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5 Movie Actors Who Were Late Bloomers

Posted on 04/10/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyBesedka Johnson proved that it’s never too late to become a movie actor. She began at age 85, and won praise for last year’s Starlet, her first and only film. The Detroit native, who passed away on April 4 at age 87 in Glendale, Calif., moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to pursue a modeling career and then became a successful dressmaker. She took an acting class in her 30s, but never seriously considered striving for a Hollywood career. …

Lilly Pulitzer: 5 Facts About the Woman Who Led a Fashion Rebellion

Posted on 04/8/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyFashion entrepreneur Lilly Pulitzer, who died on April 7 at age 81 in Miami, proved that simplicity can be stylish. In the early 1960s, she popularized the tropical print shift, a colorful version of a rudimentary design — the sleeveless sheath — that was the first dress every American girl who took home economics in high school was taught to make. What distinguished Pulitzer’s shifts was the startlingly bright hues and playful patterns of the fabric, which Pulitzer had custom-produced …

Harrison Ford: High-Flying Political Activist

Posted on 03/22/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | PoliticsSometimes it’s pretty tough to get the attention of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. But politicians, fortunately, are as starstruck as the rest of us. That’s why celebrities ranging from Angelina Jolie and Bono to George Clooney, who testified to Congress a year ago about the dire situation in war-torn Sudan, regularly descend on Washington to raise awareness for their pet causes. (Check out this AARP slideshow of the top 20 celebrity activists of all time.) The latest superstar spokesperson to …

Andy Griffith’s Widow to Raze His Home

Posted on 03/21/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | UncategorizedBy Martha Waggoner of The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The widow of actor Andy Griffith has gotten a permit to tear down the house where he lived for many years on the North Carolina waterfront, upsetting friends who had hoped it would be preserved as a museum or Graceland-type estate. Cindi Griffith obtained the demolition permit Monday, according to Dare County records. County officials and friends confirmed the permit is to demolish a smaller house along the Roanoke …

Rhapsody “In Bruges”—A Fan of the Film Visits the City

Posted on 03/20/2013 by | Movies & TV | Comments

Entertainment | TravelYou know how the Disney parks have rides that let you re-live great moments from movies like The Little Mermaid and Snow White? And how at Universal you can “ride” Jurassic Park and the Harry Potter films? Well, if one of your favorite films is the cult classic In Bruges—and it’s one of mine, for sure—then a visit to the Belgian city of Bruges is a lot like hopping on an In Bruges theme park ride. For the uninitiated, In …

SXSW 2013: 5 Life Lessons from South by Southwest

Posted on 03/18/2013 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | Technology | Travel | Your LifeThe music, film and interactive gathering called South by Southwest (SXSW or just South by to its friends) has just wrapped up in Texas. The artist once again known as Prince was there, along with 2,200 young bands; so was the “inventor” of the Internet, Al Gore. Bill Gates and Stevie Nicks were in the house. If something was new or cool, like 3D printing or Google Glass, it was there, too. Everyone was talking about “storytelling” — and the …

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