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Review: Ryan Adams at Walt Disney Concert Hall

2012-02-18 16:38:48

<![CDATA[Review: Ryan Adams at Walt Disney Concert Hall]]>

Happy birthday, Gabriel Garcia Marquez!

2012-03-06 16:35:54

<![CDATA[Happy birthday, Gabriel Garcia Marquez!]]>

Book Review: 'To End All Wars'

2011-07-03 00:00:00

To End All Wars A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 Adam Hochschild Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 450 pp., $28 We think of Europe in 1914 as a continent all too eager for war — volunteers jamming recruiting offices, festooned soldiers...

Obama's 'Brave New World' and other books

2011-08-20 16:36:09

Discoveries: 'The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris' by John Baxter

2011-06-05 00:00:00

The Most Beautiful Walk in the World A Pedestrian in Paris John Baxter Harper Perennial: 336 pp., $14.99 "Paris belongs to its pi�tons — the pedestrians. One goes naturally � pied — on foot. And it's only on foot that you discover its...

Just when you thought spiders couldn't get creepier

2009-10-31 00:00:00

On the creepiest day of the year, we have news about one of the creepiest bugs around: the spider. Researchers have discovered the largest orb-weaving spider ever seen, a (relatively) massive creature whose body is about 1 1/2 inches across and whose leg...

What's new in London since the last big royal wedding

2011-04-03 00:00:00

So you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why. Here's one reason: They defy time. Start with just the...

Did punk rock icon Patti Smith sell out for Disney?

2011-04-25 16:35:45

Oxford lite

2010-01-20 00:00:00

OXFORD, England -- Cue the college choir. Roll the "Brideshead Revisited" footage. Lay out the strawberries and clotted cream. And let me begin by saying, ahem, that it's a rich experience, reflecting upon one's days at Oxford. The morning sun through...

Will Daniel Radcliffe be a wiz at singing in a Broadway show?

2009-10-09 16:33:04

Nobel laureates in literature: the good, the bad and the Nazi

2009-10-25 16:33:26

Sam Worthington searches for humanity in 'Avatar': 'I don't want to be a cartoon'

2009-10-28 16:33:20

To borrow a line from Flaubert, "Moi, Je suis Harry." The saying might be Daniel Radcliffe's rallying cry, but there's more to Radcliffe than a wizard with a scar.

2012-09-25 00:00:00

To Cece, listing the things he loves about India: "I love 'Slumdog.' I love naan. I love pepper. I love Ben Kingsley; the stories of Rudyard Kipling. I have respect for cows, of course. I love the Taj Mahal, Deepak Chopra, anyone named Patel. I love monsoon. I love cobras in baskets."

2012-03-12 17:01:30

and his wife, Patti, address the hoard of media in Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after the former governor was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

2011-12-07 00:00:00