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Movie reviews: 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' and 'Heights'
Tribune staff reporter"Me and You and Everyone We Know" 3 ½ stars (out of four) "Heights" 2 ½ stars (out of four) We are all alone. We e-mail our cubicle mates instead of talking. We screen calls. We watch reality TV. Reality weddings, if we're being honest. We wear...Tags: Movies, Sony Corp., Drama (genre), Los Angeles, New York
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Craziness required
"Mr. Ambassador" as a title sounds dignified, statesmanlike. But for Jon Scieszka, it's all about anarchy. As national ambassador for young people's literature, a position instituted jointly this year by the Library of Congress Center for the Book and the...Tags: Diplomacy, Death, Politics, Video Games, Children
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Cookbook politics: Democrats, Republicans in the kitchen
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"NOT ONLY do I eat, I also am a Democrat," wrote Frank Sinatra in an intro to 1960's "Many Happy Returns: The Democrats' Cook Book, or How to Cook a G.O.P. Goose" (the sales of which helped buy TV air time for candidates). "Not only should every...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Pakistan, Family
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Bush defiant with `mainstream' choice
Washington BureauPresident Bush's prime-time nomination Tuesday of Judge John Roberts Jr. to fill a Supreme Court vacancy demonstrated, once again, the president's signature defiance of the expected. For weeks, talk had swirled in the capital that Bush was almost...Tags: Justice System, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, Antonin Scalia, Judges
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On somber day, Bush urges unity
Sun reporterPresident Bush, in a televised address last night, called the war in Iraq "a struggle for civilization" that Americans should "put aside our differences" to win, capping a day of hushed remembrances, tolling bells and wailing bagpipes on the fifth...Tags: Arts, Wars and Interventions, California, Washington, DC, ABC (tv network)
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A day to remember
Sun reporterNot long ago Angelika Williams was watching television when she saw, once again, videotape of those jets slamming into the World Trade Center. Williams had no personal connection to the events of five years ago: The victims were strangers, the attacks...Tags: Arts, Tourism and Leisure, Oklahoma, University of Maryland, College Park, Edgewood
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Pres. Bush's dog bites reporter: Is that news?
Talk about a biting critique of the press.
It seems President Bush's dog Barney wasn't much in the mood for friendly attention during his walk outside the White House on Thursday. So when Reuters reporter Jon Decker reached down to pet the Scottish...Tags: YouTube, Heads of State, Texas, George W. Bush, White House
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George W. Bush fans talk quietly of new legacy, library
Tribune correspondentDALLAS — His approval ratings are among the lowest for any president in modern U.S. history. He's presiding over the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. He acknowledges that many Americans have repudiated his Republican Party. And he's...Tags: Charity, Heads of State, Education, History, Social Issues
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'W.' directed by Oliver Stone, stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss
Tribune criticUnlike its subject, "W." can't win. At this point in the current administration, I doubt even Oliver Stone wants to see an Oliver Stone film about the life and exceptional good luck enjoyed (and squandered, if you agree with the filmmaker and his...Tags: Richard Dreyfuss, George H.W. Bush, Vice (movie), Texas, Colin Powell
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"Intercourse," by Robert Olen Butler
Tribune NewspapersNo serious writer in America works with a lighter touch than Robert Olen Butler. That sure hand, guided by a potent creative intelligence, saves books like "Tabloid Dreams" (1996), inspired by supermarket weekly headlines, from mere whimsy. Butler...Tags: Diana, Princess of Wales, Gertrude Stein, Adolf Hitler, Death, William Shakespeare
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Local Artist's Holiday Globe Sparks National Controversy
There's a major flap over a local artist's Holiday Ornament. Deborah Lawrence was commissioned to design an ornament representing Washington State for the White House Christmas tree. The colorful globe has created quite a bit of controversy. West...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Censorship, George W. Bush, Politics, Holidays
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Who Made Michelle Obama's Dress?
"First of all, how good-looking is my wife?" asked President Barack Obama at the first of 10 official inaugural balls, as Michelle Obama revealed her second blockbuster outfit of the day: a white chiffon one-shoulder gown by Jason Wu. The dress, with a...Tags: New York, Nancy Sinatra, Barney's New York Incorporated, Thakoon Panichgul, Fashion Shows
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