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Living off the land on Flat Holm for a week

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:25:53 GMT

A former paratrooper who served in deserts and jungles across the world is to spend a week living like a castaway on Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel.

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:26:02 GMT

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11: July 5: Actress Katherine Helmond is 80.

MOVIES

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:29:02 GMT

Michelle Pfeiffer reunites with her "Dangerous Liaisons" director, Stephen Frears for another period tale, this time playing an older woman in 1920s Paris who educates a courtesan's young son in the ways of love.

CINEMA: 'The Hangover' review and local listings from July 3

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:55:34 GMT

IT certainly is one helluva hangover but does it make for a helluva film? . Bearing in mind its plot is founded on the same concept of male bonding through bad behaviour first set by National Lampoon's Animal House way back in 1978, The Hangover has received amazingly good reviews.

DVD Alternatives to This Weekend's Theatrical Offerings

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:17:00 GMT

We all know how it is. You'd like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but all those fireworks aren't gonna shoot themselves off, and there are too many hot dogs to be eaten anyway.

Worst Celebrity Death Hoaxes

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:17:04 GMT

Celebs big and small, from Oprah to William Hung, have been killed off before their times.

Best films on the box: June 30-July 6

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:46 GMT

Film and television critic Philip Wakefield assesses the best movies on offer on the box this week, for Tuesday, June 30 to Monday, July 6. Tuesday, June 30 The Terminal 2004, AO, 8.30pm, TV2 Tom Hanks plays the ultimate homeless man: an eastern European immigrant who's stranded indefinitely at New York's JFK airport when the authorities refuse to ...

Redux : Two Ways of the Trial Notebook.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:16:38 GMT

News and ideas workdays for clients, business and law globally. What About Paris? on other days.

Pick your favorite America's Game

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:19:15 GMT

Celebrate Independence Day with America's Game . Starting at 6 a.m. ET on July 4 , NFL Network will be airing 48 consecutive hours of the Emmy award-winning series America's Game , including America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions and America's Game: The Missing Rings .

A weekend for fireworks and movies

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:31:28 GMT

James Cagney will start the holiday with a big bang on TCM Movie Review by Peter Covino Are you a Yankee Doodle Dandy? When you aren't out on a picnic, at the beach or fireworks, this long Independence Day weekend is a great time to make some popcorn and, of course, watch patriotic movies.

Crossroads in History

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:30:08 GMT

24, 1775, to a dinner hosted by Col. George Washington and his wife, Martha, near the Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass.

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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:34:27 GMT

'World houses more illiterates than university grads....Does that make University grads inferior?" UK jail for catch-me-if-you-can techie - Graduates are not Superior just b/c others are not Trickster with Indian roots & equipment gets six years for running credit card - factory' Anup Patel London, Oct.

Movie openings and capsule reviews - Contra Costa Times

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:24:00 GMT

n "Angels & Demons": The sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" returns Tom Hanks as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time in Rome trying to solve a mystery involving the kidnapping of four cardinals, a secret sect and a stolen antimatter bomb. It's ...

Fountains of Wayne comes to Woodstock on Sunday

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:27:34 GMT

You might not know Adam Schlesinger by name. You might not even be familiar with his band, Fountains of Wayne .

Thursday, July 9 - PR Inside

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 GMT

Today is Thursday, July 9, the 190th day of 2009. There are 175 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date 1519 - Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes lands in Mexico, founds the town of Veracruz and begins conquering the surrounding ...

ACTOR PRESNELL DIES - PR Inside

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:11:00 GMT

Broadway star HARVE PRESNELL has died, aged 75. The actor passed away on Tuesday (30Jun09) in Santa Monica, California after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Presnell made his name on the New York stage in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in productions ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11 - WTOP Radio

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:55:00 GMT

July 5: Actress Katherine Helmond ("Who's The Boss," "Soap") is 80. Actress Shirley Knight is 73. Musician Robbie Robertson is 66. Singer Huey Lewis is 59. Country keyboardist Charles Ventre of River Road is 57. Singer Marc Cohn is 50. Actress Edie ...

Sorting inbox fact from fiction - Brisbane Times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:10:00 GMT

Slacktivism, fauxtography and bald faced lies. Anyone with an email account, an address book and the ability to press 'forward' can - and probably has - committed all of the above. And while the furore over a fake email scam continues to distract ...

Ratings as appeared in Beacon Journal film crit... - Akron Beacon Journal

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:24:00 GMT

Ratings as appeared in Beacon Journal film critic and wire-service reviews:?=Weak (R ? some sexual content, brief drug use) Michelle Pfeiffer plays a 50ish courtesan who makes the mistake of falling in love with a friend's son (Rupert Friend ...

There's nothing wrong with being nice - San Francisco Examiner

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:16:00 GMT

In a recent episode of ?The View?, Barbara Walters asked Tom Hanks if he was sick of people saying he was such a nice guy. He responded that he was a nice guy. In a time when television is loaded with reality shows that turn seemingly regular ...

Six Degrees of Summer Part 2 - Mountain Home News

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:11:00 GMT

Nowadays, sequels are the norm in the movie world, well here's the sequel for the Six Degrees Quiz. There are no Summer '09 films in the following chains, however each chain concludes with a bonus question worth 10 points. There will 10 points ...

Broadway Actor Presnell Dead At 75 - Cinema Blend

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:25:00 GMT

Broadway star Harve Presnell has died, aged 75. The actor passed away on Tuesday (30Jun09) in Santa Monica, California after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Presnell made his name on the New York stage in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in productions ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11 - PR Inside

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:45:00 GMT

July 5: Actress Katherine Helmond (``Who's The Boss,? ?Soap?) is 80. Actress Shirley Knight is 73. Musician Robbie Robertson is 66. Singer Huey Lewis is 59. Country keyboardist Charles Ventre of River Road is 57. Singer Marc Cohn is 50. Actress ...

Summer cinema offers angels, demons - Boston Herald

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT

As my e-mail has indicated, Herald readers are lining up for ?Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? in spite of almost unanimous pans from critics, me included, proving yet again that some (god-awful) movies are critic-proof. While I realize there ...

Now Playing and Coming Attractions - The State

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:30:00 GMT

Away We Go: (R) John Krasinski (?The Office?) and Maya Rudolph (?SNL?) are a shaggy young couple expecting their first child and crossing America in search of meaning and a manger. Angels & Demons: (PG-13) Tom Hanks is back as Dan Brown?s ...

Best films on the box: June 30-July 6 - Stuff

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:51:00 GMT

OPINION: Film and television critic Philip Wakefield assesses the best movies on offer on the box this week, for Tuesday, June 30 to Monday, July 6. Tom Hanks plays the ultimate homeless man: an eastern European immigrant who's stranded indefinitely ...

Tulsa World - Rottentomatoes.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:00 GMT

"Mottola's script perfectly captures man's lifelong pursuit of often-unattainable coolness. And cool girls." "Yes, the film is a helluva lot more entertaining than The Da Vinci Code. Yes, Tom Hanks and Robert Langdon have been to the barber." "Wong's ...

CROSSROADS IN HISTORY - Free Lance-Star

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:43:00 GMT

A LONE FIGURE emerges on the winter landscape, crossing the frigid waters of the Charles River on horseback, making his way this day, Jan. 24, 1775, to a dinner hosted by Col. George Washington and his wife, Martha, near the Harvard Yard in Cambridge ...

Summer cinema offers angels, demons

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:20:24 GMT

Moviewise, it's more than half over. How's it shaping up - and what should you see this holiday weekend? As my e-mail has indicated, Herald readers are lining up for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" in spite of almost unanimous pans from critics, me included, proving yet again that some movies are critic-proof. While I realize there are times, ...