Bidders chase Titanic documents fetch record prices
New York AP reports collectors paid 180310 for wireless messages and logs from Titanic related items bid up by popularity from a movie and Broadway show. A centerpiece volume with 34 signals from Olympic and Carpathia sold for 123500 to an anonymous telephone bidder. A second volume of pre-embarkation Titanic messages sold for 46000 to an undisclosed bidder.
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New York
Christie’s Auction House
Olympic
Carpathia
Christie
James Zemaitis
Titanic
Samuel L Jackson blasts Spike Lee at Berlin Film Fest
At the Berlin Film Festival Samuel L Jackson defended Jackie Brown amid Spike Lees critique of its use of the N word. He argued the word can be contextually acceptable and accused Lee of overreach while noting Lee's own use of it in his films.
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Samuel L. Jackson
Spike Lee
Jackie Brown
Jackson
Quentin Tarantino
Lee
Spike
Jackie
Tarantino
Redgrave chats with fans during Mrs. Dalloway shoot in London
Vanessa Redgrave says she enjoys talking to fans and signing autographs but would rather chat than just sign. The actress stars as Clarissa Dalloway in the film opening in limited release. The piece also notes rumors about Clinton and several involved personalities, including Tamara Kennerley, with denials and remarks on the Lewinsky saga.
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Courtney Love
Love
Orange County
Calif
George Dorsett
Orlando Sentinel
Vanessa Redgrave
St. James's Park
London
Mrs. Dalloway
Ms. Redgrave
Clarissa Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Lorrie Morgan
Clinton
Country Star
Tamara Kennerley
Oxford
Monica Lewinsky
Hicksville
Sunscreen Debate Emerges From Cancer Risk Study
At a science conference in Philadelphia an epidemiologist presented her study and a review finding no convincing evidence that sunscreens prevent deadly melanoma. Yet many experts urge sun exposure caution. Ten studies, including hers, show no clear sunscreen link, while melanoma cases rose despite higher sunscreen use.
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Philadelphia
Marianne Berwick
Memo
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Duvall’s The Apostle Driven by Desire for Creative Control
Robert Duvall, hailed as American cinema’s greatest living actor, discusses his return to writing and directing with The Apostle. He details his wish to portray real people, the film’s preacher protagonist Sonny Dewey, and the challenges of financing, casting real clergy, and balancing faith with flaw.
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Robert Duvall
Film Comment
Santini
Duvall
The
Apostle
Jesus
Hollywood
the Apostle
Sonny Dewey
Sonny
John Wayne
Guy
David
Bathsheba
Hughes, Ark
San Diego
George Lucas
Angela
Billy Bob Thorn
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White Star Line
Craig A. Lopin
Christie’s
Craig McCaw
Keiko
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Oregonian
Seattle
John Goodman
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Berlin
Goodman
Redgrave
Rial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York City
Preacher
Christ
Boo Radley
Church of God of Prophecy
Cleveland
Tenn
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Lord Jesus Christ
Virginia
Apollo A
Rosin Williams
Gorie
Sphere
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Penro
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Wag the Dog
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