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William Wyler

William Wyler was a German-born Hollywood director who was nominated for 12 Oscars and won three, for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Ben-Hur (1959). He was born in Alsace…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Translations

TranslationsSonnet of Michel Angelo BuonarottiThe ExileFrom HafizEpitaphFriendshipFrom Omar KhayyamFrom Ali Ben Abu TalebFrom Ibn JeminThe FluteTo the ShahSong of Seyd Nimetollah of Kuhistan…

Lost Souls

Director:Janusz KaminskiWriter:Pierce GardnerNew Line Cinema; R; 102 minutesRelease:10/00Cast:Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Philip Baker Hall Y2K apocalypse worries came and went, leaving us…

Pearl Harbor (Film)

Director:Michael BayWriter:Randall WallaceTouchstone Pictures; PG-13; 183 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale The good thing about heading to the theaters to…

Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux is an American actor whose steady, below-the-radar career was boosted in 2012 after he became Jennifer Aniston's romantic interest. A native of Washington, D.C., Theroux began an art…

The Royal Tenenbaums

Director: Wes Anderson Writers: Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson Miramax; R; 109 minutes Release: 12/01 Cast: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Luke…

10 Reasons to Watch the Masters

by John Gettings Colin Montgomerie watches his approach shot at the 7th hole during Monday's practice round at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Montgomerie and the rest of the field will…

Quatrains and Translations

ContentsQuatrainsTranslationsSonnet of Michel Angelo BuonarottiThe ExileFrom HafizEpitaphFriendshipFrom Omar KhayyamFrom Ali Ben Abu TalebFrom Ibn JeminThe FluteTo the ShahSong of Seyd…

Gwyneth Paltrow

A big Hollywood star of the 1990s, Gwyneth Paltrow won an Oscar for her starring role in 1998's Shakespeare in Love. Premiere magazine once called her the modern actress "most likely to assume the…

Hasidism

(Encyclopedia) Hasidism or ChassidismHasidismboth: hăsˈĭdĭzˌəm, khă– [key] [Heb.,=the pious], Jewish religious movement founded in Poland in the 18th cent. by Baal-Shem-Tov. Its name derives from…