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Kieran's Kingdom (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Here's a clip from a very under-rated film starring a boy - The Go Between. It's moody and heterosexual, but there's plenty of atmospheric shots in it. For Joseph Losey's great film "The Go-Between" (starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates), Michel Legrand provided a Theme and Variations for Two Pianos and Orchestra to be played as accompaniment to some of its scenes. Here is the mighty central...
RoguePundit (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Remember all those Oregon state senate candidates who talked of being bipartisan. After a one-day delay, the Oregon Senate voted today for an increase in corporate income taxes that will produce an estimated $261 million to balance the next two-year...
Robin's Nest (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
The Oregonian --Plans to raise Oregon's corporations and upper income earners taxes came to a screeching halt when Senate Democrat Mark Hass, D- Beaverton, would not give the 18th vote that was needed for three-fifths majority for the bill to pass."It's hard to separate what's real from the melodrama," said a disappointed Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, after the vote. "What's real is,...
Ridenbaugh Press (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Well, so much for the remarkably smooth Oregon session of ‘09. Owing to a single flipped vote - that of Beaverton Democratic Senator Mark Hass - the Senate declined to pass a business tax package approved the day before by the Oregon House. Because of that, a second tax bill was table (alongside that first [...]
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 04/15/2009
It's one thing for an actor to be famous at 20. It's quite another to be washed up at 22. But that's exactly what happened to Sean Maguire, whom most people know as the hunky warrior from “Meet the Spartans.”
The Rev. Chuck Currie (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
On Thursday, April 16th from 6-8 pm there will be a health care reform forum at Portland's First Unitarian Church (1011 SW 12th Ave.) U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, State Senator Alan Bates and Dr. Mike Huntington with Physicians for a...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 04/03/2009
News: Below is a look at what titles Network have coming to UK DVD in April 2009... 6th April 2009 Watching – Series 3 - £12.99 RRP – The third series of this offbeat ITV comedy comes to DVD with all six episodes plus the 1988 Christmas Special. ...
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 03/31/2009
TV veteran David Frost received a lifetime achievement award from the UK's Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG). Sir David received the BPG's Harvey Lee Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting award in...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/27/2009
BBC business editor Robert Peston said he found it "mind-boggling" that he had beaten Bruce Forsyth to win a broadcasting award.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/27/2009
Kenneth Branagh has won an acting award for his performance as a grizzled Swedish detective in the TV series Wallander.
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
filed Senate Bill 909 this week that would make the Oregon political tax credit portable, allowing Oregonians to redirect political donations from lawmaker's coffers to non-profit organizations during this economic downturn. The Central Point Republican is quoted in the Medford Mail Tribune, March 15, 2009 "The money would make a significant difference if it were spent to prop up the Oregon Food...
Trends (Free subscription) | 02/06/2009
Georgy Girl Georgy Girl--Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film based on a novel by Margaret Forster. The film was directed by Silvio Narizzano and starred Lynn Redgrave as Georgy, Alan Bates, James Mason, Charlotte Rampling and Bill Owen. The title song, performed by Australian band The Seekers, became a hit single and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song (music by Tom Springfield,...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 01/30/2009
Top picks this week include an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, ...
Some Came Running (Free subscription) | 01/20/2009
...but the Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report is up, at The Auteurs'. This week, Losey and Pinter's staggeringly great The Go-Between, with Julie Christie and Alan Bates.
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