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This reminds me, I need to read “Gone with the Wind” at some point before I die.
After spending my college years in the south (the pretty part, not the dirty part), I have a weakness for the beautiful architecture down there. [...]

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Saw the story about Katherine Heigl’s wardrobe malfunction at the ShoWest awards in Las Vegas… which segued into the actress’ new dark brown hair color… and, more importantly, the reason why. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star made the change because she will be playing Stephanie Plum in the movie adaptation of Janet Evanovich’s “One For The [...]

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Any book is a good book because it gets people reading. Seth Grahame-Smith got people reading with his kooky literary mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which has a million copies in print. Now he’s back with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The genre is hot. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters followed Zombies last year. Pride and [...]

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Sometimes I think that the greatest thrill of a Peanuts cartoon strip came not from the characters it had, but rather from the characters it didn’t have. Namely grown-ups. There was not a grown-up to be found anywhere in the lives of Charlie Brown and his chums. Not even one. No parents, no teachers no [...]

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TV: “The Pacific”

The $200 million follow-up miniseries to the award-winning World War II miniseries “Band of Brothers,” from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. March 14, HBO.
Movie: “Alice In Wonderland”

Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton take on the Lewis Carroll classic. March 5.

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SNL has three new shows in a row. Saturday: Jennifer Lopez (host and musical guest); Zack Galifianakis and Vampire Weekend (March 6); Jude Law and Pearl Jam (March 13).
Conan O’Brien has opened a Twitter account… and already has over 300,000 followers.
John Grisham is going to write his first children’s book series. The first book [...]

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Winter Olympics

Every four years we’re captivated by the drama and beauty of The Games on snow and ice.

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