helen Mirren: Dame at top of game

    Helen Mirren's Walk of Fame star ceremony on Hollywood today will be one of the rare instances in which she stoops to conquer. She's played numerous monarchs in her celebrated career, beginning with Cleopatra as a teenager in "Antony and Cleopatra" at Britain's National Youth Theater; Queen Charlotte in 1994's "The Madness of King George" (Oscar nominee); and Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears' 2006, "The Queen," which won her an Academy Award and virtually every other film honor out there. As if to keep it in the family, she was invested as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003.
    Variety
    Helen Mirren's Walk of Fame star ceremony on Hollywood today will be one of the rare instances in which she stoops to conquer. She's played numerous monarchs in her celebrated career, beginning with Cleopatra as a teenager in "Antony and Cleopatra" at...

    Tags: James Mason, William Shakespeare, Movies, Australia, Phil Spector

    5. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| S-S

  5. Deerfield Beach High tackles taboo subject in 'The Children Hour'

    Oh how times have changed:  what was once taboo has become a lightning rod that has shaken the very boundaries of accepted society today. Lillian Hellman's "The Children Hour" depicts a lesbian woman coming to terms with her sexuality, precipitated from...

    Tags: Deerfield Beach

    6. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| S-S

  6. Little girl's lie at heart of 'The Children's Hour'

    Relationships are torn apart, dreams are shattered, hopes are dashed, and lives taken. The world as they know it will never be the same because of one lie passed through the lips of a little girl in Deerfield Beach High's production of "The Children's...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Deerfield Beach

    7. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| S-S

  7. Lies, deceit, gossip fill Deerfield Beach performance

    A little girl tells a lie. A lie so strong that there might be an ounce of truth. Lies, deceit, and gossip; those are the themes that embody Lillian Hellman's tragedy, "The Children's Hour." This dramatic play tells the story of two women drawn into a...

    Tags: Deerfield Beach, Celebrities

    8. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| S-S

  8. Deerfield Beach High executes challenging play well

    The play, "The Children's Hour" by Lillian Hellman is a complex story about how one lie can ruin one or many lives. Karen Wright and Martha Dobie are headmistresses at The Wright-Dobie Boarding School. Mary Tilford is the school bully who will do most...

    Tags: Deerfield Beach, Celebrities

    9. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| S-S

  9. Deerfield gives strong, consistent performance in 'The Children's Hour'

    A young and very devious Mary Tilford, tells one heinous lie which unfolds into several more, causing innocent lives to be ruined and even taken. "The Children's Hour," a stage play written by Lillian Hellman was a source of of altercation when it...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Deerfield Beach

    10. Dec 7, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. A reflection on literary retirements

    Stop writing if you please, but for pity's sake, don't expect the world to look up from its lunch long enough to realize you've gone away.
    In light of Philip Roth's recent announcement of his "retirement" from writing, a scene from the 1977 movie "Julia" comes to mind. It's a delicious cinematic moment, involving as it does the deft puncturing of pomposity — always satisfying to...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Dashiell Hammett, Jason Robards, Parkinson's Disease, Richard Nixon

    11. Jul 25, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  11. Mila Kunis: She is Ashton Kutcher's 'good friend' -- got it?

    Liz Smith
    "I DON'T understand personal salvation. It seems to me a vain idea," wrote the late playwright Lillian Hellman. Hmmm. Something else to ponder. Want to read a really interesting book? Try "A Difficult Woman" by Alice Kessler-Harris, all about the...

    Tags: Dashiell Hammett, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, CBS Corp., Ashton Kutcher

    12. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Nora Ephron, 71, took a late shine to playwriting

    Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday at 71, had a diverse writing career that extended well beyond the romantic comedy films that made her famous. Over the decades, she worked as a journalist for the New York Post and several magazines, wrote a handful of books and, relatively late in life, became a playwright.
    Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday at 71, had a diverse writing career that extended well beyond the romantic comedy films that made her famous. Over the decades, she worked as a journalist for the New York Post and several magazines, wrote a handful of...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Marvin Hamlisch, Tom Hanks, Cherry Jones, Journalism

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Originally a play by Lillian Hellman, "The Children's H...
(October 17, 2012)
'The Children's Hour'
Vanessa Redgrave, left, plays the title role in the mov...
(April 18, 2007)
'Julia'