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Kerouac was the linchpin that held together this strange mix of personalities. On the Road was similarly the central work supporting the movement. Gilbert Millstein wrote prophetically in the New York Times’ first review of the book: “Just as, more than any other novel of the Twenties, The Sun Also Rises came to be regarded as the testament of the Lost Generation, so it seems certain that On the Road will come to be known as that of the Beat Generation.” But true as Millstein’s words are, his predictions...
...first literary adaptation, a "genre" that has become his specialty. His two Swedish Pippi Longstocking films and his best-known English-language features - What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, The Cider House Rules and Chocolat - all began as books. He can't explain why so much of his work has been book-based but says he likes material "that isn't linear, that goes with characters...
...Principle Secret” skin care line, Principle entreats viewers to get “a face-lift feel in just 30 minutes a day.” A contrived testimonial from desperate-for-cash “Little House on the Prairie” actress Melissa Gilbert confirms that Principle’s secret truly can “turn back time.” While the cream does appear to have reduced Principle’s facial wrinkles, her neck remains similar to that of an aged chicken, as flabby skin hangs from protruding bones that support multiple...
...Gilbert Harman, chair of Princeton’s philosophy department, said the school hoped Pryor would accept the offer...
...watching Jim Broadbent act. His W.S. Gilbert in Topsy-Turvy, the impresario in Moulin Rouge and, most delectably, the barmy aristocrat in A Sense of History (which he wrote) all suggest a beguiling expanse of personality. His work in Iris--as John Bayley, the Oxford professor who escorted his wife, novelist Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench), through Alzheimer's disease--adds tragic bafflement to the gifts on display in Broadbent's work. A Golden Globe nomination and laurels from two critics' groups have given the Englishman a new sensation: "I seem to be entering into the strange world of awards...