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Fifty-five years ago, sex went mainstream. Since debuting in December 1953 with a snapshot of Marilyn Monroe gracing its cover, Hugh Hefner's Playboy helped thaw America's once-frigid attitude toward human sexuality. Playboy remains the genre's big kahuna, and its stew of titillating photo spreads, risqué party jokes and, yes, interesting articles was the original recipe for success in the pornographic magazine business. But the strange, seamy history of smut on paper neither began nor ended with Hef's brainchild...
...proud, aristocratic and essentially clueless woman (Nicole Kidman) inherits a failing cattle ranch in Australia's outback. She meets a roughneck drover (Hugh Jackman) with whom she falls into that mutual dislike which, in movies like Australia, is always True Love's necessary precursor. They begin sparking on the adventurous cattle drive that is required to save the old homestead from their rich and avaricious neighbors. She also inherits Nullah (Brandon Walters), an adorable child of mixed white and aboriginal blood, who needs her love but also needs the mystical wisdom of his grandfather (David Gulpilil), a sort of shaman...
Like many of the records it charts, the Guinness book was the product of a can-do spirit and the need to validate one's pride. In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a hunting trip with friends in Ireland. Though he considered himself an excellent shot, Beaver was unable to bag any golden plovers. Wounded, Beaver suggested the bird might be the fastest in Europe. Upon returning from the trip, neither he nor his friends were able to locate a reference book that provided the answer...
...senior year averages—20 points, 13 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks per game—indicate his versatility on both ends of the court.While Wright, Kenyi, and McNally will likely see the most playing time in the class of 2012, center Peter Swiatek and forwards Peter Boehm and Hugh Martin will all fight for minutes on a roster that is half freshmen. Amaker himself looks at each one as a blank slate. The highly touted players will have to fight for a spot in the rotation just as hard as everyone else.“I don?...
...rise of internet TV, or simply just a drop in quality. But these may merely be secondary factors, since FOX’s “House” premiered in 2004.For those who aren’t familiar with the show, it follows Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie) as he solves ridiculous, though basically factual, medical mysteries at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Although presumably entertaining for those interested in dumbed-down medical horror stories, “House” and the expectations it builds with its audience present a number of issues.First and foremost, its important...