Topic: Brothers Grimm
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2013 Oscar nominations: 15 films that came from the printed page
The list of Oscar nominations features 15 movies that got their start in the world of words, from Snow White to a Tolstoy classic.
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8 gifts for your favorite literature lover
Are you searching for a gift for the bibliophile in your life? Check out these books.
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'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
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In Pictures: Victorian Photocollage at the Met
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Rump
Liesl Shurtliff's spin on the legend of Rumpelstiltskin is a funny, charming debut novel aimed at middle-grade readers.
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Down the Up Escalator
Barbara Garson tells the stories of Americans who have lost jobs – and hope – during the Great Recession.
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Culture Cafe 'Olympus Has Fallen' and 'White House Down': Two action movies put the White House in peril
It seems to come around every so often in Hollywood – this year, the movies with close release dates and similar concepts are 'Olympus Has Fallen' and 'White House Down,' in which enemy forces take over the White House and put the president in peril.
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Culture Cafe 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters': What are the reviews saying?
'Hansel' has had a troubled production history and is an admittedly out-there twist on an old fairy tale. How are critics liking the film?
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2013 Oscar nominations: 15 films that came from the printed page
The list of Oscar nominations features 15 movies that got their start in the world of words, from Snow White to a Tolstoy classic.
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Brothers Grimm saved classic fairy tales by changing them forever
Disney wasn't the first to change Grimm's Fairy Tales. Even the Brothers Grimm tinkered with their stories from one edition to another.
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The real Brothers Grimm were stranger than fiction
The Google homepage celebrates the 200th anniversary of the first edition of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales,' a collection of stories which transformed Western literature. Here's a quick look at the men who worked tirelessly for 50 years to assemble the tales.
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8 gifts for your favorite literature lover
Are you searching for a gift for the bibliophile in your life? Check out these books.
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'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
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Maurice Sendak with the Wild Things, now (+video)
The beloved children's book author passed away at 83 after suffering a stroke.
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Julia Roberts plays evil Queen in 'Mirror Mirror': movie review
Julia Roberts brings a 'Snow White' fairy tale to life in 'Mirror Mirror.' The plot wanders widely – and creatively.
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The next 'Potter'? 'Hunger Games' takes kids to darker, more violent place.
The buzz over the 'Hunger Games' movie suggests a new blockbuster young-adult franchise is being born. But the coming-of-age tale set in a fascist future has less humor than 'Potter.'
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Tangled: movie review
'Tangled' tells the story of Rapunzel in a classic Disney 3-D animated musical, with Mandy Moore voicing the golden-haired girl.
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Photoshop and Facebook, Victorian-style
Long before Photoshop and Facebook, upper-crust British ladies were cropping and splicing with giddy abandon and drawing spider webs inhabited with the pasted-on faces of their friends.
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In Pictures: Victorian Photocollage at the Met
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The top easy-care roses
The New York Botanical Garden names its top roses for easy care and disease resistance.
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A fairy tale ending for gardeners?
An enchanting line of disease-resistant roses gains fans.
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Classic book review: Coraline
Neil Gaiman's instant classic follows young Coraline into the ideal family living right next door.
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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
An outcast ‘giant’ discovers the magic of secret spells in this debut novel.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
A new CD of foot-stomping gospel, a DVD of classic fairy tales with an irreverent twist, a Spanish author's latest love story, and more.
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Review: 'The House Bunny'
Screwball comedy has a former Playboy bunny teaching dour intellectual sorority girls about makeup and men.
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A rainbow of Galapagos wildlife
The islands were alive with vividly colored crabs, birds, and iguanas.
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New on DVD: Enchanted and I Am Legend
Wipe away the fairy dust, and you'll find a solidly conventional tale in 'Enchanted.' But if it's a thrill you're looking for, try 'I Am Legend.' And buckle in tight.
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Shy school librarian finds success as author
Laura Schlitz lives out her own real-life fable – her children's book is 'discovered,' wins a prestigious award, and fame comes knocking.
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For kids, anytime is a good time to rhyme
Mary Ann Hoberman has been writing rhyming stories for children for more than 50 years.
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