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...stop Les Franklin. Born into poverty, he was offered an athletic scholarship, got a business degree and became a key executive for IBM in Boulder, Colo. He bought a dream home in a mostly white, gated community, worked for the Governor and even ran for Congress. In 1990 tragedy struck, when his 16-year-old son Shaka shot himself to death. But Franklin did not let grief paralyze him. He founded the Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide. Through it, Franklin, 61, became an even more prominent presence in Colorado. His fund raisers drew...
Having a child later in life is rewarding, Sara says, but she knows her choice is not universally popular. She says she has lost out on jobs because some bosses wouldn't accommodate her needs as a single mom. Then there was the stranger on the subway who struck up a conversation and when she found out Hansard was a single mom, railed that what she was doing was morally wrong. Sara told her off. "I wanted to be a parent, and in my case, I happened not to be married," she says. "I'm not apologizing to anyone...
...noticed a pickup truck following, with Butler's guards inside. One of them shot at the Keenans with an assault rifle, forcing their car into a ditch. The guards jumped out, reportedly yelling, "Don't f___ with the Aryans!" Security director Edward Warfield allegedly grabbed Victoria by the hair, struck her with a rifle and screamed, "I'm going to kill you!" Another guard hit her son, Dees claims, leaving him bawling...
Writing a screenplay will do strange things to a man. FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA was in the middle of one when it struck him it was time to do musical theater. Inspired by Gidget, the novel about a 14-year-old girl who wants to surf, Coppola co-wrote the book for a musical and 12 original songs. Then he approached the Orange County High School for the Performing Arts in Cerritos, Calif., with a plan to workshop his play using teen performers. "I was a drama counselor in summer camp when I was young," says Coppola. "I like to work...
They were sitting in an upscale bar in midtown Manhattan several weeks ago when they struck up a conversation with a man (well dressed, in his late thirties, alone at the bar, reading a book about Africa...