‘The Entertainer’ Marvin Hamlisch is Dead
Popular composer Marvin Hamlisch has died. He was 68.
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How Much Hobbit is Too Much Hobbit?
Director Peter Jackson is stretching a modest little book into three big movies. Great idea or greedy blunder?
Adiós, Casablanca!
The editor laments the closing of an old favorite haunt.
Usain Bolt Wins Gold Again
The Jamaican sprinter sets a new Olympic record in the 100 meters.
The Swan Boats are Closed for the Evening
Summer is full of yearning.
Happy Birrrrthday, Mister President!
President Barack Obama is now 51 years old.
President Harry Truman Was ‘Kind of a Sissy’
He grew up to finish a world war and drop the A-bomb, but he wasn’t “big-fisted” as a boy.
What’s 5’3″, Weighs 107 Pounds, and Barks?
Hint: Unlike a dog, she has to practice her barking.
Gore Vidal is Dead; Novelist, Essayist, Irritant, Gadabout
The brainy and mischievous author has died in Los Angeles at age 86.
James Bond Dies in the New James Bond Movie
And then he stays dead and the movie ends and that’s the surprise finale to the movie franchise, right?