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...festivals, and by 2005 they had lost so much pop-culture clout that short-subject Oscar winners had to accept their awards in their seats, with their backs to much of the audience. "Next year they're gonna give out Oscars in the parking lot," joked host Chris Rock...
DIED. Angelo (Sonny) Mercurio, 70, mobster turned informant who provided unprecedented access to federal agents in a landmark case; in December; of a pulmonary embolism. He had been living under the witness protection program in Little Rock, Ark. The self-described "stool pigeon" tipped off agents to a top-secret 1989 induction ceremony in Medford, Mass., attended by 17 reputed mobsters. The result, the first ever recording of such a rite, toppled a powerful New England crime family...
...with one’s own life.The same has apparently happened to Alice Munro. Munro, whose collections of intimate, thoughtful short stories have earned her vast acclaim, explains in the introduction to her newest—and potentially last—collection, “The View From Castle Rock,” that someone in every generation of her family has had a habit of writing long, detailed letters or journals. Moved by these records, Munro has crafted an uneven but poignant collection of penetrating meditations that partially deal with the effects of religion and poverty on lives...
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...We’ve been together ever since, despite the fact that my hair smelled like marmosets for about the first six months of our relationship.”Boyko proposed to McLean on Virginia Beach while visiting McLean’s family. Armed with a rock from dirtcheapdiamonds.com, he proposed on the beach at night, attracting attention from unexpected sources. “I screamed and laughed and cried so much that a police patrol slowed down to make sure nothing was wrong,” McLean writes. McLean stresses the need to strike a balance between being demanding...