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Prize-winning 'Rabbit' writer John Updike dies
NEW YORK - John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died Tuesday at age 76. Updike, best known for his four "Rabbit" novels, died of lung cancer at a hospice near his home in Beverly Farms, Mass., according to his longtime publisher, Alfred A. Knopf.
People:John Updike Barack Obama Susan Sarandon Michelle Pfeiffer Jack Nicholson
2009-01-27
Hollywood on the Potomac: Where the stars will be
NEW YORK - If you thought the Golden Globes was a party, just wait until you see Barack Obama's inauguration. Next week, Washington will look a lot like a colder version of Hollywood.
Nations:U.S. People:Jay-Z LL Cool J Shakira Mary J. Blige Joseph Biden Alicia Keys Activities:Obama Admin.
2009-01-16
Sundance zooms on as recession hits host city
PARK CITY, Utah - The good news for the Sundance Film Festival is people still are snapping up movie tickets despite the sour economy. The bad news for the festival's ski-resort setting -- and possibly for filmmakers selling movies -- is that the independent-cinema gathering gets under way with the prospect of thinner crowds on the street and a penny-wise mind-set.
People:Richard Kelly Ashton Kutcher Ethan Hawke Don Cheadle Susan Sarandon Pierce Brosnan Activities:2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009-01-15
Subdued Sundance predicted as festival set to open
PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) - The 25th Sundance Film Festival gets underway on Thursday with more than 100 movies due to be screened over the 10-day carnival, the world's largest marketplace for independent film.
Nations:Iraq France People:Jay-Z Chris Rock Susan Sarandon Pierce Brosnan Robert Redford Activities:2009 Sundance Film Festival Source:(AFP)
2009-01-13
Millions set to cheer Obama at historic inauguration
WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a little over a week's time history will be made in the heart of the US capital when Barack Obama is sworn in as the nation's first black president witnessed by millions of jubilant supporters.
Nations:U.S. People:Joseph Biden Barack Obama Spike Lee Anne Hathaway George W. Bush Susan Sarandon Activities:Obama Stimulus Package Source:(AFP)
2009-01-11
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