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EDITORIAL: Bookmobile returns to meet many needs
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.The American Library Association traces the origins of bookmobiles to horse-drawn wagons used around 1900 when books were in demand but not readily available to many people. Today, for varying reasons, this problem still exists -- as does this highly...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. - The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and the words scroll down and you can imagine the woman...Tags: Smithsonian Institution, Diseases and Illnesses, Huntington's Disease, Artists, Arts
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Cannes Film Review: 'The Congress'
VarietyRobin Wright plays "herself" in "The Congress," a trippy cautionary tale about where society is headed, assuming movie stars license their essence to studios and audiences abandon cinema in favor of chemical cocktails that allow them to experience life as...Tags: Holy Motors (movie), Entertainment, U.S. Congress, Robin Wright, The Princess Bride (movie)
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Tickets on sale for 'Literature Live!' performances
Tulsa WorldTickets are on sale now for the second season of the "Literature Live!" theater series, which will return for a second season starting Oct. 4 at Tulsa Convention Center Assembly Hall. Presented by Spirit AeroSystems, the three-show season features...Tags: Fiction, Arts and Culture, Services and Shopping
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Cannes: Scarlett Johansson to Make Directorial Debut; Hayden Christenson Launches Production Company
ReutersMay 16 (TheWrap.com) - Hayden Christensen, his brother Tove Christensen and three additional partners have launched Glacier Films, a new production company that aims to make 11 films over the next three years. Six of those films will be made for around...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Truman Capote, Finance, Bank Robbery, Sundance Film Festival
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Indie Film: Quality Trumps Quantity at Box Office
VarietySmart sells. Dumb, not so much. If thereâs an encouraging lesson to be drawn from the recent performance of independent films in the international market, itâs that intelligent movies by strong directors are being embraced by audiences, while...Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Arts and Culture, Amour (movie), The Master (movie), The Last Stand (movie)
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Upfronts: MundoFox Forges Ahead with Novelas, 'X Factor'
VarietyMundoFox, the Spanish-lingo broadcast net launched last summer by Fox in partnership with Colombia's RCN, is plowing ahead with a slew of new novels and other series for its second season despite a slow start in the increasingly competitive Hispanic TV...Tags: Colombia, Lincoln Center, Univision (tv network), RCN Telecom Services, LLC, Entertainment
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Putin targets Russian audience in handling of spy saga
Reuters* President silent, but state media talking for him * Use of media, anti-US rhetoric bears aide's hallmark * Putin turns more to hawks in third presidential term By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin has been unusually silent...Tags: Elections, Moscow (Russia), Christian Orthodoxy, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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A Carlos Fuentes boom on the anniversary of his death
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small, literary boom on the anniversary of his death. Fuentes died one year ago, May 15, 2012, at the age of 83. This week his North American publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, released more...
Tags: Mexico City, Book, Mexico, Arts and Culture, Authors
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PSJA North to compete at highest level of UIL One Act Play contest
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasIn just over one week, fifteen high school students will perform before an audience of nearly 3,000 on a stage that has been traversed by Broadway stars, TV personalities and and big-name bands. It has been nearly a decade since Pharr-San Juan-Alamo...Tags: Political Corruption, Arts and Culture, High Schools, Schools
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EDITORIAL: Misunderstanding on raffles can be fixed
The Island Packet OnlineConfusion about raffles and their legal status is understandable given the unevenness of enforcement in South Carolina. That's not a criticism of law enforcement, but rather a recognition of the disconnect between the law and reality. Many groups hold...Tags: Firearms, Elections, Lawyers, Lotteries, Laws
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Buyers âLoveâ Lily Collins, Sam Claflin Romantic Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)
VarietyRomantic comedy âLove, Rosie,â starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin, has been sold to a swathe of new territories by David Garrettâs Mister Smith Entertainment. Pic is produced by Germanyâs Constantin Film (âResident Evil,â âThe Mortal...Tags: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (movie), Malaysia, Sam Claflin , Arts and Culture, Germany
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