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With 'Sticky & Sweet,' Madonna focuses on touring
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comReady for Madonna's latest transformation? For her new "Sticky & Sweet" tour, which makes its American debut on Saturday at the Izod Center and stays for four nights at Madison Square Garden next week, Madonna has adopted yet another new persona. She's...Tags: Madison Square Garden, Music, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Barack Obama
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'Twilight' shows authors don't always cringe at film adaptations
Special to amNewYorkIt should come as no surprise that many authors gripe when their work is translated to the screen. Anthony Burgess famously hated Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of "A Clockwork Orange." Yet others, such as " Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, warmly embrace...Tags: Charlie Kaufman, New York, Bruce Willis, Stanley Kubrick, Movies
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Happy birthday! Sept. 21, 2008
Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, 74 Stephen King, author, 61 Bill Murray, actor, 58 Ethan Coen, filmmaker, 51 Cheryl Hines, actress, 43 Faith Hill, singer, 41 Ricki Lake, TV host, 40 Luke Wilson, actor, 37 Nicole Richie, whatever, 27Tags: Bill Murray, Movies, Luke Wilson, Ricki Lake, Cheryl Hines
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10 things you don't know about 'Nights in Rodanthe' author Nicholas Sparks
Special to The TimesYou might think Nicholas Sparks enjoys nothing more than making weepy books for women. Four of his novels -- "Message in a Bottle," "A Walk to Remember," "The Notebook" and now "Nights in Rodanthe" -- have been turned into romantic movies, and his next,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, North Carolina, Rodanthe, Bob Marley, Movies
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Novelist Rewarding Obama Contributors With 'Mystery Bag' Of Books
Special To The CourantHas Barack Obama got the election in the bag? Ayelet Waldman hopes so. Waldman, the California novelist whose books include "Love and Other Impossible Pursuits" and the Mommy Track mystery series, is an ardent Obama supporter and is encouraging lovers...Tags: Political Candidates, Amy Tan, Mario, California, Amy Bloom
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Lehane's 'Given Day' Explores Issues Of Class, Race
Associated PressIt's the fall of 1918, and the nation is in chaos. The Great War is drawing to a close, and without the stimulus battle brings, the U.S economy is imploding. Blacks and women, many of whom received their first decent paychecks because of the war, are...Tags: Baseball, Demonstration, NAACP, Fiction, Corrupt Practices
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SoCal rediscovers banned books
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "1984," "Gone with the Wind," "Hamlet"--all books that were once banned by various libraries and governments within the United States. Children's books, in fact, have been banned more than any other genre, and one of...Tags: Valencia, Books and Magazines, Encino, D.H. Lawrence, Books
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Celebrating the art of clowning
ehulme@am-ny.comWhether it's Ronald McDonald or Pennywise from Stephen King's "It," you probably think you know what clowns are all about. But the theatrical discipline of clowning is so much more than just a wig and a red nose (and, in some cases, psychosis). For...Tags: New York, Jackie Chan, Bill Irwin, Theater, Roberto Benigni
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Books for fall
STAFF WRITERWith a change in the seasons comes a change in literary focus. In the fall, readers tend to put away their summer fluff in favor of more weighty works. Here are 10 to watch for this fall. The Hero (Doubleday, Oct., $26) by Jon Krakauer The accomplished...Tags: Pat Tillman, Toni Morrison, History, North Dakota, Graydon Carter
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'Children of the Corn' Harvests 'Heroes,' 'BSG' Stars
Zap2It.comSome brave actors have signed on to venture into Nebraska's cornfields once again. "Heroes" actor David Anders and "Battlestar Galactica's" Kandyse McClure will star in Sci Fi Channel's remake of Stephen King's "Children of the Corn," according to The...Tags: Battlestar Galactica, Nebraska, Heroes, Iowa, Linda Hamilton
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Ghosts & Gangsters kayak tour has its share of thrills
Chicago Tribune reporterThe toughest hurdle, this time of year, when the sun is lower but not quite low and the dusk is not quite full of grain, when the cement corners of downtown Chicago seem to soften in the middle of the day and autumn sneaks one leaf closer—the...Tags: Civic Opera House, Al Capone, Organized Crime, Halloween, Chicago River
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Oprah Winfrey selects David Wroblewski's novel for book club
The Associated PressOprah Winfrey announced Friday she'd chosen David Wroblewski's "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" as her latest book club pick, calling the debut novel a classic and the "best novel I've read in a long, long, long time." "I think this book is right up there...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Wisconsin, Books and Magazines, Books, Book
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