Aaron Sorkin imagines former President Jed Bartlet giving Candidate Obama a pep talk: BARTLET That was a hell of a convention. OBAMA Thank you, I was proud of it. BARTLET…
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Dave Kehr reviews the new Godfather Trilogy Blu-ray restoration (a restoration in consultation with original cinematographer Gordon Willis) for The New York Times: The effect is not unlike that of…
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You may ooze bile but you will teach the children by those books that you will be given and in the way that is needed by Russia. And as to…
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Louise Doughty on authors and public speaking: Most novelists are shy and retiring people; when we get up and read, we're like badgers who have to come up from our…
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From a current favourite micro-blog, What Would Don Draper Do? 91. Dear Don Draper, Do you have any views on men using Facebook?Yes, the same ones I have of men…
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The last few weeks have been horrendously busy, what with one thing and another, but I've finally got a few hours to myself today. This will mean, I will be…
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