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Updike, John •lifetime achievement award for writing bad sex scenes...
There's a strong dose of social realism in the novels, in keeping with Scandinavian tradition. Domestic violence is a central theme in Silence of the Grave, which won a British Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award in 2005. Arctic Chill explores the tensions caused by a recent influx of immigrants to Iceland. But Indridason tempers the sociology with a big dollop of old-fashioned suspense. He's a fan of Alfred Hitchcock, and takes pains to entice his readers with an intriguing first chapter. Hitchcock would probably have relished the first scene of Silence of the Grave: a baby...
...organized gays into a potent political force. Then there are the movies. Bryan Singer, director of X-Men and Superman Returns, is completing a Milk documentary, The Mayor of Castro Street. Today we get Milk, a hurtling, minutely researched, close-to-irresistible biopic starring Academy Award winner Sean Penn, whose performance is likely to be nominated for another Oscar, as is this film. That makes it official: Harvey Milk is the gay Joan...
JONAS BROTHERS win T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist prize at American Music Awards. Josh Groban considered for Velveeta Lifetime Achievement Award...
...significant international experience,” according to the University’s Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez. In April, Rockefeller donated a separate $100 million to the University that will be used to bolster study abroad programs and arts education. The amount awarded to each student will be based on the program or project proposal and demonstrated financial need, according to an e-mail sent to the student body from College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds. To be eligible for consideration, the proposed program or plan must include a stay of at least eight weeks...