Gore Vidal

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Gore Vidal (pronounced /ˌgɔər vɪˈdɑːl/ or /vɪˈdæl/) (born October 3, 1925) is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar (1948) that outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality.

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Does a new J.D. Salinger documentary contain 'revelations' about the author?

Source: Christian Science Monitor  |   May 21 2013, 2:10pm CDT

Harvey Weinstein, whose company is distributing the documentary 'Salinger,' hinted at great secrets in the new movie, but Salinger's son Matthew is disparaging of the film. A sign warns visitors not to enter the New Hampshire p ...

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Michele Bachmann Has Inspired a Sexy Romance Novel

Source: The Atlantic  |   May 21 2013, 1:19pm CDT

Fires of Siberia, to be published June 1, about a fiery presidential candidate who tries to bone up on her foreign policy credentials only to get stuck in the wilderness with a sexy stranger. "Inspired by the life of Tea Party leader and Republica ...

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Arias and graces in Ravello

Source: The Independent  |   May 21 2013, 11:27am CDT

It's only the first night of my visit, and I'm beginning to wonder if I'm the only non-famous person to have stayed in this lovely southern Italian town. Richard Wagner, born 200 years ago today, was one of many celeb ...

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Book Review: John Carter and The Gods Of Hollywood

Source: Geeks of Doom  |   May 20 2013, 1:30pm CDT

Pity John Carter. The poor bastard never had a chance. Released several months before the summer movie deluge, Andrew Stanton’s highly anticipated adaptation of the classic 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars had the potenti ...

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Please ignore mtDNA and Y chromosomal haplogroups

Source: Discover Magazine  |   May 20 2013, 11:03am CDT

Select Category Select Category Administration Agriculture Anthroplogy Ask a ScienceBlogger Barbarism Behavior Genetics Bioethics Biology Biotech Blog Books Cognitive Science Creationism Culture Data Analysis Demographics D ...

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The Worst Crimes in UK History

Source: Dissident Voice  |   May 20 2013, 9:58am CDT

In a time of peace the West is permanently at war. Massive standing armies are continuously fed their natural fare. And, incredibly, the myth of the UK being a peace-loving country is sustained by a ‘liberal’ media who endlessly regu ...

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Cannes Film Festival: The Harvey Weinstein Show

Source: The New York Times  |   May 17 2013, 7:31pm CDT

CANNES, France — If there are lines separating art and commerce in the film world, they are obliterated annually at the Cannes Film Festival. The world’s most respected auteurs premiere their films in the Grand Palais, j ...

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JD Salinger documentary gets first screening at Cannes

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 17 2013, 6:12pm CDT

It has been veiled in mystery and speculation, and has been nine years in the making. But now a few minutes of the highly anticipated documentary about JD Salinger by Shane Salerno – chiefly known as a writer of action ...

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