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Former naval officer publishes first novel
Name: G.M. Corrigan Age: 65 City in which you reside: Frederick, Md. Day job: Freelance writer Book title: "Chasing Chickens: A Love Story" Genre: Literary fiction Synopsis of book: Set in the 1980s, "Chasing Chickens: A Love Story" is...
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PASSINGS: Michael Cacoyannis, Linda Christian
Michael Cacoyannis
Filmmaker directed 'Zorba the Greek'
Michael Cacoyannis, 89, the Cyprus-born filmmaker and screenwriter who directed the 1964 film classic "Zorba the Greek," starring Anthony Quinn, died Monday at an Athens hospital of complications...Tags: Movies, Celebrities and Health Issues, Ian Fleming, Lila Kedrova, BBC
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Michael Been dies at 60; singer was a founding member of rock band the Call
Michael Been, a singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the Northern California modern rock band the Call, which broke out with the 1983 MTV hit "The Walls Came Down," has died. He was 60.
Been (pronounced Bean) died Thursday after suffering...Tags: Television, Entertainment, Democratic National Conventions, Music, Heart Attack
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Blacklisted Director Jules Dassin Dies at 96
Jules Dassin, the blacklisted American filmmaker who was a master of film noir, directing such classics as "Brute Force," "The Naked City" and "Rififi," died Monday in an Athens hospital. He was 96. The cause of death was not made public. The...Tags: Music Theater, Movies, Edward Dmytryk, Hume Cronyn, Crime, Law and Justice
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The classic Crete
Times Staff WriterA mighty wind buffeted our Olympic Airways jet, bouncing it around as we descended at Heraklion, Crete's capital. As I maneuvered my stick-shift rental Opel through a maze of Heraklion's narrow one-way streets, desperately searching for the one that...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Credit and Debt, Mini, Crime, Law and Justice, Air and Space Accidents
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Movie review: 'The Passion of the Christ'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic2-1/2 stars (out of 4) "The Passion of the Christ" Mel Gibson's serious, often brutally powerful film on the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus is a passionate but gruesomely physical picture. But it's a subject that needs more spirituality and...Tags: Movies, Nazareth, Forehead, Religious Texts, Cinema Industry
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Film fiesta
The 18th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival starts up Friday, primed to prove again that it's one of the city's cultural film treasures and a great gathering point for Chicago's Latino community. Cinema, of course, is one of the best and most potent...Tags: Movies, Alfonso Cuaron, Cinema Industry, Anthony Quinn, Drama (genre)
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Top 5 Easter films
"KING OF KINGS" 3 1/2 stars (Cecil B. DeMille: 1927; Nicholas Ray: 1961). DeMille's glossy but reverent life of Christ, with H.B. Warner in the title role, was his personal favorite of his movies. But the 1961 remake by Ray ("Rebel Without a Cause") was a...Tags: Movies, George Stevens Jr., Claude Rains, Martin Scorsese, Willem Dafoe
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Scorsese and Schrader's dark vision
DAK"Nobody asked you to suffer. That was your idea." -- "Bringing Out the Dead" In the movies, it's tough to maintain a cutting edge for five years, let alone a quarter of a century. And that's one reason the continuing collaboration between director...Tags: Paul Schrader, Tom Sizemore, Movies, Entertainment, Grateful Dead (music group)
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Love and Other Catastrophes
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday April 4, 1997 What is more lively, spirited and unexpected than a youth movie that actually feels youthful? Mostly they show up DOA, compromised by aging, out-of-touch filmmakers and a lack of talent--or both. "Love and Other Catastrophes,"...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Movies, Entertainment, Comedy (genre), Cinema Industry
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