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Poet Laura Treacy Bentley says publishing novel is 'dream come true'
Name: Laura Treacy Bentley City in which you reside: I live in Huntington, W.Va., but I divide my time between the beautiful mountains of West Virginia and McHenry, Md., in Garrett County. Day job: I’m the book editor for WV Living magazine. I...
Tags: Literature, Poetry, Arts and Culture, Education, Periodicals
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Review: 'Love, Marilyn' is a love letter to Marilyn Monroe
Watching "Love, Marilyn," Liz Garbus' pointed, poetic and occasionally overwrought documentary about the life of Marilyn Monroe, I kept thinking about "The Great Gatsby," another tragedy in two acts recently resurrected for our viewing pleasure. In each...
Tags: Jennifer Ehle, Taylor Swift, Arts and Culture, Uma Thurman, Liz Garbus
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'Plimpton!' documentary looks at George Plimpton's lives
George Plimpton's greatest story was his own life. There was very little the renowned journalist, writer and longtime editor of the literary journal the Paris Review didn't try. During a career that spanned the second half of the 20th century,...
Tags: Movies, Hugh Hefner, September 11, 2001 Attacks, George Plimpton, Arts and Culture
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Movie review: 'Plimpton!' an engaging life story told in his words
George Plimpton spent a lifetime stepping into other people's shoes. It's only fitting that he's finally talking about what it was like to walk in his own. That this is possible, 10 years after his death in 2003 when Plimpton was a robust 76, is due...
Tags: Movies, George Plimpton, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Gore Vidal
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The 'Night Stalker' and the best of true-crime cinema
The strange saga of Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the "Night Stalker," who died Friday, had all the earmarks of a grungy low-budget thriller come to life. With his random, sensationalistic crimes, his startling capture by an angry mob and...
Tags: Movies, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Murder, Johnny Depp, Cults and Sects
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Joseph S. Eubanks
Joseph S. Eubanks, a noted bass-baritone and Morgan State University music professor who performed with the first American company of "Porgy and Bess," which toured the world in the 1950s, died May 16 of renal failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson....
Tags: Gerald Ford, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Maya Angelou, Manhattan (New York City)
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Diahann Carroll leads the way on stage and screen
Groundbreaking actress-singer Diahann Carroll ("Julia," "Claudine") was an 18-year-old New York model when her singing career took off. Her break came when she won a talent show called, appropriately enough, "Chance of a Lifetime" in January 1954 on the...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment Events, Music Theater, Family, Craig Robinson
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The men who would be Gatsby
Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a handful of actors who have portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic protagonist “The Great Gatsby” in film and TV over the last 87 years. Warner Baxter, who won the best actor Oscar as the Cisco Kid in the...Tags: Movies, Robert Montgomery, Maggie Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013)
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Winnetka students recognized for literary talent
When 16-year-old Josh Hoeflich was contemplating a topic for an essay for a summer class last year, he didn't have to look far for inspiration. The Glencoe teenager said he decided to write about his relationship with his older brother. "We've grown...
Tags: Poetry, Biology, Human Interest, Education, Arts and Culture
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Harry Potter to flatten Gibson Amphitheatre, Curious George playland
Universal Studios in Hollywood will raze the 41-year-old Gibson Amphitheatre to make way for its coming Harry Potter attraction, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Like the Wizarding World in Orlando, the Hollywood Harry Potter will be a theme park...Tags: NAACP Image Awards, Gerald Ford, Elton John, Kanye West, Eddie Murphy
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A rich season for playwright Richard Greenberg
NEW YORK — "I'm too tired to be anxious," said playwright Richard Greenberg, looking worn out with anxiety as he settled into a booth at a Chelsea diner. This neighborhood canteen, dubbed his "office" by the late theatrical agent Helen Merrill, is...
Tags: Literature, Movies, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Manhattan (New York City)
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