Novelist Ann Beattie Imagines The Life Of Pat Nixon

"Mrs. Nixon: The author imagines the life" (Scribner), Ann Beattie: One of the moving parts work Ann Beattie again, "Mrs. Nixon," is the beginning of the listing page of Thelma Catherine Ryan nicknames, which was born March 16, 1912, wanted to be an actor, and whose most enduring role was married to a U.S. president to resign. Pat Nixon, who chose the name Patricia college because she thought his name did not fit at least 11 nicknames like starlight, his code name as first lady. The mere fact that so many years, when most people go through life with one or two, suggests an elusive, like a ghost of quality that has proved irresistible Beattie, one of the most acclaimed writers of the short story of the generation of Baby Boomers. At that...

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Major Art Museum Opens In An Unlikely Place: Arkansas

Bentonville, Arkansas (AP) - As the heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, Alice Walton could afford to buy any work of art on the market. So he grabbed a masterpiece after another iconic portrait of George Washington, the romantic landscapes of the 19 th century, classic Norman Rockwell. He gathered an enviable collection of treasures to cover most of American history, and is now unlikely to present a site, a wooded ravine in a small town in northwest Arkansas. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art as the most important nation in the new art museum than a generation, offering exhibitions type more commonly found in New York or Los Angeles. But this room of paintings takes shape in Bentonville, a community of 35,000 people, known as the home...

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AP Exclusive: Book Gives Peek At The Recovery Gifford

PHOENIX (AP) - When President George HW Bush came to visit his hospital, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords could only say "Wow!" and the second word he had spoken often the case, "chicken". A few months later, when she was shown photos of famous people to see if it recognizes faces, looked Gifford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, saying, more or less precisely: "Babies round Messines" .. " These and other details in a new book written by Gifford and her husband, giving the appearance the most personal yet its slow recovery after painful shot in the head at close range. Memoir, called "Gabby: The story of courage and hope," said Giffords efforts of the last 10 months to relearn to walk and talk, and his painful discovery of six people died on January 8 attack...

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Selena Gomez Stalker Pleads Not Guilty

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Illinois man pleaded not guilty Thursday to persecution teen actress Selena Gomez, known for her role in the Disney TV show "Wizards of Waverly Place. Brodnicki Thomas, 46, was also told to stay away from the actress for three years. He said a psychiatrist who has traveled to Los Angeles to see the star, and had discussions with God for the killing, according to court documen...

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Actress Piper Laurie Writes Absorbing Memories

Learn to live Out Loud: Memoir "(Crown Archetype), a Piper Laurie Rosetta Jacobs was a bright child and thoughtful, but could hardly speak when she was a teenager, theater marquees, and began to take a new name - Piper Laurie - not comfortable. Detroit girl begins to find the strength to speak. It would take time and pain for her to get a full-throated freedom. "Learning to Live Out Loud" is a memorial absorbing Laurie that the transition from a personal and professional development of its popular pastime Class B stars Oscar-nominated actress ("Hustler"''Carrie "and" Children of Lesser God "), which was also a memorable roles on television and on stage. Born in 1932 in the first generation of American Jews - his mother's parents had emigrated...

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Thalia Details Private Moments In His New Book

NEW YORK (AP) - Thalia was known most of his life. The singer and TV highlights of nova actress and painful struggles have been well documented by the media following his every move. However, his new book, "we are stronger", contains disclosures that may surprise even her biggest fans - how at the age of 6 years, the death of her beloved father has caused such great impact that could not make noise about a year. or the guilt that was home after removal of their sisters in Mexico in 2002. Or how her husband, music mogul Tommy Mottola's won his heart. Thalia, 40, told The Associated Press last week in the chapters of your life, sometimes laughing, and tears, remembering her mother, Yolanda Miranda, who died last May, just a month before she...

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Ricki Lake, JR Says, "hard To Beat" The "Dancing"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It was on the top of the rankings on the television contest "Dancing With the Stars" several times, but Ricki Lake still do not think it will end up with the mirror ball trophy. The winner, she believes, will JR Martinez. "The heroes of the war will be difficult to overcome. This is a better dancer than me," he told Reuters the lake. "Let me win, but if I'm in second place, all right." Lake, who exploited the role played in the 1988 John Waters film "Hairspray" as part of a successful career as a talk show host, is a roll TV dance competition. He lost over 20 pounds, went from size 10 September, almost all of 4, and says he has newfound respect for professional dancers fishermen. "These are machines," she said, "If...

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