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- Actresses have stick-to-itiveness (Contra Costa Times)
Who was the first actress on a U.S. postage stamp? Strictly speaking, it was Ethel Barrymore, on a 1982 stamp with her brothers Lionel and John. In 1990, Judy Garland appeared on a stamp honoring "The Wizard of Oz" with Toto, as did Vivien Leigh on a "Gone With the Wind" stamp with Clark Gable.
- Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture' (Independent)
"I hate the word alternative," says Ty. "I hate the word off-key, I hate the word jazzy and I hate the word laid-back. I'm not a laid-back person." That's for certain. A frown adds a touch of finality to his mini-rant. Ty has never been a fan of anything that suggests his unconventional existence in British hip-hop should paint him with the "alt" prefix. "I'm probably more disobedient with ...
- Cleburne rapper Scott Johnson is trying to send an uplifting message (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By CARY DARLING CLEBURNE — The last time Scott Johnson made news, he’d been stabbed multiple times in the upper body — including his left cheek, where a knife was implanted in bone — as gang revenge for a shooting. The year was 1992, and Johnson, then living in Arlington, was running with a rough crowd. "It was a real crazy time," Johnson, 33, remembers. "I was 17, a very dangerous age. ...
- CGCC Writing Contest Recognizes Teen Writers - Media Newswire (press release)
CGCC Writing Contest Recognizes Teen WritersMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 2 hours agoThe course is designed for writers interested in improving their original, imaginative works of poetry and prose. "I see this class as something that would ...
- No hiding from history (Guardian Unlimited)
The Israeli novelist David Grossman said recently that Kafka is a literary stage you have to go through as a writer. South African novelists have been traversing this territory for some time, because of the very inscrutability of their country.
- She’s still unusual - Bay Windows
She’s still unusualBay Windows, MA - 37 minutes agoA: I wrote in beat poetry. I love beat poets like Lawrence Ferlinghetti. And "Into the Nightlife," that title was taken from that Henry Milller play. ...
- Activist Moore gets tearful at event in her honor - Palm Beach Post
Activist Moore gets tearful at event in her honorPalm Beach Post, United States - 23 minutes agoAll she could do was raise a tissue to her eye and do what she's done her whole life: She spilled out the love. "Forgive me if I'm crying. ...
- Hot-fudge sundaes at the Post Graduate Student Success Center top ... - Estes Park Trail Gazette
Estes Park Trail GazetteHot-fudge sundaes at the Post Graduate Student Success Center top ...Estes Park Trail Gazette, CO - 4 hours agoAnd I’m not into poetry — with all that hidden meaning.” A leader of a youth group to which she belonged was a reporter. “I followed her around (one day on ...
- The importance of being real - Tonight South Africa
When Lebo Mashile recites people listen. Her articulate voice and dramatic gestures command attention. Even when reading from behind a podium while you stand at the back of a hall, she will, somehow, speak to YOU. Off-stage she is the much same and ...
- I’m Feeling Poetical (Dartmouth Review)
All those old ladies writing in saying that they were not amused by the last issue, you know what? I’m not amused by you! You folks are probably the same people who ask why poetry doesn’t rhyme anymore, or why modern poems don’t make sense.
- Reviews roundup: Afterlife - Guardian Unlimited
'Excellent', 'engaging' but 'reduced to actor laddie bluster' ... Roger Allam as Max Reinhardt in Afterlife at the National Theatre. Photograph: Tristram Kenton As the man who put the cheque into Chekhov (that's Alan Bennett's jab at the writer's ...
- Go & Do - Cool stuff going on - Portsmouth Herald News
Go & Do - Cool stuff going onPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 7 hours agoThe Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program is hold its first ever Ho(o)t Summer Poetry event from 7 to 9 pm on Wednesday, July 2 at Café Espresso, ...
- French first lady's new album due in July - Nation
PARIS (AFP) - French first lady Carla Bruni releases a third pop album in July featuring 14 songs, most of which were written before she met President Nicolas Sarkozy, her agent said. The yet untitled album includes a vintage Bob Dylan tune, an ...
- Rock on, in Malayalam... - Livemint
Rock on, in Malayalam...Livemint, India - 1 hour agoThen, there are those who have discovered that the best source of poetry lies within. Mou Sultana, a Bengali artist who will release her debut Bengali rock ...
- The Timeless 100 - Time
Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241) was, by most accounts, a horrible bully. The Japanese nobleman lived through the country's violent transition from the Heian aristocratic era to the martial Kamakura shogunate, and was surly, severe and infamously ugly ...
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