Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Ballantine Books April 22, 2014 $17 470 Pages When Bill Dedman was house-hunting in Connecticut in 2009, he stumbled on a 22-room mansion that a New York woman, Huguette Clark, had owned for more than a half-century but never occupied. Intrigued, the
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Read More →The biggest factor that makes The High Crest great — and make no mistake, the duo of Kat Darling and Aaron Earl Short is great — is their ability to be unflinchingly, and at times uncomfortably, honest. There’s a simplicity to the pair’s writing style that can make it easy
Read More →It’s Iowa State Fair time, and this year fairgoers can see a butter sculpture tribute to the Iowa film “Field of Dreams”… Most of the cast was sculpted from traditional sweet cream butter, but in an effort to stay true to the original movie, Terence Mann, as portrayed by James
Read More →Martin Odum (Sean Bean) is a CIA agent who transforms himself into a different person for each undercover job. For example, he goes to great lengths to style himself as a creepy outsider to infiltrate a domestic terrorist group, masking his British accent with a stutter. “Legends” keeps you on
Read More →As cool as Justin Timberlake is, what’s the first thing you think of when you hear his name? He’s a singer, right? Nevermind that for the last decade J.T. has been trying desperately to be taken seriously as an actor. Shifting public perception is hard — for entertainers, politicians, companies,
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August 13, 2014 by justin
in Belly Up To...
“Das boot! Das boot!” That’s the cheer of a group ready to take on the Haus Rules and share a glass boot full of beer. On the list of “Passing the Boot” rules: “Drink without pointing the toe away from you…and you drink again”; “Splash yourself while drinking from the
Read More →Weird old world “The Chinese fondness for napping in odd places is a well-documented phenomenon, one that’s spawned a popular website and even a book,” wrote The Wall Street Journal in a July dispatch. In a recent photo essay, a Getty Images photographer captured a series of shots of customers
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