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...book discarded two historical theories of Stonehenge—the first calling it a creation of the wizard Merlin, and the second claiming it was originally a Druidic temple. Instead, he surmised that the Stone Age man would have been grateful “if [he] could be sure of marking one special day every year… He might well take great pains to mark...
Here's one way to beat the tech-slump blues: employ a suave secret agent, a teenage wizard and a handful of hobbits. That was the strategy of Larry Probst, CEO of video-games giant Electronic Arts, based in Redwood City, Calif. As each new generation of console hardware makes video games look more like movies, Probst wanted to snap up franchises with repeated success at the multiplex--like James Bond, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings--and put them to work in the virtual arena...
DIED. BUDDY EBSEN, 95, gangly dancer turned TV star; in Torrance, Calif. Ebsen danced with his sister Vilma on Broadway and later on his own in MGM musicals like Captain January, with Shirley Temple. He was originally cast as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz before his allergy to the metallic makeup forced him to give up the role to Jack Haley. From 1962 to 1971 he played Jed Clampett, the nouveau riche patriarch of a trans-planted mountain clan, in the popular sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. He followed that up with yet another long-running TV role...
...shocked by those who believe that the Potter books promote witchcraft and so are bad for children to read. Have these critics forgotten the timeless classics, like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz and Cinderella, all of which include magic and even witches? The story of Harry Potter will be yet another classic tale that will generously feed the imagination of generations to come. LAUREN STEWART Geneseo...
...playing the role of accidental oil tycoon Jed Clampett in the 1960s television series The Beverly Hillbillies; in Los Angeles. Ebsen started out as a lanky song-and-dance man, and partnered with Shirley Temple in the 1936 film Captain January. He almost played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, but left the film because he was allergic to the aluminum makeup used for the role. Ebsen later starred as a geriatric private investigator in TV's Barnaby Jones...