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Tom Wolfe to receive the National Book Foundation's highest honor
Tribune reporterTom Wolfe is one of the reasons I got into journalism and, really, into writing in general. His pieces mixed facts and traditional reporting with striking personal accounts and interesting literary techniques in way that appeased both my type-A...Tags: Joan Didion, Journalism, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Tom Wolfe
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Concert review: Furthur at UCF Arena
Soundboard Music Blog - Orlando SentinelIt’s impossible to avoid the aura of nostalgia that envelopes Furthur, the latest side-road being traveled by the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh and Bob Weir. It starts with the name itself, a reference to the International harvester school bus... -
Paul Newman: A Legend Dies At 83
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTPaul Newman was a stage actor who became a movie star. A sex symbol who celebrated 50 years of marriage with his second wife. A grieving father who turned to philanthropy after the death of his only son. A citizen activist who campaigned for liberal...Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Health, Duke Ellington, Celebrities, James Dean
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The 101 Greatest Screenplays
Zap2It.comWhat do you think of the WGA list? ++++++++++++++++++++ || 1. || CASABLANCA Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison || || 2. || THE GODFATHER...Tags: Thomas Keneally, Betty Comden, Paddy Chayefsky, L. Frank Baum, Peter Shaffer
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The Angels Born in Hell
The Hartford CourantRichie Vitale's eyes are hidden in the twin black pools of his sunglasses as he emerges from the Hells Angels clubhouse in Middletown. The bikes are waiting. Next to him, Leslie Adams slowly pulls on a pair of riding gloves. Bob Thomas and a dozen others...Tags: Crimes, Peter Coyote, FBI, Eyewear, Trips and Vacations
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Theater review, 'The Sea Lion' at the Duncan YMCA
Tribune arts reporterOne would not normally connect the whacked-out Ken Kesey, the LSD-infused creator of Nurse Ratched, with a fanciful, family-oriented theatrical show at the Duncan YMCA that involves puppets, dance, children and a Native American folk tale. But,...Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Minority Groups, Native Americans, Death, Clubs and Associations
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Latest openings: 'Thank Heaven,' 'The Sea Lion'
Special to the TribuneIrony, it seems, didn't die after all, not as long as The Second City exists to nurture sarcasm and satire. Opening Sunday, May 12, to renew our faith in the hip and flip, the comedy troupe's 88th revue, provocatively called "Thank Heaven It Wasn't 7/11,"...Tags: Arts and Culture, Minority Groups, Comedy (genre), Censorship, Civil Rights
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Theater review, 'Dope' at American Theater Company
Tribune arts reporterEach summer, the ever-ambitious and ever-rambunctious Defiant Theatre unleashes an original theatrical epic, replete with a huge cast, countless short scenes and plenty of physical action. For the last couple of years, as Defiant has been parodying action...Tags: Timothy Leary, Richard J. Daley, Health, Comedy (genre), Osama bin Laden
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Boomers face the loss of a hero
In 1964, The Beatles stormed America's shores as four fresh-faced lads with thick Liverpudlian accents and what seemed like impossibly long bangs, the perfect tonic for a nation still reeling from President John F. Kennedy's assassination. By their...Tags: Led Zeppelin (music group), England, Eyewear, Mick Jagger, Demographics
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'Go Further'
Times Staff WriterIf you were tooling down the Pacific Coast in your gas-guzzling SUV between Seattle and Santa Barbara in the Spring of 2001 and passed half a dozen or so cyclists followed by a brightly painted bus, you had likely encountered activist-actor Woody...Tags: Politics, Stanford University, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Movies, Celebrities
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Aftershock: What will this tragedy do to the American psyche?
Tribune staff reporterIn the aftermath of Tuesday's catastrophe, when people confronted with unmitigated horror reached for something within their experience to compare it with, the event most often cited was Pearl Harbor. The surface parallels were there. Almost certainly,...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Minority Groups, Health, Comedy (genre), Entertainment
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Tie-Died: Rock 'n Rolls
FOR THE TIMESFriday September 22, 1995 That the Grateful Dead are neither seen nor heard in Andrew Behar's "Tie-Died: Rock 'n Roll's Most Deadicated Fans" should come as little surprise. The band--which may have trucked its last after the recent death of...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Grateful Dead (music group), Death
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