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Getting the Freedom to Die

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics
Read More: George Sanders, Euthanasia, Right to Die, Assisted Suicide, End of Life Choices, Arizona Assisted Suicide, Death and Dying, Freedom to Die, Mercy Killing, Politics News
Roy Speckhardt

If we as a country believe that people have personal autonomy over their own bodies, we should also recognize that it is everyone's independent choice as to when their life should end.

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Man Sentenced For 'Mercy Killing' Wife

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 03.30.2013 | Crime
Read More: Man Mercy Killing Wife, Video, Virginia Sanders Murder, Virginia Sanders Mercy Killing, George Sanders Mercy Killing, George Sanders, George Sanders Probation, Arizona Mercy Killing, George Sanders Virginia Sanders, George Sanders Trial, Virginia Sanders Death, Virginia Sanders, George Sanders Wife, Crime News

PHOENIX — There was no doubt 86-year-old George Sanders killed his ailing wife. Yet everyone in the small Arizona courtroom – the prosecut...

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All-Time Oscars: The 10 Best Supporting Actors in History

Jon Eig | Posted 03.26.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Marcel Dalio, Best Supporting Actor, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, Everett Sloane, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Vanel, Don Cheadle, Ralph Fiennes, John Cazale, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Oscars, Best Picture Oscar, Cinematography, Entertainment News
Jon Eig

I'm not going to predict or select or analyze this year's winners. Leave that for the "critics" and "pundits." This year, I'm picking the All-Time Oscars. Today, I'll offer a set of nominees for Best Supporting Actor (of all time!).

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Will Kristen Stewart's Fling Affect 'Twilight'?

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 09.24.2012 | Entertainment
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LOS ANGELES -- "Twilight" fans are heartbroken by Kristen Stewart's public admission that she cheated on her boyfriend and co-star Robert Pattinson. S...

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Blackberries Off: Ten Essential Movies For Easily Distracted Twenty-Somethings

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Literature, George C. Scott, Digital Media, Francois Truffaut, Bicycle Thieves, Academy Awards, Harper Lee, Eva Marie Saint, All About Eve, Rashomon, Thanksgiving, The 400 Blows, Best Movies by Farr, Akira Kurosawa, Rod Steiger, Brian Dennehy, Robert Duvall, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times, George Sanders, Theatre, Duck Soup, Gregory Peck, On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Mulligan, Preston Sturges, Matt Richtel, The New York Times, Veronica Lake, Best Movies on DVD, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Vittorio De Sica, Sidney Lumet, Joel Mcrea, 12 Angry Men, Digital Age, The Marx Brothers, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marlon Brando, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Bette Davis, Entertainment News
John Farr

What if we only had a month in which to force our young adult offspring to see ten essential movies before they succumbed entirely to short-form digital content? My own personal picks.

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Mankiewicz Biographer Kenneth Geist on All About Eve (Is Joe)

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth L. Geist, George Sanders, All About Eve, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Pictures Will Talk: The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Turner Classic Film Festival, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Like Casablanca (1942), All About Eve (1950) is one of those classic films one can watch over and over again without ever tiring of it.

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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: George C. Scott, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, William Holden, Instant Messaging, Sterling Hayden, All About Eve, Faye Dunaway, Ernest Lehman, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sellers, Best Movies by Farr, Burt Lancaster, Walter Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Jenkins, George Sanders, Janus Films, Stanley Kubrick, Clifford Odets, Technology, A.O. Scott, Sidney Lumet, Humphrey Bogart, Criterion Collection, Preston Sturges, The Academy Awards, Writing, Al Pacino, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Double Indemnity, Tony Curtis, John Ford, Screenwriting, John Huston, Anne Baxter, Essential Art Films, Marcel Carne, Peter Finch, Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Walter Winchell, Bette Davis, Entertainment News
John Farr

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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