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Actor takes comfort in songs of band he once ridiculed
Los Angeles TimesThere was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same disdain he saved for, say, a Jane Austen novel. Austen? "Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole," he said. "It seemed girl stuff." And ABBA, the musical inspiration...Tags: ABBA, Benny Andersson, Celebrity, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson
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Springfield's secret
Our memory of the unpleasant chapters in our nation's history is usually shorter than we imagine, especially where race is concerned. Few Americans could even tell you "who" Jim Crow was. Only mostly older Americans remember the racial history of the Deep...Tags: Prosecution, Riots, Newspaper and Magazine, Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Malcolm X
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A clean, well-lighted place
Writers write. That may seem obvious, and it is, but where and how writers write is fascinating. Ernest Hemingway is said to have written standing up, 500 to 1,000 words a day. William Faulkner supposedly sipped whiskey while at his desk. Chicago's...Tags: Nelson Algren, Ernest Hemingway
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Shows to watch
'Celebrity Family Feud' 7 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5 Who's in the mood to feud? Famous folks are in the spotlight, playing for their favorite charities, in this new edition of the classic game show. Host Al Roker presides as the celebrity contestants answer...Tags: Celebrity, Joanne Woodward, Molly Ringwald, People, Paul Newman
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What to read this summer
The Washington PostTo herald the start of beach-read season, here's a list of eight reads from the past 100 years that still possess enough snap and crackle to complement any day in the sun. "Riders of the Purple Sage" By Zane Grey (1912) It's probably the greatest western...Tags: James Jones, Family, Joan Didion, Graham Greene, Beach Vacations
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Experimental 'Sky' explores sex, money struggles
Tribune criticLucky Plush Productions' "The Sky Hangs Down Too Close" is a richly imagined concoction of abstract dance theater, performance art, new vaudeville and contemporary dance. Though the text by Peter Carpenter, Jon Sherman and Meghann Wilkinson is...Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Dancing, Gertrude Stein, Dance
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Enchanting story
Some of you may recall that famous line from "Ulysses," when Stephen Dedalus, James Joyce's great everyday hero, laments, "History . . . is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." Not so lovers of historical fiction, those of us who try to dive...Tags: James Joyce, Fiction, Salman Rushdie, Heads of State, Government
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There will be blood
By Donna Seaman It is no exaggeration to say that since "Love Medicine" appeared in 1984, Louise Erdrich has been writing one long novel in installments. In her tumultuous saga of North Dakota, Erdrich portrays families burdened with secrets and...Tags: Sinclair Lewis, Murder, Epidemics and Plagues, Billy Sunday, John F. Kennedy
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Erdrich's "The Plague of Doves" Captures Brutal Moment In American History
Special to The CourantA glance at the "E" section of your local bookstore would probably not give the impression that Louise Erdrich is a woman willing to wait. Since 1984, the year she debuted with not one, but two books, the Minnesota-born novelist has published more than...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, John Freeman, New York Times, Literature, History
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A & P heir who lost millions
Huntington Hartford II, the heir to the A&P supermarket fortune whose quest to be taken seriously as a patron of the arts led him to bankroll movies, plays, galleries and publications that ultimately drained his wealth, died May 19 at Lyford Cay in the...Tags: Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Incorporated, Willem de Kooning, Marilyn Monroe, General Motors Corp., Pablo Picasso
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