“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is back with us with another reminder that Faulkner was, of course, right. But in Farhadi’s films, it is Tolstoy’s words that play an important role: “All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its […]
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The Academy Awards
The Alure, The Sparkle and the magic of the Oscars never go away. The first one was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929, I sat in the back, and the best picture was “Wings,” directed by William Wellman. Here we are 86 years later, and we still sit mesmerized by the scarlet carpet, […]
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USA Four-Man Bobsled
Members: Steven Holcomb, Curtis Tomasevicz, Steven Langton and Christopher Fogt Sochi: Bronze medal in the four-man bobsled Details: Holcomb won the gold medal in the 4-man bobsled in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. He also competed in the 2006 Olympics and won four world bobsled championships. Langton joined Holcomb in winning a bronze medal in the […]
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Alex Deibold, Snowboard cross
The road to Sochi: Olympians from the United States team
