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5:49 pm
Sat February 23, 2013

Craving Solitude In 'Ten White Geese'

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Gerbrand Bakker is a Dutch writer and gardener. The English translation of his debut novel, The Twin, won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
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Originally published on Sat February 23, 2013 6:40 pm

Gerbrand Bakker's new international best-seller, Ten White Geese, opens with a mysterious woman alone on a Welsh farm. Humiliated by an affair with a student, she turns up alone at the farm, looking for nothing and no one. She answers to the name Emily, but that is actually the first name of the American poet about whom she is writing her doctoral dissertation. Her husband has no idea where she is.

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Oscars 2013: The 85th Annual Academy Awards
1:56 pm
Sat February 23, 2013

The Four Biggest Best Picture Oscar Upsets, Statistically Speaking

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The cast of Crash celebrates after its surprise upset of Brokeback Mountain for best picture, at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.
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Mel Gibson, center, stars in Paramount Pictures' Braveheart.
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Producers and cast celebrate after winning best picture for Shakespeare in Love during the 71st Annual Academy Awards.
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David Putnam, producer of Chariots of Fire, holds up his Oscar after the movie won best picture in 1982.
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Originally published on Sat February 23, 2013 2:28 pm

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The Record
9:57 am
Sat February 23, 2013

Clive Davis: A Life With A 'Soundtrack'

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Clive Davis poses with Whitney Houston, then a rising star, shortly after Houston signed a contract with Arista Records in 1983.
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During his 40-year career in the music industry, legendary record producer Clive Davis has worked with artists like Simon & Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin and Kelly Clarkson.
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Davis and Carlos Santana pose with the musician's record-tying eight Grammys in Los Angeles in 2000.
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Clive Davis displays a $500,000 check with Elizabeth Taylor, Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder at a charity event in Holywood in 1986.
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Originally published on Sat February 23, 2013 11:55 am

If Columbia Records hadn't signed Bruce Springsteen in the early 1970s, there's a chance The Boss could have just been a small-stakes act, playing gigs around Asbury Park.

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Oscars 2013: The 85th Annual Academy Awards
9:03 am
Sat February 23, 2013

EW's Oscar Guy: Predictions, Backstage Tales

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Anthony Breznican is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and its chief Oscars correspondent.
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Originally published on Sat February 23, 2013 6:40 pm

Like millions of Americans, Anthony Breznican will be watching the Oscars this Sunday night. But unlike the rest of us, Breznican, a senior writer for Entertainment Weekly, will be watching from backstage. As EW's chief Oscars correspondent, he escapes the confines of the press rooms for a more intimate look at the ceremony — the kind of view most journalists can only dream of.

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Art & Design
5:31 am
Sat February 23, 2013

'Nordic Cool' Illuminates D.C.'s Kennedy Center

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Nordic Cool Facade.
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The Hall of Nations is transformed by a plywood installation called Sup-Plywood, or How to Be Singular in the Plural. Plywood is one of the most used materials in Nordic design. The installation was created by the Norwegian architecture firm Snohetta.
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Northern Lights illuminate the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., during its monthlong festival, Nordic Cool 2013. The festival includes performances and exhibits from more than 750 artists. The exhibit runs through March 17.
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Among the countries represented in the exhibits and shows at the Kennedy Center are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Greenland. The festival attempts to answer the question, "What is Nordic?"
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The Five Nordic Houses exhibit displays homes commissioned by Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Five architects were commissioned to build small homes that suit the style and needs of their home country, including this house by the Finnish firm Lassila Hirvilammi.

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Another home in the Five Nordic Houses exhibit was created by the Norwegian architecture firm Jarmund/Vigsnaes.
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The Nordic design exhibit includes a lava rock, which Jukka Savolainen, director of the Design Museum in Helsinki, says reminds him of a gnome. The collection showcases the region's design roots, which include references to Bauhaus and 20th century modernism.
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Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 1:18 am

What is Nordic cool?

Right now, it's a massive festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with artists and designers displaying art and culture from their very top sliver of the globe.

The festival arrives at what seems like just the right moment for Americans.

From the Danish modern furniture of the 1950s to the omnipresence of Ikea, Americans have long been attracted to the austere design of Nordic countries.

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Oscars 2013: The 85th Annual Academy Awards
12:54 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

Despite Dark Themes, A Big Oscar Bounce

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Despite its dark themes (slavery and the Civil War are hardly feel-good topics), Lincoln, like other Oscar nominees, has done very well at the box office. Disney has spent about $10 million campaigning for the best-picture prize, hoping for a payoff down the line.
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Originally published on Fri February 22, 2013 6:47 pm

How much is a best-picture Oscar worth? Not the statuette — winners are required to sell that back to the Academy for a buck if they want to get rid of it. No, what's the Oscar worth at the box office?

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Arts
12:53 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

Caregivers the Focus on Take Charge of Your Life

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Host Eleanor Bobrow talks with talks with Dr. Richard Boulay, Director of GYN Oncology at Lehigh Valley Health Network, along with his wife, Julie Bolton, a leukemia survivor, about the role and challenges of the caregiver when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer. (Original air date January 7, 2013.)

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Faith Matters
12:16 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

The Benefits Of Letting Bygones Be Bygones

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Forgiving someone who's done you wrong can be challenging, but learning how to do it can benefit your mind and body. Frederic Luskin of the Stanford Forgiveness Project writes about this in his book, Forgive For Good. He joins host Michel Martin to talk about why learning to forgive is worth it.

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