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'Giant Slayer,' 'Movie 43' among new DVD, Blu-ray titles
Akron Beacon JournalMoviegoers' interest in fantasy, from superheroes to the supernatural, has prompted a subgenre of movies derived from fairy tales. It has not, based on recent evidence, been welcome. One of the problems with the form has been making it accessible both to...Tags: Kate Winslet, Date Night (movie), Prisoners and Detainees, Seth MacFarlane, William Devane
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Summary: "Crooning" by Frank D. Gilroy
The unnamed scriptwriter who narrates Frank D. Gilroy's Kindle single "Crooning," set in 1958, doesn't think filming a movie in Havana is a very good idea. But producer and want-to-be-star Dick Powell (a fictionalized version of the real-life actor),...
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Did court's DNA decision open Pandora's box?
Although the Chicago Tribune's editorial (reprinted in The Tribune on June 11) lauded the alleged short-term benefits of the Supreme Court's recent decision requiring individuals who are arrested to provide DNA samples, it neglected to explore this...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Teaching and Learning, Internal Revenue Service
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'Yes Is the Answer' asks the question: Who's afraid of prog rock?
"Yes Is the Answer" is a collection of 20 essays related to progressive rock and its somewhat less regularly derided cousin art rock. Fifteen of the writers care about the subject, or used to. The other five came along to kibitz — a chess term for...
Tags: Authors, Canterbury, Entertainment, Genesis (music group), Music
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Bulletin Board
Friday Art exhibit, "Artful Memories," artwork from the participants of the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center; Spanish River Library, 1501 Spanish River Blvd., Boca Raton. During library hours, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-6...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Flag Day (United States), Physical Fitness and Exercise, CVS Corp., Libraries
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Column: Rumors of democracy's death have been greatly exaggerated
Reuters(Reuters) - "The End of History and the Last Man" is 21 years old this year. The book of that name, by Francis Fukuyama, has, in the view of many, matured badly. Published in 1992, it was much lauded for its view that, with the collapse of communism in...Tags: Political Systems, Hosni Mubarak, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, University of Oxford
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A smarter way to deal with China
China will almost certainly pass the United States in the total size of its economy within a decade or so. But if one looks also at military and "soft power" resources, the U.S. is likely to remain more powerful than China for at least the next few...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Germany, Weather, Lifestyle and Leisure, Conservation
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COLUMN - Rumors of democracy's death have been greatly exaggerated
Reuters(John Lloyd is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By John Lloyd June 11 (Reuters) - "The End of History and the Last Man" is 21 years old this year. The book of that name, by Francis Fukuyama, has, in the view of many, matured badly....Tags: Political Systems, Hosni Mubarak, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, University of Oxford
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CORRECTED-RPT-FEATURE-Mobile gaming still eludes a troubled industry
Reuters(In paragragh 9 corrects to 108 billion yen ($1.1 billion) from 108 million ($1.1 million) By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 (Reuters) - To get a sense of how investors view the promise of mobile gaming, one need look no further than Japan's GungHo...Tags: Gaming Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Zynga Inc., Apple iPhone
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Iceland may not be the haven U.S. leaker hopes
ReutersBy Robert Robertson REYKJAVIK, June 10 (Reuters) - The leaker who revealed top secret U.S. surveillance programmes says he hopes to find shelter in Iceland, but he may be disappointed by the reception from a new government seen as less keen than...Tags: WikiLeaks, Iceland, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws, Politics
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Resigned to his fate
Daily Bridge Club"Did you make it to church this morning?" I asked Unlucky Louie. His family attends a nearby house of worship. "We had a visiting speaker," Louie said. "They said he was the local bishop, but I doubt it. I watched him carefully, and he didn't move...Tags: Game Playing, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Dells vocalist Marvin Junior dead at 77
Marvin Junior, who brought a baritone grit to Chicago stalwarts the Dells, was fiercely loyal to the vocal group he cofounded 60 years ago. Junior, who died Wednesday at his home in south suburban Harvey at age 77, was born on Jan. 31, 1936, in...
Tags: Apollo Theater, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Robert Townsend
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