January 2012
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Charros: The Traditional Mexican Cowboy →
Charro in action (CC photo by Lamazone courtesy of Flickr)
Charro is the name for the traditional Mexican cowboy, or horseman, that originated in the Mexican state of Jalisco. While a Charro is commonly known as the horsemen wearing colorful and quite intricately decorated costumes, the term vaquero is more common throughout Mexico and into the United States.The Charro, however, is a very...
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Klondike Gold Rush - True West Historical Society →
Kate Rockwell, also known as ‘Klondike Kate’…became the most recognized entertainer associated with Dawson City. By showcasing Kate as the main attraction and scheduling various acts on the bill, Pantages quickly developed the impresario skills needed for his Pantages theatre chain - which brought big-time vaudeville to Victoria.
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Jane MacEyre? Updating an Orphan-to-Nanny Classic... →
It’s not only Jane Austen whose novels have incited a craze of sequels and adaptations. The Brontë sisters, too, have their ardent supporters—Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 classic, “Jane Eyre,” alone has inspired a bevy of homages, including Jean Rhys’s “Wide Sargasso Sea” (1966), Jasper Fforde’s “The Eyre Affair” (2001) and of course the...
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Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, and "Why We... →
Probably not a news flash, but, this guy is funny. As it so happens, I myself have employed a similar work process.
Did Maira think of the objects, or did you?
She told me some objects she wanted to paint, and I suggested some others, and then we would meet at her apartment, and make a pot of coffee, and we would get overly caffeinated and jumpy, and then we wouldn’t really talk about...
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Birdsong - BBC One Adaptation →
I cannot believe this is the first I’m hearing of this. I love Birdsong! I love that it was referenced in one of my favorite episodes of Vicar of Dibley (in which she meets Richard Armitage and calls him, “you towney bastard.”). I LOVE that Birdsong has finally come to screen!
Love and Death on the Western Front
Sunday 22 January 2012
Stephen (Eddie Redmayne) finds it all...
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Inside the List - NYTimes.com →
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Inside the List
By GREGORY COWLES
Published: January 20, 2012
FEMALE POWER: Jayne Ann Krentz’s latest paranormal romance, “Copper Beach,” is new on the hardcover fiction list at No. 8. Krentz is no stranger to this page — she’s had more than 30 New York Times best sellers — and with her success she has become a vocal defender of the romance category as a whole. In interviews, she talks ...
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Glee: Meet Rachel's Two Dads! →
Rachel’s two dads are my beloved Brian Stoles Mitchell and my beliked Jeff Goldblum! I am beside myself.
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HBO: Movies: Hemingway & Gellhorn: Home →
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“Can’t find Titanic on DVD?”
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Q: Can you tell me why it is so hard to find “Titanic” on DVD? The 1997 version with Leonardo DiCaprio seems almost impossible to find. A: It is indeed difficult to track down copies of the film, with online vendors asking three-digit sums for the available copies. It appears that...
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Winslet to star in Branagh romance - Variety →
Winslet to star in Branagh romance
‘Potato Pie Society’ to shoot in March
By Adam Dawtrey
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LONDON — Kate Winslet is attached to star in “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,” which Kenneth Branagh is set to direct for Fox 2000.
This reunites Winslet with Branagh for the first time since she played Ophelia in his bigscreen...
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The Cast of PBS’s “Downton Abbey” in New York :... →
They were here and I missed them?
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‘Downton Abbey’ Stokes Flames for Season 2 -... →
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Why Authors Tweet - NYTimes.com →
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BBC Two - The Mystery of Edwin Drood →
I am very excited about this new BBC production!
Although this isn’t the musical, it brings to mind the memorable Broadway production with that gorgeous Rupert Holmes music.
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Interview: Amanda Scott, author of 'Highland Hero'... →
I’m a great fan of Amanda Scott’s books, so I’m passing this along.
