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Just in the past four months, Scott Rudin, whose latest triumph is the Tony-winning blockbuster The Book of Mormon, picked a public fight with a New Yorker film critic and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Rudin is also famous for throwing phones at...
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Since then, the situation has deteriorated in the city, and President Bashar al Assad's forces have bombarded it for approaching three weeks. Hundreds of citizens have been killed in the assault, which has drawn widespread international condemnation. ...
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Then in 2005 it was adapted into a motion picture starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins.This play will be the third play for Mercury Players Dundalk and the sixth for Director Ultan Hodgers. Their last collaboration was two years ago when they...
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The current production is scheduled to run through March. On Monday, Vogel spoke with the News about the new production, her writing process and her teaching commitments at Yale. Q. Your prize-winning play, “How I Learned to Drive,” has just been...
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The Winter 2010 issue of American Heritage magazine featured 35 short articles on "Decisive Moments in American History." One of them is adapted from another excellent book about Washington. David Hackett Fischer, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for in...
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It is a bad decision and he tries his best to survive it and get out of a desperate situation." Originally expected to be a novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer instead turned in an original script to the surprise of his own reps. Scott jumped on...
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February 22, 2012, 4:44 am By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO 6 Q’s About the News Use the video and related article to answer basic news questions. WHO was Anthony Shadid? WHAT are some of the stories and events that he covered? WHAT were the hallmarks of his...
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His harrowing descriptions of suffering in postwar Iraq were an antidote to the good-news stories emanating from the Bush White House. That reporting won him his 2004 Pulitzer Prize. His second Pulitzer, in 2010, was awarded for his coverage of Iraqis...
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Last year, a legal aid lawyer sent to an incarcerated client a copy of Slavery by Another Name, "Douglas Blackmon's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of how the South instituted a form of de-facto slavery by mass arresting black men on nonsense charges...
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Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas spoke at the University about his life as an undocumented immigrant and his desire to promote discussion about immigration through Define American, the organization he founded. Before an overflowing crowd at...
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As I Pictured," a documentary by John Kaplan, is upbeat but hardly sugarcoated as it describes his battle with lymphoma. Mr. Kaplan, a former PG photographer who won a 1992 Pulitzer Prize, has been in remission for more than a year. By turning the...
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And each network would be added to select Comcast systems as part of its basic tier of digital service. More from Lisa de Moraes Pulitzer Prize winner, Peabody recipient, Medal of Freedom honoree -- Lisa de Moraes is none of these, but she is an...
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A woman has become the first victim of bullets flying across … Federal safety regulators are investigating a problem with side… The family of Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid will hold a … The mayor faced off with the president of Yale University...
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The final reading of an ordinance a… A movement is growing to try and draft a candidate to run … Federal safety regulators are investigating a problem with side… Is a book written by a Tennessee couple leading parents to … The family of Pulitzer Prize...
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Last June, Anthony Shadid was the best man at the wedding of his brother, Seattle attorney Damon Shadid, in Seattle's Pioneer Square. New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose dispatches captured untold stories...
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The New York Times reporter died at age 43 of an apparent asthma attack last week while on assignment in Syria. Shadid was a longtime correspondent in the Middle East for the Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Associated Press. He won...
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Again the studies are murky, but offer, at least, an alternative therapy to treating mental illness. It's hard to believe that an experienced yoga practitioner and Pulitzer Prize-winning author can inspire such ire, particularly when he concludes his...
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Anthony Shadid, a journalist who gave voice to those muffled by the turmoil around them - from Iraqi families enveloped in civil war to young Libyans spurred to take up arms against a dictator - died while doing just that: reporting from Syria in...
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Middle East for the Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Associated Press. He won Pulitzer Prizes for his work in 2004 and 2010. Several members of Shadid's family live in Oklahoma City, where his cousin Ed Shadid is a member of the city...
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The City of Oklahoma City said Tuesday the service planed by Shadid's family will be at 2 p.m. on March 3 at the city's downtown Civic Center Music Hall. The New York Times reporter died
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A video image of New York Times Journalist Anthony Shadid (R) who died last week in Syria of an asthma attack is projected during a memorial ceremony at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on February 21, 2012. Shadid, a 43-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose richly...
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US Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly addresses a memorial ceremony for New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid, who died last week in Syria of an asthma attack, at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on February 21, 2012. Shadid, a 43-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist...
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New York Times Executive Director Jill Abramson (L) attends a memorial ceremony for New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid who died last week in Syria of an asthma attack at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on February 21, 2012. Shadid, a 43-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Nada Bakri, the Lebanese wife of New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid who died last week in Syria of an asthma attack, lights a candle at the end of a memorial held at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in his honour on February 21, 2012. Shadid, a 43-year-old Pulitzer...
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid, one of the four New York Times journalists, who had been captured by Libyan forces while covering the conflict there, poses at the Turkish embassy in Tripoli, in this undated handout released March 21, 2011. Shadid, who won two Pulitzer...
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Former New York Times editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld looks aside during a debate on Gandhi and Ambedkar during the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges speaks to nearly 100 Occupy Wall Street protestors in Zuccotti Park, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in New York. Although a massive gathering was expected Saturday to "re-occupy" the park after a forcible removal by police last month, the crowd...
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In this Sept. 26, 2011 photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides poses at his home in Princeton, N.J. The 51-year-old author is a Pulitzer Prize winner, Oprah Winfrey book club pick and author of one of this fall's most anticipated novels, "The Marriage Plot."
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Indian journalist M.J. Akbar, left, speaks as former New York Times editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld looks on during Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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Former Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle stands in front of a Pulitzer Prize winning photo at The Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas in this October 15, 2002 file photo. Got 48 hours to spend in Dallas-Fort Worth? There is plenty to see and do in this metropolitan area featuring two cities...
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Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer", speaks during the dedication ceremony for the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 30, 2011.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas (R) poses for a photograph with Sandra Vargas of Salt Lake City, Utah, after both attended the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas (C) sits behind Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (R) as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas (L) and high school graduate Ola Kaso (R), both undocumented immigrants, sit behind Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on...
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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and immigration reform activist Jose Antonio Vargas, who recently revealed that he is an undocumented immigrant, right, listens to testimony by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, during the...
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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and immigration reform activist Jose Antonio Vargas, who recently revealed that he is an undocumented immigrant, third from left, leaves a Senate subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security hearing regarding the DREAM Act, Tuesday, June 28,...
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Pulitzer Prize Winners Sheryl WuDunn and her husband New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, are seen after receiving honorary degrees at the University of Pennsylvania's 255th Commencement Monday, May 16, 2011, in Philadelphia.
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Pulitzer Prize winner and author Buzz Bissinger attend the premiere of 'Off the Rez' during the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theater on April 26, 2011 in New York City.
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Pulitzer Prize winner David Leonhardt of The New York Times (R), who won for "Commentary", speaks next to Executive Editor Bill Keller in the newsroom during the announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes in New York April 18, 2011. Leonhardt won the commentary Pulitzer for "his graceful...
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Pulitzer Prize winners Clifford Levy (R) and Ellen Barry, who won the Pulitzer for "International Reporting", pose for a photo in the New York Times newsroom after the announcement was made by Executive Editor Bill Keller in New York April 18, 2011. Levy and Barry won in the...
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This undated photo provided by the Pulitzer Prize Board shows Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, announced Monday, April 18, 2011, in New York.
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This photo, provided by the Pulitzer Prize Board and published Dec. 29, 2010, was part of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize winning Feature Photography entry by Los Angeles Times photographer Barbara Davidson, it was announced Monday, April 18, 2011, in New York. The photo is part of the series,...
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This photo provided by the Pulitzer Prize Board and published Jan, 15, 2010, is part of a series of photographs of a devastating earthquake that stuck Haiti three days earlier. The photo, taken by Washington Post photographer Carol Guzy, is part of a series of photos by Guzy, Nikki Khan...
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This undated photo provided by the Pulitzer Prize Board shows David Leonhardt of the The New York Times. Leonhardt on Monday, April 18, 2011 won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
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This undated photo provided by the Pulitzer Prize Board shows John Rago of The Wall Street Journal. It was announced Monday, April 18, 2011, that Rago won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
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A video image of New York Times Journalist Anthony Shadid (R) who died last week in Syria of an asthma attack is projected during a memorial ceremony at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on February 21, 2012. Shadid, a 43-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose richly...
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