Warren Buffett doesn't have a lot of namesakes
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
When it comes to success in business, Warren Buffett is a name everyone knows. But is he a fluke in terms of a name in business ...
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The Pit Bull in the China Shop
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | yesterday
By FRANK RICH NYT AT last the American right and left have one issue they unequivocally agree on: You don’t actually have to read Sarah Palin’s book to have an opinion about it. Last Sunday Liz Cheney praised “Going Rogue” as “well-written” on Fox News even though, by her own account, she had sampled only “parts” of it. On Tuesday, Ana Marie Cox, a correspondent...
- Op-Ed Columnist: The Pit Bull in the China Shop - New York Times
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Birthday Suit (With Bright Yellow Trench)
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Today is the 109th anniversary of one Chester Gould the creator of Dick Tracy. Every time Dick Tracy (1990) comes up, I think "you should watch that movie again!" but I never do. I think I'm still mad that Warren Beatty kept cutting away from Madonna's "More" performance... which should've easily been one of the best movie musical numbers of the 90s (sigh). Otherwise I quite like...
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Lauren Bacall receives honorary Oscar
Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In 2008, honorary Oscar winner Robert Boyle, an art director responsible for many Hitchcock films including North by Northwest and The Birds, gave a fabulous over three minute acceptance speech thanking countless people. The guy was 98 years old at the time, so he deserved some time to say his peace. (I checked and [...]
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Gold Derby nuggets: Inside the Governors Awards | Best actor race heats up | 'Up in the Air' literally
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
• The inaugural edition of the Governors Awards took place Saturday night in a ballroom not far from the Kodak Theatre where the academy holds the Oscars every year. Showcasing the honorary awards in a separate ceremony allowed the recipients -- absentee Thalberg winner John Calley and honorary Oscar winners Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall and Gordon Willis (at right) -- to be feted in style rather...
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Honorary Oscar for actress Bacall
BBC News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall receives an honorary Oscar on Saturday in front of stars including Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty.
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Lauren Bacall, 2 Others Receive Early Oscars
WJZ Baltimore, Maryland News Weathe (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Without the burden of a live worldwide broadcast, members of the film academy threw themselves a lively yet relaxed dinner party to honor the first Oscar winners of the season. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences broke with tradition and presented its honorary Oscars off-camera Saturday night, months ahead of the televised ceremony in March.
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114. The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker
Framed and Booked (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Let me begin by telling you what this book is not. It is not an LDS mystery or romance; it is not an LDS conversion story; and it is not an exposé of unsavory secret Mormon practices. Elna Baker is a single, Mormon comedian living in New York City and this is her story of how she tries to reconcile her belief system with the social practices of the Big Apple. Throughout the memoir, Baker shares...
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Lauren Bacall, 2 others receive early Oscars
Examiner (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Without the burden of a live worldwide broadcast, members of the film academy threw themselves a lively yet relaxed dinner party to honor the first Oscar winners of the season.
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John Calley - Calley Too Ill To Receive Honorary Oscar
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Movie mogul JOHN CALLEY missed out on one of the biggest evenings of his life on Saturday (14Nov09) - because he was too ill to attend the Governors Awards gala in...
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- Calley Too Ill To Receive Honorary Oscar - IMDb News
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Lauren Bacall receives honorary Oscar
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Lauren Bacall receives an honorary Oscar at an awards ceremony in Hollywood.
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Academy throws private Oscar party
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Without the burden of a live worldwide broadcast, members of the film academy threw themselves a lively yet relaxed dinner party to honour the first Oscar winners of the season.
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Screen siren Lauren Bacall gets lifetime Oscar
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood veterans turned out in force to see Lauren Bacall, grand dame of film noir, receive an honorary Oscar at the motion picture academy's Governors Awards on Saturday night, away from TV cameras.
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Screen siren Lauren Bacall gets lifetime Oscar
Reuters (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood veterans turned out in force to see Lauren Bacall, grand dame of film noir, receive an honorary Oscar at the motion picture academy's Governors Awards on Saturday night, away from TV cameras.
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Early Oscars are presented to 4 honorees
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The 2009 Governors Awards are given to actress Lauren Bacall, 85; producer-director-writer Roger Corman, 83; and cinematographer Gordon Willis, 78. A who's who of Hollywood -- Alec Baldwin, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and George Lucas among them -- turned out Saturday night for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2009 Governors Awards.