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Alexander Nemerov, who holds the prestigious Vincent Scully professorship of art history at Yale University, is in the middle of a brilliant love affair with the 1940s. He teaches a popular college seminar on the home front during World War II and has written a book on an obscure master of the 1940s...
The multitalented director Aaron Posner conjures with exceptional intelligence and sensitivity the religious and generational tempests of " The Chosen ," Chaim Potok's 1967 coming-of-age novel recounting the unlikely friendship of young Jewish men from conflicting wings of the faith.
When the University of Iowa named a new basketball coach last year, reporters around the state scrambled to get the story. Several staked out a local airport and hung around campus hoping to snag an interview with the new man, Fran McCaffery. No dice, university officials said - McCaffery and his...
Opposites don't always attract. More often, like goes to like. Bob Baer was a near-legendary CIA operative in the Middle East (later awarded a Career Intelligence Medal ) with a reputation as a daredevil. Dayna Williamson was a rising agent in Protective Operations whose training (entertainingly...
l Tim Geithner skipping out on the Gridiron dinner Saturday night (hey, not everyone gets to go) in favor of the H Street scene. The Treasury secretary had a front-row seat at the Atlas Performing Arts Center for "Paige in Full" and seemed to enjoy the one-woman poetry-and-dance-infused play about...
Is anyone really happy how they're portrayed on reality TV? Producers edit the footage for maximum drama and outrage, which is what makes it so addictive for viewers. But a ruling in federal court last week may limit how non-cast-members can be depicted on camera.
l Too soon? Um, yeah. Raspy-voiced comedian Gilbert Gottfried was fired Monday from his longtime gig as the voice of the Aflac duck after he made a series of tasteless tsunami jokes on Twitter. "There is no place for anything but compassion and concern during these difficult times," Michael Zuna ,...
For better or worse, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker's debut full-length, " Give the Drummer Some ," sounds like the spiritual cousin to Slash's 2010 solo disc, " Slash ."
These days it's hard for a girl to stand out. Miranda Cosgrove, the 17-year-old star of the hit Nickelodeon show "iCarly," is part of an increasingly crowded field of tween TV actresses with platinum ambitions. It's a category that prizes high-priced producers and songwriters over originality (which...
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