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Sean Connery on being a Scot and Scotland`s influence on Hollywood

mi6.co.uk     23 hrs ago          

From its earliest days Hollywood has owed a debt to Scotland and Scottish talent, explains Sean Connery in The Times. Scotland provided the subject for America’s first feature film, The Execution of Mary Stuart, with Mary...                    

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Obituary: Artist and Critic Manny Farber, 91

ucsd.edu     13 hrs ago   2 related          

Influential and iconoclastic film critic, abstract painter and UC San Diego Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts Emanuel "Manny" Farber died Aug. 17 at his home in San Diego's North County. He was 91. Called the "Mount Rushmore of...                    

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[FYI] Spies Like Us

fazed.org     19-Aug-2008   2 related          

The 750,000 documents identify the vast spy network managed by the OSS, which later became the CIA. President Franklin Roosevelt created the OSS, the country's first centralized intelligence operation.The OSS files offer...                    

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Letter from fourteen bishops of the Church of England

anglican-mainstream.net     18-Aug-2008   4 related          

From Forward in Faith Dear colleagues, We share the shock and disappointment you must be feeling following the recent debate and decision of the General Synod on provision for those opposed to the ordination of women to the...                    

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Discovery Project Earth

b5media.com     19-Aug-2008          

Discovery Project Earth is a new series that will literally span the globe, from the Arctic Circle to the Hawaiian Islands, pinpointing areas of both concern and opportunity in confronting climate change. Working with the...                    

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Notebook: Game Commission requests hunting license fee increase

post-gazette.com     17-Aug-2008          

By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director Carl Roe has again asked the legislature for a bump in hunting license fees. Roe testified before the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee in...                    

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A Tribute To Tojo Yamamoto

anniemayhem.com     16-Aug-2008          

As a kid, I was a wrestling fan (still am a fan) and basically grew up watching Memphis wrestling almost every week while we lived in the Mississippi Delta. In the Mid-70’s we moved to south Mississippi so the only times I got...                    

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California seeks to stay in the film industry picture

sacbee.com     16-Aug-2008          

HBO has been filming for a week in the foothills near Coloma and in the farmland and rolling hills of Yolo and Solano counties. In Sacramento, cable's Style Network is lensing an upcoming episode of popular reality show "Split...                    

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Theater review: A purple-sky, golden-wheat ode to frontier America

startribune.com     16-Aug-2008   1 related          

Michal Daniel Melissa Gilbert, left, starred in the TV version of “Little House” and now takes the Guthrie stage as Caroline (Ma) Ingalls. Where: Guthrie Theater, 818 S. 2nd St., Mpls. My young charge remarked, after the first...                    

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guardian.co.uk: Ron Howard directing The Da Vinci Code guardian.co.uk

Ronald Bergan on why Ron Howard is the antithesis of an auteur

guardian.co.uk     15-Aug-2008          

Directors have far more autonomy these days than during Hollywood's golden age - so how is it that a Ron Howard film has so little to distinguish itself from any other, wonders Ronald Bergan Calling the shots ... Ron Howard...                    

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