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PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding
Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Common, Petroleum Industry, International Olympic Committee, Music
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Australia's Back to Back pushes theatrical boundaries
At first blush, "Ganesh Versus the Third Reich" sounds like a long-lost Monty Python skit about some bizarre time-tripping action-figure wrestling bout. Indeed, as the title hints, a cosmic smackdown between the pachyderm Hindu god and the German Führer...
Tags: Ethics, Values, Genres, Melbourne (Australia), Australia
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Fires rage on as Australia sizzles with triple-digit temperatures
Scores of fires continued to rage across southeastern Australia on Tuesday as the country sizzled under scorching heat. More than a dozen were still burning out of control late in the day, as firefighters battled to squelch flames sweeping through dry...
Tags: Julia Gillard, Australia
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‘Hobbit’: Stephen Hunter on Bombur’s blubber, dwarf boot camp
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comOne of the most memorable dwarfs in “The Hobbit” is Bombur, described by J.R.R. Tolkien as “immensely fat and heavy.” ...... -
Australian fires spread in extreme heat, prompt warning of high risk
Flames continued to lick Monday at the Australian island of Tasmania, while officials warned that other stretches of the country faced some of the most dangerous conditions for fires on record. “I cannot say it more plainly: The risk is real and...
Tags: Weather Warnings, Global Change, Ecosystems, Julia Gillard, Fires
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Timothy Potts has ideas for Getty Museum
When Timothy Potts became the director of the Getty Museum in September, he knew he was stepping into an anomaly of a job, unusual within the ranks of America's most prestigious museums. Other museum heads, bound by tight budgets, must essentially beg...
Tags: Archaeology, Italy, Finance, Fine Artists, Rome (Italy)
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Bryce Courtenay dies at 79; best-selling Australian author
Best-selling Australian author Bryce Courtenay, whose debut novel, "The Power of One," was made into a popular 1992 movie starring Morgan Freeman, has died. He was 79. Courtenay died Thursday at his home in Canberra, Australia, according to his...
Tags: Stomach Cancer, South Africa, Morgan Freeman, AIDS, Authors
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Australians torn over promises, risks of coal-seam 'fracking'
World NowGlobal Focus: Fracking Australia -- Lock the Gate appears to be a fitting name for Australia’s protest movement against hydraulic fracturing. It took activists years to identify threats to public health from "fracking," a classic case of getting... -
PASSINGS: Ron Taylor, Mario Armond Zamparelli, Anne Shaw Price
Ron Taylor Filmed shark for 'Jaws' Ron Taylor, 78, an Australian marine conservationist who helped film some of the dramatic underwater footage used in the classic shark thriller "Jaws," died Sunday at a Sydney hospital after battling leukemia....
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Movies, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Andrew Upton, minus Cate Blanchett, staying at Sydney Theatre Company
Andrew Upton is staying on at the Sydney Theatre Company, assuming the position of sole artistic director starting in January. For the last four years, Upton and his wife, actress Cate Blanchett, have served as co-artistic directors of Australia's most...
Tags: William Hurt, Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Upton
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In the moment with Cate Blanchett
On the surface, Cate Blanchett would seem to be the least Chekhovian human being on the planet. No idle longing for Moscow for this international stage and screen star, whose frequent flier mileage must have broken the million mark since she and her...
Tags: Todd Haynes, Theater, David Mamet, Katharine Hepburn, Liv Ullmann
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Critic's Notebook: Anton Chekhov for the modern world
NEW YORK — Anton Chekhov is always with us in the theater. But this summer his work has been especially prevalent, serving as an inspirational model for such contemporary playwrights as Tracy Letts, Andrew Upton and Annie Baker. Having recently...
Tags: Grace Kelly, Steppenwolf Theatre, Merritt Wever, Hugo Weaving, Lincoln Center
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