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New York Real Estate: Kew Gardens, Queens
Special to amNewYorkIf you are a believer of "great things come in small packages," then Kew Gardens might be your kind of neighborhood. This triangular-shaped enclave has many conveniences of city life, yet retains a small-town feel. One of seven planned communities in...Tags: Horace Mann, George Gershwin, Movies, Will Rogers, Condos and Houses
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On Aug. 22, 1775, England's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion. In 1787 inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress. In 1846 the United...Tags: Pat Robertson, Leonardo da Vinci, Althea Gibson, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Bill Clinton
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Literary forger tells of her success in humorous memoir
Associated Press"She is a bright, talented actress," Noel Coward once wrote of Julie Andrews, "and quite attractive since she dealt with her monstrous English overbite." Pure Coward—except that it isn't. Banged out on an old Olympia typewriter in 1991, this...Tags: Lillian Hellman, Humphrey Bogart, Tallulah Bankhead, Manhattan (New York City), Rosalind Russell
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Felines rule the catwalk
The catwalk really was a catwalk on Thursday. Show cats dressed in everything from an Elvis costume to a sequined satin dress were poised to strut their stuff at New York's famed Algonquin Hotel. The feline fashion show was to unfold in the dining...Tags: New Jersey, John Barrymore, Long Island, New York, Animals
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12 shows to catch at Fringe Festival
For two whole weeks starting this Friday, more than 200 Off-Off-Broadway plays and musicals will hit our downtown theaters as part of the 12th annual New York International Fringe Festival.
While a handful of Fringe shows have gone on to commercial...Tags: Perez Hilton, Kathy Griffin, New York, Britney Spears, Fringe Festival
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Oh well, whatever, never mind
Be honest: Were you upset about the fakery at the Olympic Opening Ceremony, when the kid lip-synced "Ode to the Motherland"? Irked by the perfidy of the fireworks display at the same event—enhanced, we now know, by digital images to make it a better...Tags: Barry Bonds, John Edwards, James Frey, Fraud, Corporate Crime
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New CDs: The Jonas Brothers, Inara George
Jonas Brothers "A Little Bit Longer" (Hollywood)
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The third album from the alpha boy band of the moment is certainly of the moment. Jersey-born Jonas siblings Nick (15), Kevin (20), and Joe (18) hit all the right pop notes with such numbers as...Tags: Joni Mitchell, Jonas Brothers, Poetry, Rick Springfield, Brian Wilson
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Mewing models slink into NYC hotel fashion show
Associated Press WriterThe catwalk really was a catwalk Thursday. Show cats dressed in everything from an Elvis costume to a sequined satin dress strutted their stuff at New York's Algonquin Hotel. The feline fashion show unfolded in the dining room where Dorothy Parker...Tags: New Jersey, John Barrymore, Long Island, Tourism and Leisure, New York
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Liz Smith: Rodgers & Hammerstein music for sale
The famed Rodgers & Hammerstein music publishing business, run by Ted Chapin, has put itself on the market for a mere $250 million. This seems like as good a time as any, what with R&H a hit again at Lincoln Center in the brilliant revival of just one...Tags: Lillian Hellman, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tallulah Bankhead, Music Industry, New York
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The 'Age of Fake': Fireworks, singers, and beyond
Tribune criticNo, really: Were you upset about the Chinese kid who lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland" during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing? Or about the soul-stirring fireworks at the same event--many of which were, we now know, digitally...Tags: Olympic Games, Barry Bonds, James Frey, Luciano Pavarotti, Television Industry
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'Can You Ever Forgive Me? Memoirs of a Literary Forger' by Lee Israel
Special to The TimesLEE ISRAEL fancies herself a rather gifted fabulist. Federal prosecutors in New York disagreed. Not known for their tact, they called her a thief. A judge agreed, so now Israel is a felon. But nobody has ever accused her of being boring. "Can You Ever...Tags: Lillian Hellman, Tallulah Bankhead, Prosecution, Marilyn Monroe, New York
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'The Valley-Westside War' by Harry Turtledove
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLOS ANGELES, the playwright and performance artist Luis Alfaro once said, is "like a bunch of little border towns, and you have to cross over those borders. If you figure out the dynamics of each little border town, you can get along well." He's right...Tags: Nuclear Policy, Inglewood, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Philip Roth, Culver City
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