Topic: William Shakespeare
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The 25 best movie musicals of all time
The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
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Shakespeare: a short quiz on the work of the Bard
How well do YOU know the Bard? Screw your wits to the sticking place and take our quiz!
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14 acting legends over 70
Some say Hollywood may be ageist, with careers fizzling for most after they become senior citizens, but these actors and actresses buck that trend. Check out our list of 14 actors over 70 who haven't lost their touch.
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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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'Home Front Girl': 7 stories from a real WWII-era diary
Joan Wehlen Morrison's diary capturing life in Chicago before and during World War II offers insight into the era. Here are 7 of Morrison's stories from "Home Front Girl."
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Culture Cafe 'Macbeth' movie adaptation will reportedly star Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman
Michael Fassbender will reportedly take on the lead role while Natalie Portman will play his scheming wife in a new adaptation of 'Macbeth' directed by Justin Kurzel. 'Macbeth' could arrive in theaters in 2014 or 2015.
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The Monitor's View: Revenge, or fear of it, must not lead Syria to chemical warfare
President Obama and other world leaders must speak directly to both Assad and rebel leader about avoiding revenge killings. That is necessary to prevent escalation of the war with chemical weapons.
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The 25 best movie musicals of all time
The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
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Chapter & Verse Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' gets a new trailer (+video)
Joss Whedon's take on Shakespeare's classic keeps the original language but updates the plot to a modern setting.
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Chapter & Verse World Book Night: the most popular books and which Broadway show is getting involved
World Book Night, the celebration of reading which includes the distribution of free books, has arrived.
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Earth Day: What Earth do we celebrate?
A Christian Science perspective: What are we cherishing, valuing, looking to understand and preserve?
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Top Picks: 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Live,' a documentary on William Randolph Hearst, and more
The app Dark Sky lets you keep track of your personal weather, HBO examines the relationship between elephants and people, and more top picks.
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Chapter & Verse World Book Night US: Washington, Michigan, and New York attract the most volunteers
As World Book Night approaches again, a list of rankings shows where volunteers – who give away free books on April 23 – are most heavily clustered in the US.
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Readers Write: Video games foster unthinking acts; Marxism endures in China
Letters to the Editor for the April 15, 2013 weekly print issue: Video games train people to respond without thinking – the same motor memory employed in firing a gun. And in spite of China's capitalist boon, cardinal Marxist axioms are still deeply embedded in Chinese political ideology.
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Shakespeare: a short quiz on the work of the Bard
How well do YOU know the Bard? Screw your wits to the sticking place and take our quiz!
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Chapter & Verse Shakespeare: tax evader and food hoarder?
A new study by researchers at Aberystwyth University found that the playwright was fined multiple times for selling food at high prices during a famine and was also threatened with prison for tax evasion.
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Phil Ramone dies, leaving 14-Grammy legacy with biggest stars
Phil Ramone dies: A Grammy-award winning engineer and producer, Phil Ramone worked with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles.
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Tunisians invoke Macbeth to warn against a return of toil and trouble
A Tunisian playwright has adapted the Shakespeare tragedy – in which Macbeth's drive for power brings moral decline and war – to warn that political infighting could bring back darker days.
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My Brother's Book
Maurice Sendak issues a valedictory and visionary new work.
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Top Picks: Showtime's special on Dick Cheney, Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, and more
Cruisereader.com recommends books, movies and music based on your travel destination, the Oscar-winning short "Paperman" is a charming tale of love and missed connections, and more top picks.
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The Bible miniseries: Mark Burnett tackles Bible 'illiteracy'
The Bible miniseries by 'Survivor' producer Mark Burnett started on the History Channel Sunday. The five-part miniseries use modern computer graphics to bring stories from the Bible to life.
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Chapter & Verse Twitter's answer to poetry: @Pentametron
Twitter user Ranjit Bhatnagar has created an algorithm that finds the poetry in seemingly disparate tweets.
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The Monitor's View: In Syria, US mission creep with moral creep
President Obama is leaning toward providing nonlethal military equipment to certain rebels in Syria. Doing so runs moral risks. But doing nothing to stop the violence is also a moral risk. Can the US walk this fine line?
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Oscars 2013: Where have child actors gone post-nom?
In the aftermath of Oscars 2013, which featured the youngest-ever nominee for Best Actress, here's a look at what other under-18 nominees have gone on to do.
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'Caesar Must Die' is powerful and moving
'Caesar,' a prison's production of Shakespeare, doesn't sugarcoat the convicts or their incarcerations.
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Opinion: Stop blaming video games for America's gun violence
Studies show that a child playing a violent video game does not necessarily increase the likelihood that he or she will engage in real violence. Americans need to stop blaming something other than our own behaviors and ideologies for societal violence, especially gun violence.
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Change Agent Caliber Collection fashions jewelry to take guns off the streets
Jessica Mindich designs jewelry made from guns confiscated by the Newark, N.J. police. In turn she donates money to back to the police department to get more guns off the street.
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Chapter & Verse Richard III: Was he really that bad?
Richard III's skeleton was recently discovered in a parking lot in England. Shakespearean expert Peter Saccio dissects the myth of "the murderous monarch."
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Much ado about Richard III: Is Shakespeare to blame? (+video)
The notorious king's legend still looms large, as recent headlines about the discovery of his body attest. Experts say that Shakespeare's play is what sets him apart from other royalty.
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Day after discovery announcement, King Richard III's reconstructed 'face' unveiled
A facial reconstruction based on skeletal bones from the late British monarch was presented on Tuesday.
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