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Review: Dying enlivens 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'
SAN DIEGO— All the buzz about "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," the clever new musical comedy pastiche that seems to be wending its Edwardian way to Broadway, is redeemed by the ingenious versatility and quick-change athleticism of actor...
Tags: Theater, Entertainment Events, Prisons, Kind Hearts and Coronets (movie), Arts and Culture
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Music, not tech, powers South by Southwest party
AUSTIN, Texas — During Vancouver rock duo Japandroids' gig on Wednesday night at the South by Southwest music festival, singer-guitarist Brian King made a midset, cuss-laden declaration about their performance: "When we [mess] up, it's not a mistake...
Tags: Theater, Entertainment Events, Music Industry, Arts and Culture, OFWGKTA (music group)
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The best job inquiry letter ever: Eudora Welty to the New Yorker
Eighty years ago Friday, young Eudora Welty sent a letter to the New Yorker seeking employment. This was four decades before she would win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "The Optimist's Daughter" and five decades before "The Collected Works of Eudora...
Tags: Dennis Hopper, Entertainment Events, Social Media, Radio Industry, Fiction
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Pope Francis, Diego Maradona and the 'Hand of God'
BUENOS AIRES -- The award for cleverest new-pope headline probably goes to Britain’s Daily Mirror tabloid, which featured a front-page photograph Thursday of Pope Francis raising his right hand from the Vatican balcony. The headline: “The...
Tags: BBC, Papal Conclave (2013), Sports, Sex Crimes, FIFA World Cup
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Letters: Drop the apostrophe?
Re "Squiggle sparks a squabble," March 28 Although "squiggle" is not a term I would have used, as I have more than a proprietary interest in the subject, the improper use of the apostrophe is a continuing personal irritant. And as a regular victim of...
Tags: BBC, United Kingdom, Central Intelligence Agency, George Bernard Shaw, Michelle Rhee
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Armed Forces, Punishment, Prosecution, Social Issues, Gun Control
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Mohsin Hamid comes home to roost in Pakistan
Many of the characters in Mohsin Hamid's novels are cultural nomads, hopscotching between the Islamic world and the Western capitalist world, the spiritual and the material, Urdu and English, the undernourished countryside and the teeming mega-city. It'...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Authors, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (movie), Literature
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Women's Fiction prize returns, announces longlist
Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly as the Orange Prize, which released its longlist today. The annual prize honors a work of fiction written in English by a woman,...
Tags: Miranda Richardson, Arts and Culture, Authors, A.M. Homes, Fiction
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Shereen El Feki discusses her new book on sex in the Arab world
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.As change sweeps across the Arab world, there are a variety of lenses through which to examine these changes: religious, cultural, political, economic. Shereen El Feki has chosen a decidedly less conventional lens with her new new book “Sex and...Tags: Abortion, Al Jazeera English (tv network), Journalism, United Nations, Book
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Rolling Stones to tour North America this year, report says
The Rolling Stones may soon be rolling Stateside. In the wake of last year's well received 50th-anniversary shows in London, Brooklyn and New Jersey, the legendary English band is planning a North American tour, according to Rolling Stone magazine,...
Tags: Mick Jagger, Entertainment Events, Concerts, Glastonbury Festival, Music
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Farmers Markets: Oliver Woolley's pork is a hit in Santa Monica
Locally raised pork is rare in Southern California, but in a hilly grapefruit grove north of San Diego, fenced to exclude mountain lions, 14 tasty piglets luxuriate, fattening for sale at the Santa Monica farmers market. They're the dream or folly of...
Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Wildlife, Farms, Grapefruit
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Why Benjamin Britten's music is ever youthful
Benjamin Britten, who never in his life thought of himself as gay, might well be dismayed if he could peer down at how discussion of his life and work has come to be dominated by the matter of his sexuality. The latest biography — by Paul Kildea,...
Tags: Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Culture, W.H. Auden, Music
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