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With a ticktock narrative of the fight to save U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens in Benghazi, Libya, Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz fill in crucial details.
via The Latest from VanityFair.com http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2013/08/Benghazi-book-fred-burton-samuel-m-katz
Ryan Gosling spent a quiet weekend in the Hamptons with his friends and family. The heartthrob actor was seen, without his girlfriend Eva Mendes, at…
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Top French DJ and producer Cedric Gervais left the Hamptons party crowd fuming on July Fourth after canceling a gig at Southampton hot spot 75…
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Current and former federal officials who played key roles in the investigation of one of the nation’s worst aviation disasters said Tuesday they stand by their conclusion that the explosion of TWA flight 800 was caused by overheated fuel tank vapors, and not a bomb or missile.
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Rubio to Introduce Senate Bill to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks…
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COURIC UNHAPPY OVER ‘DUMBED-DOWN’ TALK SHOW
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Juan Cole in Truth Dig: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may or may not survive Sunday’s massive protests, organized by the youth Rebellion (Tamarrud) Movement. They are, nevertheless, a milestone in modern Egyptian history and a warning to him about his…
via 3quarksdaily http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2013/07/how-egypts-michele-bachmann-became-president-and-plunged-the-country-into-chaos.html
DreamWorks is trying to get the rights to The Grapes of Wrath from John Steinbeck’s estate so Steven Spielberg can adapt the Great Depression tale. Unlike American classics like The Great Gatsby and Huckleberry Finn, Wrath has only been filmed once, in 1940, a year after the novel’s publication. Deadline heard “Spielberg was eyeing it to direct, but DreamWorks said definitively that he is only interested in producing the picture, and will absolutely not direct it.” DreamWorks? More like DREAM STOMPERS.
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via Vulture http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/spielberg-grapes-of-wrath.html