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The Last Station

Oscar-winning Dame Helen Mirren Stirs The Tempest & Makes Us See Red This Season

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Brad Balfour

It's no surprise that British actress Helen Mirren has played royalty, especially Queens -- she's played monarchs six times. But that doesn't mean that this stage and screen doyen behaves in a haughty, doyen-ish manner.

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Tolstoy Fled In The Middle Of The Night 100 Years Ago Today

Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Today, on October 28, exactly 100 years ago, Leo Tolstoy disappeared in the middle of the night. He was found two days later in a monastery; his flig...

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Russia Forgets Tolstoy?

Telegraph UK | Andrew Osborn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Tolstoy is better appreciated in the West, academics claim, even though Western readers discovered classics such as War and Peace a good century after...

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Not So Fast, Avatar: Predicting the Oscar Predictions

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Jon Chattman

This year's Oscar telecast won't exactly have the element of surprise. Here's my predictions of who will get nominated in most categories.

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Tolstoy: A Voice From the Past

Steve North | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Steve North

The Last Station, is the compelling new film about Tolstoy's final months. I believe I'm the only journalist who ever interviewed, on audiotape, one of the few people who were in the "last station" with Tolstoy in 1910.

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Christopher Plummer Rocks Tolstoy's Beard in The Last Station

Kristin McCracken | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Kristin McCracken

When Tribeca Film talked with Plummer at a roundtable last month, it was a little overwhelming to be in the presence of such an icon in his own right. At 82, Plummer is still bright, vital and easily amused.

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