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List of 82nd Annual Academy Award Nominees
Los Angeles TimesHere are the top nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards, which will be held March 7 at the Kodak Theatre. Best picture - "Avatar" - "The Blind Side" - "District 9" - "An Education" - "The Hurt Locker" - " Inglourious Basterds" -...Tags: An Education (movie), Morgan Freeman, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (movie), Inglourious Basterds (movie), The Secret in Their Eyes (movie)
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Is anyone unhappy about the Oscars' snub of Michael Moore?
The Big PictureLet's be honest. Is there really anyone who is up in arms over Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" being left off the Academy's 15-title short list for the best feature documentary? In fact, I would argue that when it...... -
National Board of Review goes crazy for Clooney and Clint again ... Will disaster follow at the Oscars?
Gold DerbyThe National Board of Review continued its love affair with George Clooney and Clint Eastwood when unveiling award winners today. Clooney's "Up in the Air" reaped prizes for best picture, lead actor (Clooney), supporting actress (Anna Kendrick) and... -
DVD Review: The Most Dangerous Man in America–Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelAlmost 40 years after his actions — called “treason” by some, including a president, and “heroic” by others, how much do we remember, or did we ever know about Daniel Ellsberg? The man who, more than anyone else, brought... -
'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers'
Zap2ItIn the early 1970s, the name Daniel Ellsberg became synonymous with the Pentagon Papers, a hugely controversial document about U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Its content clued much of the country in to questionable government dealings that set...Tags: DVDs, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Blu-ray Discs, Documentary (genre)
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Robert S. McNamara dies at 93; architect of the Vietnam War
Driven, cerebral and pugnacious, Robert S. McNamara was the preeminent policymaker behind the massive buildup of American forces in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968. As Defense secretary for two administrations, he wielded blizzards of facts and figures to...Tags: International Economic Institution, Veterans Affairs, Air and Space Accidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Department of Defense
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List of 82nd annual Academy Award nominations
Talking PicturesHere are the nominations for the 82nd annual Oscars to be held March 7. "Avatar" and "Hurt Locker" lead the nominations with nine each. Read about how this year's Oscars nominations are rewarding box-office hits and what it means to...... -
Truth Can Be Anonymous
David Wise has covered Washington during 10 presidential administrations. He has many unidentified sources.There could be no more dramatic reminder of the value to the public of anonymous sources than the disclosure that W. Mark Felt, once the FBI's second-ranking official, was that most mysterious of anonymous sources, "Deep Throat." The revelation came at...Tags: Henry Kissinger, Central Intelligence Agency, The Washington Post, Police Investigations, Richard Nixon
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Chronology of the Watergate scandal
Sun StaffJune 13, 1971 The Pentagon Papers -- classified Defense Department documents about the Vietnam War -- are published by The New York Times. Sept. 3, 1971 A group of White House aides burglarizes a psychiatrist's office to find files on Daniel Ellsberg,...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Prosecution, Medical Specialization, Richard Nixon, U.S. Department of Defense
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McCain's homework
When Modern Library brought out the 20th edition of David Halberstam's Vietnam War classic, "The Best and the Brightest," in 2001, the publishing house made a surprising choice to write the foreword: hawkish Republican presidential contender John McCain....Tags: John McCain, Wars and Interventions, French Literature, International Military Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Why Watergate matters
ELIZABETH DREW writes regularly for the New York Review of Books and is the former Washington correspondent for the New Yorker. She is the author of "Richard M. Nixon," a new biography of the former pTODAY MARKS the 35th anniversary of one of the most famous and most misunderstood events in modern American history: the break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the Watergate office building on June 17, 1972. The break-in set off a...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, History, Democratic Party, Richard Nixon, Internal Revenue Service
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Jay Fiondella dies at 82; flamboyant owner of Chez Jay made the restaurant a Santa Monica landmark
Jay Fiondella, the flamboyant owner of Chez Jay, the scruffy restaurant-bar he opened almost 50 years ago that became a Santa Monica landmark and something of a shrine to his exploits as an adventurer, has died. He was 82.
Fiondella died Nov. 6 at a...Tags: Marlon Brando, Henry Kissinger, Steve McQueen, Peanuts, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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