Long before “The Sopranos ,” Casino and Goodfellas , Jimmy
Breslin wrote a book in 1970 called THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT
STRAIGHT that was also made into a movie . It was one of the first
fictional looks inside the feared Cosa Nostra, written a year after
Mario Puzo penned THE GODFATHER. There might never have been a
fictional Tony Soprano if not for Breslin and Puzo.
Bobby Fischer, who died this week at the age of 64, was the
greatest American player ever, and also the most tragic, a gloomy
real-life version of Luzhin, the chess genius in Nabokov's novel,
The Defense, who suffers a mental breakdown during his quest for
the world championship. Fischer's brilliance was on display at an
early age. In 1956, all of 15 years old, he won the U.S.
championship. Over ...
The day before he died, 14 soldiers were killed in a plane crash;
the day after, a British person was shot in Jordan. Unlike John
Donne, every man's death does not diminish me, at least not in
equal measure. The same must be true for the news programs that
strive to reflect the nation's mood, for they dwelt on the
Crocodile Hunter disproportionatel
Jane B. Lowe, a Talbot County activist and widow of former House of
Delegates Speaker Thomas Hunter Lowe, died of cancer Friday at
Talbot Hospice in Easton. The longtime Wittman resident was 76.
Shoppers planning to enjoy champagne over the festive season have
been given a sober warning from Britain's oldest wine merchants:
supplies of top bottles are starting to run so low that customers
face the prospect of rationing.
'Hitman' is another in a long line of dog-eared, simplistic,
familiarly plotted, yet needlessly convoluted patchwork narratives
meant to be followed in any language, screen size, or attention
span.
1 Hieronymus Bosch
Long before “The Sopranos ,” Casino and Goodfellas , Jimmy Breslin wrote a book in 1970 called THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT that was also made into a movie . It was one of the first fictional looks inside the feared Cosa Nostra, written a year after Mario Puzo penned THE GODFATHER. There might never have been a fictional Tony Soprano if not for Breslin and Puzo.
2 Fey
Bobby Fischer, who died this week at the age of 64, was the greatest American player ever, and also the most tragic, a gloomy real-life version of Luzhin, the chess genius in Nabokov's novel, The Defense, who suffers a mental breakdown during his quest for the world championship. Fischer's brilliance was on display at an early age. In 1956, all of 15 years old, he won the U.S. championship. Over ...
3 Plus One
The day before he died, 14 soldiers were killed in a plane crash; the day after, a British person was shot in Jordan. Unlike John Donne, every man's death does not diminish me, at least not in equal measure. The same must be true for the news programs that strive to reflect the nation's mood, for they dwelt on the Crocodile Hunter disproportionatel
4 Claudio Roditi
Jane B. Lowe, a Talbot County activist and widow of former House of Delegates Speaker Thomas Hunter Lowe, died of cancer Friday at Talbot Hospice in Easton. The longtime Wittman resident was 76.
5 Melchyor A
Xenosaga creators tackling the handheld.
6 Project Wyze
Shoppers planning to enjoy champagne over the festive season have been given a sober warning from Britain's oldest wine merchants: supplies of top bottles are starting to run so low that customers face the prospect of rationing.
7 Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald
'Hitman' is another in a long line of dog-eared, simplistic, familiarly plotted, yet needlessly convoluted patchwork narratives meant to be followed in any language, screen size, or attention span.