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Rick Atkinson Plans to Refight the Revolutionary War

Posted on 06/18/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentRick Atkinson’s Guns at Last Light has topped bestseller lists since May. It was the third volume in the “Liberation Trilogy,” his epic history of World War II, and now the two-time Pulitzer winner is preparing to take on another conflict: the Revolutionary War. Atkinson, 60 (left), spent a grueling 15 years researching and writing the three WWII books (which now have a combined 900,000 copies in print). But “the American Revolution has always had a grip on my imagination,” …

The Behind-the-Scenes King of Comedy

Posted on 06/17/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyBernard “Bernie” Sahlins, co-founder of Chicago’s Second City theatrical troupe, wasn’t a comedian himself. But thanks to him, we’ve all had a lot of laughs over the past few decades. Without Sahlins, who died on June 16 at age 90 in Chicago, George Wendt — best known for his role as Norm Peterson in the iconic 1980s-early 1990s sitcom Cheers — might have abandoned comedy and perhaps even become an accountant. As Wendt recently recalled, after he and other Second City newbies in the …

Elliott Gould: “All that matters is what we share”

Posted on 06/17/2013 by | Movies & TV | Comments

Entertainment | Home & Family | RelationshipsOver the past 40 years or so, we’ve gotten used to seeing Elliott Gould large and in charge. From the original Trapper John in M*A*S*H to Philip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye to mobster Reuben Tishkoff in the Ocean’s movies, Gould can be a pretty intimidating screen presence. So it takes some getting used to, seeing him as the vulnerable title character in the family drama Fred Won’t Move Out, now on DVD and digital download. Although Fred was clearly …

HBO’s ‘Love, Marilyn’ Adds Little to the Legend

Posted on 06/16/2013 by | Television and Entertainment | Comments

Entertainment“The Ancient Greeks had Oedipus. We have Marilyn.” At first, that statement made by a Marilyn Monroe biographer at the start of the HBO documentary Love, Marilyn, sounds outlandish. But by the end of the mostly effective (if a tad too long) movie, which premieres Monday at 9 p.m., the comparison to Greek tragedy doesn’t seem so far-fetched. After all, the Marilyn Monroe story long ago achieved mythical status. In the more than half century since her death in a …

Boomer Faves Rock Songwriters Hall of Fame

Posted on 06/14/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | EntertainmentBy Mesfin Fekadu, Music Writer, The Associated Press Sting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snippets of Foreigner’s hits when introducing the band and Smokey Robinson debuted part of a new song he wrote about Berry Gordy. The 44th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony was full of star power that included Alison Krauss, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Nickelback, Petula Clark, Wiz Khalifa, Jordin Sparks and a video message from Bill Clinton. Tyler, Perry, Mick …

Are You a Papadaddy?

Posted on 06/13/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentClyde Edgerton is a funny guy. Funny ha-ha, not funny weird: His first two comic novels — Raney (1985) and Walking Across Egypt (1987) — are those rare works of literature that make you genuinely LOL. So when I learned that Edgerton has just published a parenting guide, of all things, I expected to get a few laughs. What I could not have anticipated was that his Papadaddy’s Book for New Fathers: Advice to Dads of All Ages would make me …

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