Is this for real, or did they both want her dead? Did Busch offer him money to provide the alibi? HUNTLEIGH, Mo. (AP) – An aspiring model who died at the home of former Anheuser-Busch chief executive August Busch IV had a rare heart condition, according to her ex-husband. Adrienne Martin, 27, was found dead [...]
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First-timer Hailee Steinfeld Big Hollywood: ‘True Grit’ Review: A More Than Worthy Remake of a John Wayne Classic There are some films considered so sacred they should never be remade. “Gone with the Wind” would be one of them, “Citizen Kane” and “Vertigo” still others. But the new Coen Brothers’ take on “True Grit” presents [...]
Produced by the English movie pioneer R.W. Paul, this version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is the earliest surviving adaptation of Dickens’ work on film. The only known print, held by the BFI, is incomplete, but manages to tell enough of the story for it to be recognisable. This first cinematic excursion into Dickens’ most popular [...]
Made in 1898, G.A. Smith’s ‘Santa Claus’ is a film of considerable technical ambition and accomplishment for its period. It uses pioneering visual effects in its depiction of a visit from St. Nicholas. A former magic lanternist and hypnotist, Smith was one of the first British film-makers to make extensive use of special effects to [...]
Alipac: As a former teacher in Tucson Unified School District’s hotly debated ethnic studies department, I submit my perspective for the public’s consideration. During the 2002-2003 school year, I taught a U.S. history course with a Mexican-American perspective. The course was part of the Raza/Chicano studies department. Within one week of the course beginning, I [...]
USA Today: Dancing With The Stars definitely paid off for Bristol Palin. Sarah Palin’s daughter has purchased a 4,000-square-foot, five-bedroom home outside the Phoenix area, according to the Arizona Republic. Public records show the home was built in 2006 and bought for $329,560. It went into foreclosure in January of this year. Palin paid $172,000 [...]
New York Times: HONOLULU — Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who befriended President Obama’s parents when they were university students here, has been in office for less than three weeks. But he is so incensed over “birthers” — the conspiracy theorists who assert that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya and was thus not eligible [...]
The Daily Mail: For someone who mangled words on a regular basis, it’s an impressive feat. Former U.S. President George W Bush’s memoir has sold an astonishing two million copies since it was released in early November – and it’s not even in paperback yet. ‘Decision Points’, published both in hardcover and e-book form, is [...]
Fox News: President Obama’s decision last week to reverse U.S. policy and back a U.N. declaration on the rights of “indigenous peoples” has touched off a debate on whether the move could boost American Indian legal claims over the ills they suffered dating back to the colonial period. The president announced his decision at the [...]
The Hill: Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are fervently pressing the White House to stem mounting attacks on Christians in Iraq. Fearful of fresh violence in Iraq, many of the oldest sects of Christianity in the ancient biblical land are planning low-key Christmas celebrations this year. Since 2004, 40 Christian churches and institutions have [...]
Washington Post: The massive overhaul of food safety laws approved by Congress this week will take years to implement and could be undercut by Republicans who don’t want to fund an expansion of the Food and Drug Administration. Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia, the ranking GOP member on the appropriations subcommittee that oversees the FDA [...]
