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On the War Over the Drone War
Drones are in the news thanks to a leaked Department of Justice memo outlining the legal reasoning behind the killing of American citizen and al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar Al-Awlaki. For those of us extremely unsettled by the Bush-Obama policy of extra-...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice
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'Argo' named best film at the BAFTA awards
Director-producer-star Ben Affleck’s historical drama “Argo” continued its late-inning awards sweep Sunday, winning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for best film. Although snubbed by 2013 Oscar balloters in the best...Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Celebrities, Helen Mirren, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Daniel Day-Lewis
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Review: Laughs stolen in 'Identity Thief'
"Identity Thief" is a larcenous bit of funny business. It probably should be locked up for its crimes and misdemeanors against moviemaking. But its stars, Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, steal so many laughs from such improbable places that the...Tags: Credit and Debt, Movies, Manufacturing and Engineering, Celebrities, Jason Bateman
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“7 Questions” with Dan Cortese of truTV’s “Guinness World Records Gone Wild”
Channel Guide MagazineDan Cortese is certainly no stranger to seeing people perform odd physical feats for the amusement of others. Having gotten his start fronting the proudly offbeat MTV Sports back in the early '90s, along with being a fixture at various MTV Rock N' Jock... -
NRA enemies list: Britney, Hallmark and the YWCA
Boy, the National Rifle Assn. sure is thorough. And thin-skinned. Richard Nixon’s renowned enemies list had 823 names of people and organizations, but as president, Nixon had scores of issues to grapple with and an entire world to be mad about...Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, 30 Rock (tv program), Los Angeles Police Department, Kevin Costner
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Greuel, Garcetti hope for support from Clinton or Obama
Trying to set yourself apart from the pack in the Los Angeles mayor's race, you couldn't ask for a much more potent ally than former President Clinton. Unless your backing came from the current occupant of the Oval Office, President Obama. The two...
Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Wendy Greuel, Politics, White House
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New Orleans hums with Super Bowl and Mardi Gras
— In a city where even funerals turn into parties, New Orleans rarely lacks for an excuse to strike up the band, boil up some crayfish and swirl together a daiquiri. But with the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras landing this month, New Orleans never has...
Tags: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Arts and Culture, Celebrities, New Orleans Saints
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Vanity Fair's Oscar issue dazzles!
Liz Smith"At Vanity Fair's annual Oscar Night bash the effect is sheer magic as stars from very separate universes collide and then revel in the reflected dazzle. Yet, as Frank DiGiacomo reveals, there's nothing accidental about it. Here's how the party got...Tags: Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Arts and Culture, Graydon Carter, Celebrities
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'Argo' writer Chris Terrio on Affleck collaboration
It's a truism that all Hollywood screenwriters learn, either the easy way or the hard way, that filmmaking is a collaborative art. Still, some personality types struggle with that. Not Chris Terrio. That becomes all the more clear when, intending to...
Tags: Good Will Hunting (movie), Grant Heslov, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Kathryn Bigelow, Central Intelligence Agency
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Demi Moore's wild Basel night
Demi Moore was the life of the party at the Chanel Beachside Barbecue held Wednesday night at the Soho Beach House in Miami Beach. The 50-year-old Hollywood A-lister let loose in VIP, drinking Red Bulls and grinding to the music as paps snapped away....
Tags: Stacy Keibler, Lenny Kravitz, Martha Stewart, Demi Moore
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Berlusconi sex trial to proceed despite campaign, court rules
ROME --Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s request that his trial for allegedly paying a minor for sex be suspended in the run-up to next month’s elections was thrown out by judges Monday. Lawyers representing the former...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Witnesses, Trials
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Oscars nominations 2013: Academy Award trivia to boost your savvy
The 85th Academy Award nominations certainly managed a few surprises Thursday morning --no nominations for directors Ben Affleck ("Argo") or Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty"), lots of Oscar warmth for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and Michael...Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Nicolas Cage, Robert De Niro, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson
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