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...again.' " Death-camp literature is such a reliable attention getter that a few writers have invented memoirs. This week Berkley Books canceled publication of Angel at the Fence when its author, Herman Rosenblat, acknowledged that the story of meeting his wife at Buchenwald was not true. Nonetheless, a movie version of the book is going forward...
Marlatt is currently conducting studies of the latest version of his behavior-modification techniques - which he collectively calls "mindfulness-based relapse prevention" - in comparison with typical addiction treatment. His research, on alcohol and other drug abuse, isn't completed yet, but he says, "We're getting very positive results...
...several years now, JibJab has put together a year in review video, full of the most memorable (and song-friendly) highlights of the previous 365 days. There was 2006's wonderfully titled Nuckin' Futs!, set to the tune of "Jingle Bells." 2007's version was performed to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire." And 2008 continues the streak with yet another kinda creepy video starring marionette-like hinged-mouth characters...
...Faces of 1952 and given one of her signature songs, the bored-with-love "Monotonous." ("I met a rather amusing fool / While on my way to Istanbul. /He bought me the Black Sea for my swimming pool. / Monotonous.") Two years later, Kitt reprised her bits in a filmed version of the show released by 20th Century-Fox. (See pictures of the movies' best loved outfits...
...When a father doesn't have enough money for his three daughters' dowries, dooming them, apparently, to forced prostitution, Nicholas leaves three bags of gold outside the girls' home (or, according to a different version of the story, in their shoes) to keep them from having to pull an Ashley Alexandra Dupré. This is one of the few stories based on some sort of historical record and it explains Nicholas' reputation as a gift-giver...