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- Scarlett Johansson, Maya Angelou, Kelsey Grammer (International Herald Tribune)
A roundup of the day's celebrity news.
- The ethereal world of radio poetry - Guardian Blogs
Listening on Sunday to a radio playing Ezra Pound's wartime radio broadcasts of propaganda and poetry is an eerie experience, the original broadcasts - somehow amplified in the present - echoing uncannily in my mind. My thoughts were already turned ...
- Norman Dello Joio, 95; Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning composer (Los Angeles Times)
Norman Dello Joio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with a lyrical style who wrote works for orchestra and chorus as well as several operas and an Emmy Award-winning television score, died July 24 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 95.
- Book celebrates Corvallis' 150th anniversary - KVAL
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - A new book called ''The Spirit of Corvallis'' celebrates the city's 150th anniversary with a collection of poetry, images and short stories. The art reflects on the state of the city in 2007. Executive director of Corvallis ...
- Evelyn L. Baker - Malden Observer
Evelyn L. BakerMalden Observer, MA - 11 hours agoAn accomplished poet, Mrs. Baker’s works were published by The National Library of Poetry. She was the beloved mother of the Rev. Carole L. Baker, pastor of ...
- Kate Rushin To Read Poetry In Willimantic - Hartford Courant
Poet Kate Rushin is featured tonight as the Poetry in the Park series continues in Willimantic. She will dedicate her reading to Judith Doyle and the late Alexander "Sandy" Taylor, who founded Curbstone Press, which organizes the outdoor poetry ...
- In brief: City of God director tackles Shakespeare - Guardian Unlimited
New Love... Fernando Meirelles is working on an adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost. Photo: John D McHugh/AP Fernando Meirelles , the director of City of God and the Cannes-feted Blindness, is making a loose Brazilian adaptation of Shakespeare's Love ...
- Letter from London - A great new literary icon roars for Africa - Daily Nation
Letter from London - A great new literary icon roars for AfricaDaily Nation, Kenya - 59 minutes agoThough he had been writing poetry for years, Fr Akpan only wrote his first short story in 1998 – about a good man trying to help a priest while the priest ...
- Karadzic to be jailed in the Netherlands - The Chronicle Herald
This undated photo released by Belgrade's Healthy Life magazine Tuesday shows former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic with glasses, long white hair and a beard. The magazine's editor in chief, Goran Kojic, said he was shocked when he saw the ...
- Kansas City is hopping this weekend (The Kansas City Star)
There’s jazz, blues, rhythm and ribs at 18th and Vine, Scottish Highland Games, dragon boats roaring down Brush Creek, fabric acrobatics, and a fashion show in the Crossroads Art District are among the highlights of the many things to do this weekend in Kansas City.
- Ted's Picks: Five things to do in Denver and nearby - Vail Daily News
Everybody’s talking about the DNC — the candidates, the speeches, the parties and whether or not that salt-and-pepper-haired dude at the Tattered Cover really was George Clooney. But all that fun is sure to be eclipsed by the other DNC: The ...
- Lost Hendrix Guitar To Be Auctioned - Showbizspy.com
The first guitar famously burned by rock legend JIMI HENDRIX is be auctioned off in London. The late rocker appeared on stage at the city's Astoria venue in 1967 holding a flaming Fender Stratocaster - and the moment has gone down in rock and roll ...
- New editor for Welsh magazine - Daily Post
New editor for Welsh magazineDaily Post, UK - 4 hours agoWhat do these mean for English language poetry in Wales? “As I read through the submissions that arrive every week, I am more and more convinced that there ...
- Q&A: The Tale Of Tale of Tales - Gamasutra
Q&A: The Tale Of Tale of TalesGamasutra, CA - 2 hours agoIt's about narrative environments and generative poetry. It's about the story that the players can make happen in the virtual environment. ...
- Step Brothers - Rolling Stone
Starting at infantile and regressing hysterically from there, Step Brothers flies on the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. They riffed on the baby Jesus in Talladega Nights . Now they're goofing on grown men who stay babies. Are you ...
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