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Fifty-three orphans who have been living outdoors for a week left Haiti for Pittsburgh on Wednesday, January 20.
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The southern part of the island of Haiti has been hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
Columnist Ana Guthrie shares her perspectives on braving the new year.
Last June, the legendary Dave Matthews Band released their seventh studio album titled Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. During the recording of the album, the band and their fans suffered a tragic loss. LeRoi Moore, whose sax playing added a distinct and sophisticated kind of cool to the band's sound, died while recovering from an ATV accident. This is how the album got its name. Drummer Carter Beauford and LeRoi Moore created the term 'GrooGrux' to describe a sort of mystical and cool musical happening. LeRoi was and still is the 'GrooGrux king.'
To be honest, I had a high school romance with the music of DMB that flirted with geek-like fanaticism. But with my growing up and into the gospels, we suffered a slow but severe falling out. Despite my love for their musical flair, I have found some of Dave's lyrics to become less honest with time - and certainly less relevant to my changing heart. Then came the headlines announcing LeRoi's death.
To be honest, I had a high school romance with the music of DMB that flirted with geek-like fanaticism. But with my growing up and into the gospels, we suffered a slow but severe falling out. Despite my love for their musical flair, I have found some of Dave's lyrics to become less honest with time - and certainly less relevant to my changing heart. Then came the headlines announcing LeRoi's death.
Tyra Banks pulls the plug on her daytime talk show.
With images of the blithe, happy-go-lucky lifestyles of the typical American family so cleverly juxtaposed against the gritty, rough-hewn images on the battlefield of Afghanistan, Jim Sheridan's Brothers is not just another war film, but a tender introspective piece about two worlds with an immeasurable influence on one another.
Adapted from the Danish screenplay Brodre, Brothers tells the story of Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) who has built a very successful career as a Marine. His younger brother, Tommy, (Jake Gyllenhaal) is the black sheep of the family who is constantly in trouble with the law. Despite the suspicions of their father and Sam's wife, Grace (Natalie Portman), Sam still demonstrates an unconditional love for his brother.
Adapted from the Danish screenplay Brodre, Brothers tells the story of Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) who has built a very successful career as a Marine. His younger brother, Tommy, (Jake Gyllenhaal) is the black sheep of the family who is constantly in trouble with the law. Despite the suspicions of their father and Sam's wife, Grace (Natalie Portman), Sam still demonstrates an unconditional love for his brother.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is Terry Gilliam's latest film but will forever be known as Heath Ledger's last. The Academy Award-winning Australian actor died during production, necessitating a trio of A-listers to complete the project in his stead. And while Ledger likely won't receive another posthumous Oscar nod, as he did for 2008's The Dark Knight, Imaginarium nonetheless succeeds as a swansong.
The plot revolves around the traveling freak show led by Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), a 1,000-year-old wizard blessed (cursed?) with the gift of manipulating the imaginations of those who walk through his mystical mirror. Once transported into the fantasy world that lies beyond, guests must choose between the wide, easy path that promises pleasure or the difficult, narrow and often steep way that could lead them to redemption - if only it were more attractively packaged.
The plot revolves around the traveling freak show led by Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), a 1,000-year-old wizard blessed (cursed?) with the gift of manipulating the imaginations of those who walk through his mystical mirror. Once transported into the fantasy world that lies beyond, guests must choose between the wide, easy path that promises pleasure or the difficult, narrow and often steep way that could lead them to redemption - if only it were more attractively packaged.
Country star Carrie Underwood is engaged to her boyfriend of a year NFL player Mike Fisher.
Tina Knowles, mother of pop star Beyoncé, has begun the legal proceedings for divorce from her husband of almost 30 years, Matthew Knowles, according to recently released court documents.