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Hawking's assertion echoes the 18th century philosophy of Bishop Berkeley, who contended that things are real only because we can perceive them. It's an extra-ordinary and unexpected view from a scientist. It would be a childish fairy tale to believe that even Hawking's mind - in which inspiration comes like exploding stars - can create its own universe to which this ailing professor can escape. The fate of his body will eventually befall his mind, and everything else in this ever-ending universe. But as Hawking's science shows, there is renewal in all these endings. Dying stars...
...going strong for the first 70 years of Hollywood cinema. It began with the first smash hit at the nickelodeons, The Great Train Robbery, and continued with Cecil B. De Mille's The Squaw Man and John Ford's The Iron Horse in the silent era. Cimarron, a generational tale from Edna Ferber, was declared Best Picture at the fourth Academy Awards convocation...
...fact, this fashion fairy tale began 11 years ago, when Mellon, 39, then an accessories editor at British Vogue, spotted the potential of an East London shoemaker. With seed capital in the form of a £150,00 ($307,000) loan from her father Tommy Yeardye, who made his fortune with Vidal Sassoon hair products, she set about turning Jimmy Choo into a global brand...
...recounted the tale of her life as a frightened teenager at a loss for how to escape. She had never even been kissed when she was told she was to marry her cousin. Horrified, she went to Rulon Jeffs and pleaded to be allowed to wait a few years or be given to a different man. Though "Uncle Rulon" seemed sympathetic, it was Warren Jeffs, she says, who informed her that "your heart is in the wrong place. This is what the prophet wants you to do." Her sisters, including one who was among Rulon's wives, also opposed...
...harrowing and, at 15 hours, an endurance contest. But it makes vivid a tale worth retelling. Burns, who briefly swore off war movies after The Civil War, says he's just decided to make a film about Vietnam, although not until its vets are several years older. For now, The War makes the anguish and loss as real as if they were happening today. Which, of course, they...