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...relives his upbringing in Orange County, his isolation from the stern father he wanted to please. Martin doesn't sugarcoat or spit on this domestic tension, but he sprints through it in a short chapter. "Everybody's had the same childhood," he says. "Just because it happened doesn't make it interesting. Whenever I read an autobiography, I'm always bored by the childhood part. I'm like...
...recalling the '60s and '70s, Martin writes revealingly of his sex life (busy) and his drug life (not so much). But the most poignant passages touch on his estrangement from his father and their reconciliation at the elder man's deathbed. "When I published that part in the New Yorker," Martin says, "I got a great letter from a woman. She said, 'I read your article about your father, and I gave it to my husband, and he read it and didn't say anything. And then he said to me, What's our son's phone number...
...most of us, the sinking of the Titanic is a tragic historical event. For Barbara West Dainton, one of the last two survivors, the 1912 disaster was intensely personal. Her father, who helped shuttle 10-month-old Barbara, along with her sister and mother, onto a lifeboat, was one of the 1,500 lost. Over the years, Dainton refused to discuss the events, and she insisted her funeral take place before her death was announced. She?...
...that relies too heavily on the viewer to piece everything together. “August Rush” brings together two charming romantics for a one night stand—Layla (Keri Russell), a budding cellist, and Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an Irish rocker. Layla’s overprotective father cuts short his daughter’s relationship and then tells her that her son, Rush, died at birth. That turns out to be a lie; Rush survives and is secretly given up to the state. Ten years later, after her father reveals the truth, Layla heads out to find...
...Well I don’t know about the arrests, but their message is right on, and they’re the only organization that I know that will really be doing major demonstrations there, and I’d like to be a part of it. Your father and I are going and we’d like you to come,’” he said.Along with his family, Reitan attended a Washington, D.C. demonstration for gay rights. Karslake’s cameras went along for the protest, which featured the Reitans reading an open letter...