Elizabeth I

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The stars are all out on this somewhat nippy day in Los Angeles to celebrate the 64th Golden Globes, a sort of warmup to the Oscars, only with television honored along with film. The Golden Globes, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is...

A long-gestating miniseries based on the prize-winning biography "John Adams" is ready to go at HBO. Filming is set to begin in February on the seven-hour project, which stars Paul Giamatti ("Sideways," "Cinderella Man") as the nation's second...

The indie comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" was the Producers Guild of America's surprise best picture winner, suggesting how wide open the Oscar race is becoming. At the Saturday (Jan. 20) ceremony, the PGA gave the Darryl F. Zanuck trophy to credited...

Where better for a writer to turn for inspiration than to reality? This is especially true of the mystery fiction micro-trend in which authors fashion real-life figures into detectives. It's tricky territory because the margin of error is so tiny. For...

Thinking of getting a CD-ROM encyclopedia for your computer? Don't do it. Not if you already have an Internet connection. The two most popular encyclopedia CD-ROMs -- Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2001, which sells for about $45, and the venerable...

She was the scourge of Spanish and English merchants. "Notorious by land and sea," her English enemies said. Queen Elizabeth I even put a price — 500 pounds — on her head. Grace O'Malley, a 16th century pirate, was feared from Ireland's...

Friday December 11, 1998      "Shakespeare in Love" is a ray of light in a holiday film season that was starting to look as gloomy as the scowl on Ebenezer Scrooge's face. A happy conceit smoothly executed, this is one of those entertaining confections...

Despite tales of tumbling heads and murdered wives, I'm a sucker for the Tudors, one of England's ruthless royal dynasties. And there's more fun to be found in exploring two of England's monarchical Henrys than all the Georges put together. That's why on...

The Tower of London, one of Britain's most popular tourist attractions, has been spruced up with a new visitor center, restaurants and more. The additions, completed over the last few months, cap a $35-million, eight-year project to restore and improve...

On Guy Fawkes Day, bonfires crackle and leap all over England. Children inveigle passersby for small change, chanting, "Remember, remember, the 5th of November." Scarecrows stuffed to resemble the most hated man of the hour are tossed on the pyre. This...

Does anyone remember Richard Garrick? He played a tiny role in both the stage and film versions of "A Streetcar Named Desire" as a doctor who gently took Blanche DuBois away to be locked up. According to theater lore, someone once asked Garrick what the...