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It's always a big deal when Harper Lee comes out of seclusion to make a statement. More »
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This morning brought the news of Elizabeth Taylor's death. While her personal life is certainly compelling, it's her career in front of the camera that made her a star. A best-of list could go on and on — from the broken seductress of Suddenly Last Summer, to the comedy Father of the Bride, to the irresistible ingenue of The Last Time I Saw Paris to her lacerating Katerina in Taming of the Shrew to Maggie Simpson. But no mention of Taylor's film career would be complete without the following performances.

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You may have heard the story before: woman goes to Neiman-Marcus/Mrs. Fields, orders cookie, loves cookie, requests recipe, is told it's "two-fifty" and is shocked to get a credit-card statement for $250. For revenge, she shares with the world: More »
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The Onion takes on the legendary notebook of Hemingway, Matisse and Chatwin. [TheOnion] More »
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Blossom Dearie, the cult cabaret singer famous for her girlish voice and gamine appearance, has died at 82. Hear her after the jump! More »
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"Shoot 'em. Shoot 'em. It's a better way to live!" Check out Katharine Hepburn in rare crank form in this 1979 60 Minutes interview, waxing on aging, humanity, movies, and bores. [Oh No They Didn't] More »
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Today, Ann Nixon Cooper, whom we mentioned before Barack Obama spoke of her in his victory speech, turned 107 years old. More »
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"The legend of the modern roller derby has claimed its place in the Generation X canon: ... some tattooed, disaffected young women from Texas reimagined the sport as a symbol of postfeminist sisterhood." More »
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This essay about Katharine Hepburn really makes you want a) to be her b)have known her and c) watch all her movies, immediately. The author, Sarah Standing, had the luxury of living with Hepburn for several months, in all her whiskey-drinking, trouser-wearing, wood-chopping, frigid-ocean-swimming glory. And while Kate's home truths — "You can't sail a leaky boat. You either keep rowing or you sink. Swim to safety before it's too late," — are sage indeed, it seems a little unfair to compare Hepburn's "real star" quality to what passes for celebrity today, as Standing does. After all, it's not like there was really anyone as awesome in her own day either. The upside? At least high-waisted trousers are readily available now - "because it's impossible to explore properly in a dress," as Hepburn herself said. [Telegraph] More »
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Ann Powers, music columnist for the LA Times, went to the Staples Center to see Tina Turner in concert last week. She wrote a review, in which she admitted that the show wasn't perfect: "Turner frequently missed notes, sometimes going utterly off key. Whenever her dance moves got tricky, it seemed, Turner's vocals suffered." Today, Powers writes that she "received a mini-flood of negative letters" after the review was published, from fans who said things like, "This woman is an inspiration to us all… For you to criticize her in any way is a lack of respect for her talent and professionalism. Wait until you turn 68 and see if you can get out and do half of what she does. Shame on you." But Powers thinks that overlooking Turner's less-than-perfect voice would not be the right thing to do. She writes: More »
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