The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is four days old, and I’ve spent most of that time working out interview logistics and avoiding hordes of Lakers fans. I’ve mostly failed at the latter. Still, it finally feels … Click here to read more.. »
Woody Guthrie,1912-1967: He Wrote One of America’s Best Loved Songs: ‘This Land …2010.06.19. // Movies
MARY TILLOTSON: I’m Mary Tillotson. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we complete our story about songwriter and singer Woody Guthrie. (MUSIC) MARY … Click here to read more.. »
Tilda Swinton, rock star of the art house2010.06.19. // Movies
Tilda Swinton sits down in front of a coffee at New York’s Bowery hotel with her red hair curled into a demi-pompadour, somewhere between Elvis Presley and the cartoon character Tintin. There is something of the rock … Click here to read more.. »
OMAHA, Neb. His TCU teammates call him Harry Potter. Yes, you could say Matt Purke is a wizard. The left-hander stands out not just because of his glasses or the way he wears his straight-billed cap at a jaunty angle. Click here to read more.. »
Does the guy in your life have a “man cave”? You know, that sacred spot he’s carved out for himself in your home, the one outfitted with the ugly recliner he can’t live without and the other dubious furnishings you’ve … Click here to read more.. »
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) railed against the Supreme Court in a speech to progressive legal scholars Thursday night, declaring that “the Roberts Court has systematically dismantled the legal protections that help … Click here to read more.. »
Mosh Pits and Smiley Faces Belinda Carlisle’s memoir covers her punk youth and her pop success.2010.06.19. // Movies
But Lips Unsealed , Carlisle’s self-effacing review of her raucously wasted youth, is good enough that it almost makes you forget she spent much of the ’80s renting out her voice to power ballads. Though the second half … Click here to read more.. »
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA2010.06.19. // Movies
June 20 1936 — Jesse Owens sets a 100-meter record of 10.2 seconds at a meet in Chicago. 1940 — Joe Louis stops Arturo Godoy in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight title. 1960 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in the fifth round in New York to become the first boxer to regain the world heavyweight title. 1964 — Ken Venturi beats Tommy Jacobs by two … Click here to read more.. »
Video blog an inside, if controlled, view of Obama2010.06.19. // Movies
WASHINGTON — You didn’t see this on CNN or Fox News or NBC: President Barack Obama awkwardly introducing Chile’s president, Sebastian Piqera, to the Netherlands’ prime minister, Jan Peter Balkenende, at the recent … Click here to read more.. »
Portsmouth burn victim has Saints on his side2010.06.19. // Movies
Aaron Jones had a dream about his late mother while recovering from third-degree burns last fall. The 12-year-old Portsmouth boy was being treated at Cincinnati’s Shriners Hospital for Children for the burns on his arms … Click here to read more.. »
