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Tony Honoree Larry Kramer an Activist at Heart
VarietyCount on Larry Kramer to tell you how it is. "I was surprised," he says, when he heard the Tony Awards had decided to give him its annual Isabelle Stevenson Award for significant contribution to humanitarian or charitable causes. "The establishment...Tags: Julia Roberts, Government, Tony Awards, AIDS, HIV
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Chinese culture crisscrosses with Chicago in woman's story
On the day that Anchee Min realized it was her mission to help Americans understand the Chinese, she had taken her daughter to a park in the Chicago neighborhood of Bridgeport. Min had been in Chicago for most of a decade by then, attending the School...
Tags: Rentals, Arts and Culture, China, Entertainment Events, Kentucky Fried Chicken
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Steampunk event at Hampton History Museum drew fans, the curious
Participants and organizers at this past weekend's event Steampunk: Visions of Futures Past say they saw strong interest in a thriving subculture that mixes history with a strong dose of science-fiction fantasy. "It was very well received," said...
Tags: Festive Events, Blackbeard Pirate Festival, Arts and Culture, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Museums
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A St. Mary's College education prepares the whole student for life
Anne D. Neal's recent commentary deriding St. Mary's College of Maryland unfairly paints the school with the same broad brush her organization has used to criticize colleges nationwide ("Cautionary campus tale," May 30). Ms. Neal's group, the American...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Education, Graduation, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer renews contract, to stay into 2018
Lionsgate Chief Executive Jon Feltheimer has signed a new long-term agreement with the studio, extending his tenure until May 2018, the company said Monday. Feltheimer will receive an annual base salary of $1.5 million with a targeted yearly bonus of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Jennifer Lawrence, Ender's Game (movie), The Hunger Games (movie), Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation
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Flutist Nicole Mitchell's welcome return to Chicago
The great flutist-composer Nicole Mitchell moved to Chicago – and launched her international career here – in 1990. More than two decades later, in August of 2011, she left the city for California, yet it's still impossible to think of...
Tags: Howard Reich, Music, Music Industry, Entertainment, Eddie Shaw
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Glen Mazzara: When Will Genre Shows Get Emmys to Go With Their Viewers?
ReutersJun 03 (TheWrap.com) - Glen Mazzara, who recently stepped down as the showrunner of AMC's "The Walking Dead," led the zombie saga to become the highest-rated drama on television this season. It's beloved by viewers and critics, and legions of fans...Tags: Television, ABC (tv network), Genres, Battlestar Galactica (tv program), The Wire (tv program)
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The history of Charles Dickens (sort of) via the Smiths (sort of)
"As everybody knows," sings Charles Dickens, "I started writing prose." Under the 19th-century facial hair is English actor and musician Mathew Baynton. He presents the life and works of Charles Dickens in a three-minute pop song that sounds like it...Tags: Jane Austen, Google+, Television, Social Media, Arts and Culture
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Aiming for Julia's glory?
Julia Child had a problem in 1960. After spending much of the previous decade wrestling a book of French recipes for Americans into shape, she was stuck on what to call it. Suggestions, 45 or so, came and went without a winner. Finally, Judith Jones,...
Tags: France, The Boston Globe, Book, Queens (New York City), Sears Holdings Corp.
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Buy the lady a drink: Baileys to sponsor women's fiction prize
This post has been corrected, as indicated below. Baileys liquor has been announced as the new sponsor of the British-based women's fiction prize, formerly the Orange Prize. This year's winner will receive an award of close to $46,000 in a ceremony...
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Golem Takes 'Congress,' 'Quai'
VarietyMADRID -- Proving there is still an arthouse market in Spain, however contracted in size, Golem has tied down Spanish rights to Ari Folman's Cannes Directors' Fortnight opener "The Congress," Bertrand Tavernier's upcoming "Quai d'Orsay" and Michael Haneke...Tags: France, Madrid (Spain), Entertainment, Ernest Hemingway, Bérénice Bejo
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Holocaust survivors' daughter on honoring, with honesty
Sonia Taitz is the daughter of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants who survived a Dachau death camp. Her mother was a pianist, her father a celebrated watchmaker whose craft saved his life and allowed him, in turn, to save others. "The Nazis, he had always...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, The Happiest News!
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