Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Robert B. Parker Is Dead at 77
By BRUCE WEBER
Published: January 20, 2010
Robert B. Parker, the best-selling mystery writer who created Spenser, a tough, glib Boston private detective who was the hero of nearly 40 novels, died Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 77.
The cause was a heart attack, said his agent of 37 years, Helen Brann. She said that Mr. Parker had been thought to be in splendid health, and that he died at his desk, working on a book. He wrote five pages a day, every day but Sunday, she said.
Mr. Parker wrote more than 60 books all told, including westerns and young-adult novels, but he churned out entertaining detective stories with a remarkable alacrity that made him one of the country’s most popular writers. In recent years he had come up with two new protagonists: Jesse Stone, an alcoholic ex-ballplayer turned small-town chief of police, who was featured in nine novels written since 1997, including “Split Image,” to be published next month; and Sunny Randall, a fashion-conscious, unlucky-in-love, daughter-of-a-cop private eye created at the request of the actress Helen Hunt, who was hoping for a juicy movie role. No movie was made, but the first Sunny Randall novel, “Family Honor,” was published in 1999, and five more have followed.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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"Country Gentleman" Carl Smith dies, age 82
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - "Country Gentleman" Carl Smith, a top star of country music in the 1950s and 1960s, has died, age 82.
His family said Smith died this past Saturday at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Smith's honky tonk style earned him fans and produced hits that included "Loose Talk" "Hey, Joe," "Let's Live a Little" and "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way.:
Smith was a guest of Hank Williams on the legendary Grand Ole Opry before becoming a member of the show. He retired in 1978 and bred horses. Smith was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2003.
(Reporting by Pat Harris; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
Heavenly Creatures / I Kissed a Girl
OutCentral will be screening Heavenly Creatures Saturday January 23rd at 7:00 p.m. as part of the film series that yours truly is putting on called Queer Colored Glasses. The year long film series is a partnership between OutCentral Cultural Center and the Nashville Film Festival.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Miss World is live on YouTube
I uploaded my latest video on YouTube. Catch it now before they take it down!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRPLri7ON3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRPLri7ON3w
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