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Letters: FDR, Jews and the war
Re "What FDR said in private," Opinion, April 7 As an American and a Jew, I found Rafael Medoff's criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt for his private comments about Jews most unfair. FDR understood that the best way to end the Holocaust was to defeat...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama
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Now in Congress: Bills to expand Yosemite for first time in 75 years
WASHINGTON -- Yosemite National Park would grow by about 1,600 acres, its first expansion in 75 years, to shield its western boundary from potential development under legislation introduced in Congress Tuesday. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who...
Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress, Dianne Feinstein, Tom McClintock, Conservation
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How to make the most of a trip to the nation's capital
A spring break in the nation's capital is a rite of passage for some families, but if the airfare from the West Coast to the East has stretched your vacation budget, take heart. Many places are free, thanks to government funding (although the sequester...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Monuments and Heritage Sites, U.S. Congress
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New releases: 'On the Road' seeks a style both poetic, realistic
On the Road Available on VOD beginning Monday Director Walter Salles, screenwriter José Rivera and producer Francis Ford Coppola have given themselves the almost-impossible task of adapting Jack Kerouac's beloved Beat Generation novel "On the Road," a...
Tags: Tony Kushner, Garrett Hedlund, Walter Salles, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Jack Kerouac
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'Olympus Has Fallen's' Antoine Fuqua seeks 'truth' amid action
There's a notable moment in "Olympus Has Fallen," director Antoine Fuqua's action thriller that arrives in theaters Friday: a desecrated American flag is discarded from atop the White House by North Korean terrorists and falls, in slow-motion, to the...
Tags: Movies, Action (Movie Genre), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Celebrities, Terrorism
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Letters: Watergate says a lot about Nixon
Re "Dueling over Watergate," Postscript, March 9 Few people touch on the single element of the Watergate scandal that I consider the most serious. Though I doubt that Richard Nixon knew about the break-in beforehand, his White House fostered an...Tags: Theft, Richard Nixon
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Spielberg plans Napoleon miniseries from Kubrick script
Having successfully brought Abraham Lincoln to the screen, Steven Spielberg has already set his sights on another titan of history: Napoleon. In an interview with Canal + Television in France, Spielberg, who was recently named jury head at the 2013...
Tags: Stanley Kubrick, Movies, Stephen King, Cannes Film Festival, Daniel Day-Lewis
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‘BioShock Infinite’: Video game preview has a few things we need to know
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWith the March 26 release of “BioShock Infinite” approaching, Hero Complex sat down with developer Irrational Games to preview the ...... -
Oscars 2013: Join our discussion about the Academy Awards [Video]
The Oscars saluted Hollywood’s best from the past year on Sunday night, honoring “Argo” for best picture, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence for lead actor and actress, and Ang Lee for director, to name only a few. Anne Hathaway&...
Tags: Argo (movie), Les Miserables (movie), Marvin Hamlisch, Music Theater, Seth MacFarlane
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Oscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor for 'Lincoln'
Daniel Day-Lewis won the lead actor Oscar for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" on Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards. Day-Lewis, 55, becomes the first actor to win three lead Oscars. Katharine Hepburn won four in the...
Tags: Movies, Les Miserables (movie), Ingrid Bergman, New York Film Festival, Walter Brennan
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Micky Moore dies at 98; director and early Hollywood actor
Micky Moore and Hollywood grew up together. He was a toddler in 1916 when he began his career as a child actor in silent films and sat on the laps of such leading ladies as Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. As a 5-year-old he worked with legendary...
Tags: Cinema Industry, Patton (movie), Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie), American Red Cross, Tom Mix
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Oscars: Pes aims for a long shelf life with 'Fresh Guacamole' buzz
Steven Spielberg was inspired by Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Ben Affleck was provoked by a Middle Eastern hostage tale. Adam Pesapane wanted to transform a hand grenade into an avocado. All three directors will walk the red carpet...
Tags: Movies, Taylor Hackford, World War II (1939-1945), Dean Parisot, John Lasseter
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