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According to Mika Kaurismaki's The House of Branching Love , the best form of therapy to save a dead marriage is to make fierce love in the grave dug by the husband to commemorate the death of that very marriage.
Those who follow Sarah Palin are sowing the seeds of their own destruction
Gary Younge: The former Alaska governor represents thwarted aspirations and brooding resentment.
Man-eating lions' toll overstated
By KIM JANSSEN CHICAGO - For more than 80 years, the man-eating Tsavo lions have been one of the Field Museum's top tourist draws.Now, a recent study suggests that the lions' unusual taste for human flesh may have been exaggerated.According to the man who finally killed them in 1898, the pair of maneless Kenyan lions munched their way through as ...
Sounding Off: Ticket price rise not going away
First things first, I'm not siding with Gordon Gecko. We all know the dude's trademark line -- "Greed is good!" -- as voiced by Michael Douglas' character in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street." I'm not really buying it, even if it may seem that way at first.
There's strange -- and then there's creepy
Oh yeah, I'd forgotten all about that. I have Michael Douglas' jacket. I'm moving down the hall to a different office at the Sun-Times, and as I was packing stuff up and throwing stuff out, I came across the jacket, which has spent the last four or five years tucked away in the back of a large file drawer, along with such collectors' items as a ...
Film Review: Falling Down Directed by Joel Schumacher
Review by Thumper: Thump from 1 to 5: Thump of 4 The film "Falling Down" is a 1993 action, psychological crime film, now considered a cult classic, directed by Joel Schumacher.
Bit parts on the big screen: RBC traders go Hollywood
Royal Bank of Canada employees are taking a starring role as Wall Street greed returns to the big screen.
Paparazzi peeved at mayor's office over film set info change
Shia Laboeuf and Michael Douglas in Wall Street 2 filming in the Central Park Zoo directed by Oliver Stone.
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Avner the eccentric at the Redfern
KEENE, NH, 10/28/09  The unique comic genius of Avner the Eccentric will be showcased when he appears at Keene State College's Redfern Arts Center on Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. Jay Siegel of ABC-TV said, "Avner the Eccentric is a brilliant comic hurt yourself hysterically funny.
Spiritual revival is Uganda's only hope
Dear Tingasiga: The high point of the 1987 movie "Wall Street" is a speech by the unscrupulous corporate raider by the name of Gordon Gekko, brilliantly portrayed by Michael Douglas, in which he rationalises an insatiable appetite for accumulation of wealth.
Woman Sues Facebook for Privacy Violations
The 25-year-old homemaker from Dallas County, Texas, said she made the discovery last year when she rented the 1985 adventure film "The Jewel of the Nile," starring Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito.
The Worst Remakes -- By: Jonah Goldberg
Lots of readers, perhaps gleening where this conversation was heading anyway, have already started sending me nominations for the worst remakes .
Tsvao lions ate fewer humans than believed, study says
CHICAGO For more than 80 years, the man-eating Tsavo Lions have been one of Chicago's Field Museum 's top tourist draws.
Carey Mulligan is 'Beautiful Fantastic'
By now, you've probably heard more than a few words uttered on the blogosphere about Carey Mulligan .
Brain food: An anthropologist visits Wall Street
Michael Douglas plays as 'Master of the the Universe' in Wall Street, 1987. Photograph: 20thC.Fox/Everett/Rex Features Anthropologists used to study the alien: pygmies in rainforests with blowdarts and more piercings than a knife-thrower's assistant .
Richard Stallman makes a good bogeyman for the proprietary software people because he's not politically correct.
The hard-sell sex here has more to do with dominance and takeovers than eroticism as murder suspect Sharon Stone plays mind games with homicide cop Michael Douglas.
Carey Mulligan - Fate Helped Mulligan Score Wall Street Role
Caption: Carey Mulligan , Dominic Cooper and Emma Thompson Premiere of 'An Education' BFI 53rd London Film Festival London, England .... Actress CAREY MULLIGAN was convinced she'd land a role in the new WALL STREET sequel, after a series of spooky signs.
Inequality good says Goldman chief echoing Gordon Gecko-defends huge bank bonuses
The vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs has launched an astonishing defence of bumper bonuses just a year after bankers brought the world's economy to the brink of collapse.
Author inspired by N.J. tragedy
WHAT: Book reading/signing for "A Friend of the Family." WHERE: Haworth Municipal Library, 300 Haworth Ave., Haworth; 201-384-1020. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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