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...that it's not really my thing. My favorite mediums are theater and independent films. Maybe cable is the next thing that's close. I think FX or Showtime or something on HBO. I love Californication. I love Weeds. I love Rescue Me and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There's an edge to these shows. You feel like it's artist-driven, not company driven...
...while working as a mechanical engineer in Philadelphia, Richard James saw a torsion spring fall off his desk and tumble end over end across the floor. "I think I can make a toy out of this," he later said. Two years afterward, all 400 of the toy's first run sold in 90 minutes--launching the Slinky craze...
...competition for Best New Artist - an award that ought to be called best artist new to Grammy nominators - are British singers Adele and Duffy (also known as the next Amy Winehouse and the next next Amy Winehouse), country act Lady Antebellum, Philadelphia soul diva Jazmine Sullivan and the Jonas Brothers, who, despite being just out of adolescence, actually released their third album in 2008. They...
...Gerald Schoenfeld, 84, chairman of the Shubert Organization since 1972, helped bring numerous shows to Broadway, including Cats and A Chorus Line. The group owns 17 Broadway playhouses, plus one off-Broadway, and theaters in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington...
...Quakers established some of the earliest independent schools in America: Philadelphia's William Penn Charter School was founded in 1689, New York's Friends Seminary in 1786, Sidwell in 1883 (when it was called the Friends' Select School). From the start, Quaker schools aimed to instill the distinct values of the faith, particularly that the "inner light" inside each person can guide them to divine truth. The early Quakers had no creed to teach or sacrament to unite and distinguish the congregation. Instead they taught a way of life, deeply democratic, severe and simple, that could be sustained only through...