Gabriel Marquez

Colombia's Literature Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ...

(AP) - Colombia's Literature Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez, sticks out his tongue to photographers upon his arrival on a train to Aracataca, his hometown in northeastern Colombia, Wednesday, May 30, 2007. At right is his wife Mercedes Barcha who accompanied the writer on his first visit to his hometown in 25 years. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)

192k for Audrey dress

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(AFP/HO/File) - Picture taken in 1961 of actress and film star Belgian born Audrey Hepburn on the set of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. A pink cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film sold for 192,000 dollars in New York on Wednesday, more than six times its highest pre-sale estimate.(AFP/HO/File)

All aboard for the Harry Potter rollercoaster

All aboard for the Harry Potter rollercoaster (Reuters)

Reuters - J.K Rowling, who became the world's first billion dollar author on the back of Harry Potter's success, has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard.

18-karat gold bath tub

A model poses in a bathtub made of 18-Karat gold and stainless ...

(AFP/File) - A model poses in a bathtub made of 18-Karat gold and stainless steel during a promotional press preview to attract customers, at a jewelry shop in Tokyo, June 2005. A similar bathtub has disappeared from a Japanese resort hotel, with police having no clues to help to catch the cunning thief or thieves.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

Police tours again after 23 years

Police back on duty for first tour since '84 (AFP)

AFP - Legendary rock band The Police on Monday staged their first major public concert since breaking up in 1984, kicking off a reunion tour and drawing fans screams from a bedazzled crowd.

Memorial Day

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(AP) - Sun glints through the American flag placed by a gravestone for a fallen soldier from the Vietnam War to mark Memorial Day at Fort Logan National Cemetery in the south Denver suburb of Sheridan, Colo., on Sunday, May 27, 2007. Various celebrations including a parade and several ceremonies are planned to mark the Memorial Day holiday in the Denver area on Monday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

2.3 million dollars

Chinese classical painting sells for 2.3 million dlrs in Hong Kong (AFP)

AFP - A painting by the 17th century classical Chinese artist Wu Li was sold at auction in Hong Kong Monday for 2.34 million US dollars, more than 10 times its estimate.

Man burns books as protest

Mo. man burns books as act of protest (AP)

AP - Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books.

Pirates misses record

'Pirates' nabs $112.5M, missing record (AP)

AP - Box-office treasure is a little harder to come by on the new voyage of "Pirates of the Caribbean." The third installment in the Walt Disney Co. franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," hauled in $112.5 million from Friday to Sunday, well below last summer's $135.6 million opening weekend for its predecessor, "Dead Man's Chest."

Newman to retire

Paul Newman to retire from acting (Reuters)

Reuters - Paul Newman's career has included winning an Oscar, establishing a food company to fund charities, and operating a restaurant, but he said this week he is retiring from acting.

Iowa town to toast the Duke

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In this photo released by Warner Bros., actor John Wayne plays Ethan Edwards in the 1956 film "The Searchers." Director John Ford and frequent leading man Wayne forged one of Hollywood's most enduring partnerships. Wayne, born Marion Robert Morrison, would have turned 100 on Saturday, May 26, 2007. He died at the age of 72 of stomach cancer in June of 1979 after a career that spanned more than 170 films (AP Photo/Warner Bros.)

Record before it opens

`Pirates' opens to record theater count (AP)

AP - Even before it opened, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" already had one box-office record in hand.

It's Jordin

Jordin Sparks crowned `American Idol' (AP)

AP - Jordin Sparks grew up on "American Idol," watching the show since she was 12 years old and telling her mother it was what she wanted to do.

Streisand criticized

Streisand criticized for high tix prices (AP)

AP - Italian consumer groups want authorities to cancel Barbra Streisand's concert in Rome next month because of excessive ticket prices.

Stamp of approval

Harry Potter gets stamp of approval (Reuters)

Reuters - After weaving his magic with best-selling books and blockbuster films, Harry Potter is hoping to cast a spell over stamp collectors.

Nobel for Manga

Japan invents "Nobel prize" for manga comics (Reuters)

Reuters - Japan has set up a "Nobel prize" forforeign manga comic artists in the hope of spreading its popculture and winning more fans for its robot villains, mutantheroes and saucer-eyed heroines.

122 Million!

'Shrek' sets animated record with $122M (AP)

AP - The big green ogre keeps getting bigger. "Shrek the Third" took in $122 million in its first weekend, breaking the franchise's own record for best debut ever for an animated film, according to studio estimates Sunday.

We're Fools to Make War With Our Brothers In Arms

There's so many different worlds.
So many different suns.
But we live in just one world.
But in different ones.

Shrek 3 opens at 39Million Dollars

'Shrek the Third' pulls in $39 million (AP)

AP - It isn't easy being green, even if you're an ogre. "Shrek the Third" opened to good business Thursday but its studio declined to predict Saturday whether it would break the opening weekend record for an animated film set by "Shrek 2" three years ago.

U23D

U2 rock Cannes before 3D film screening (AP)

AP - U2 rocked Cannes' famous red carpet Saturday, playing to thousands of filmgoers and fans before a late-night screening of their new concert movie, "U23D."

Fats Domino returns to New Orleans

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This image provided by the Tipitina's Foundation shows Fats Domino took preforming before a sold-out crowd of hundreds at Timitina's nightclub in a New Orleans Saturday, May 19, 2007 marking the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's first public performance since Hurricane Katrina. Fans who for years longed to see Domino perform such hits as "Blueberry Hill," "Blue Monday," "Ain't That a Shame" and "Walkin' to New Orleans" finally got their wish. (AP Photo/HO)

Internet censorship growing worldwide

Internet censorship grows worldwide--study

LONDON--Internet censorship is growing worldwide, with 26 out of 40 countries blocking or filtering political or social content, a study reported Friday.

For sale - $15Million

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'The Simpsons' turns 400

Happy 400th, Homer

And to think, Homer once worried that he wouldn't live to see his children die. But here he is, clocking in at 400.

"The Simpsons'" 399th and 400th episodes air Sunday on Fox, starting at 8 p.m., and the yellow-skinned patriarch, not to mention his blue-haired wife and spiky-headed children, is none the worse for wear.

Over the course of 18 seasons, with at least one more in the works, the 23-time Emmy winner has become both a mainstream hit and a cult classic, pulling in millions of viewers and attracting the sort of fanatical attention to detail that would make any Trekkie proud.

The animated sitcom--only the fourth scripted primetime series in history to reach the 400 episode mark--has spawned reams of episode guides, trivia books, academic studies and treatises on "The Simpsons'" influence on television, language, philosophy and pop culture in general. And speaking of the national lexicon, "D'oh!" made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001.

BitTorrent founder loses appeal on Internet piracy case

Hong Kong man loses Internet piracy appeal

HONG KONG -- The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail sentence in Hong Kong.

Bo Diddley suffered a stroke.

Rock Pioneer Bo Diddley Sidelined by Stroke

The Originator is on bed rest.

Pioneering rock-and-roller Bo Diddley suffered a stroke Sunday and is currently in intensive care at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, according to a publicist for his management team.

Tests showed that the stroke affected the left side of the "Who Do You Love" singer's brain and has impaired his speech and speech recognition, rep Susan Clary said. She had no other information regarding his condition, which is listed as "guarded," or how long his stay in the hospital is likely to be.

The 78-year-old Diddley, who has a history of hypertension and diabetes, was said to be acting disoriented during a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa, earlier in the day.

Despite being known as one of the great musical minds who helped put the rhythm in rhythm 'n blues, Diddley's star was eclipsed over the years by artists such as Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones, who borrowed from Diddley's signature beats.

Bee Movie

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American comedian Jerry Seinfeld, dressed as a bee, glides through the air connected to a wire during a publicity stunt for the film 'Bee Movie,' at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Thursday, May 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Heard in American History X

Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989

We are not enemies, but friends.

We must not be enemies.

Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.

The mystic chords of memory,

stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart

and hearthstone all over this broad land,

will yet swell the chorus of the Union,

when again touched, as surely they will be,

by the better angels of our nature.

***In American History X, once again we are reminded that violence begets violence.  Hatred begets hatred.  In the end, the death of someone dear hurts the violent man more than he would be, by his own death.

Norah Jones

American actress-singer Norah Jones poseS during a photo call ...

(AP) - American actress-singer Norah Jones poseS during a photo call for the film 'My Blueberry Nights,' at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)

Magic Gourd

In this photo released Wednesday, May 16, 2007, by The Walt ...

(AP) - In this photo released Wednesday, May 16, 2007, by The Walt Disney Co., shown is the main character from the Chinese-language Disney movie 'The Magic Gourd'. Disney announced Wednesday the movie, the company's first co-production with China, will be released this summer. 'The Magic Gourd' marks a departure from Disney's strategy of promoting its core characters in China. (AP Photo/The Walt Disney Co., HO)

Cornwell in a row against fellow author

Crime writer accuses author of libel (AP)

AP - Best-selling crime writer Patricia Cornwell has filed a libel lawsuit against another author and is asking a federal judge to bar him from posting defamatory messages about her on the Internet.

Do not spoil plot

Potter author pleads: Don't spoil plot (AP)

AP - J.K. Rowling has a request for those with inside dirt on her seventh and final Harry Potter book: Please keep it to yourself.

***Those who know, post it in Wikipedia.  I won't read.  Promise.

Spidey takes $60M in second week, still number 1

Spidey takes a fall but still nets $60M (AP)

AP - Sony's "Spider-Man 3" took in $60 million in its second weekend, a hefty 60 percent drop from its record debut a week earlier but good enough to easily outdistance the competition and remain the No. 1 movie, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The Simpsons versus The OJ Simpsons

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(Reuters) - An undated image of "The Simpsons" courtesy of Fox. An Internet parody of the show has drawn the ire of 20th Century Fox. The studio is pressuring online video hub Broadcaster.com to remove "The O.J. Simpsons" three animated clips that reimagine the Fox series starring the former football star. REUTERS/Handout

Comics by Stephen King?

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(AP) NEW YORK - Author Jonathan Lethem was a big fan of the comic "Omega the Unknown" when he was a boy growing up in Brooklyn, and he was pretty depressed when the superhero vanished from corner store shelves.   (Read full article on Yahoo! News)

Music piracy nets college kids

Music piracy crackdown nets college kids (AP)

AP - At first, Sarah Barg thought the e-mail was a scam. Some group called the Recording Industry Association of America was accusing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore of illegally downloading 381 songs using the school's computer network and a program called Ares.

Star Trek 11 - Hunt for Scotty's remains

The Search for Scotty's Ashes (E! Online)

E! Online - Call it Star Trek 11, the hunt for Scotty's remains.

JK Rowling contributes $3Million

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling listens to a question from ...

(AP) - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling listens to a question from the media during a press conference in this Aug 1, 2006 file photo, in New York. Rowling has pledged a major contribution to a $3 million for the safe return of a British girl who has gone missing in Portugal, a newspaper said, Sunday, May 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Serbian fans

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Fans greet Serbia's singer Marija Serifovic (not in picture), winner of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, upon her arrival in Belgrade May 13, 2007. Serifovic was given a hero's welcome Sunday by thousands of fans when she returned to Serbia after winning the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Finland. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SERBIA)

Kenny G

Kenny G plays and shakes hands with the crowd as he performs ...

(AP) - Kenny G plays and shakes hands with the crowd as he performs at the Players Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 13, 2007, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Dr. Edge

The Edge, guitarist with the Irish rock band U2, who received ...

(AP) - The Edge, guitarist with the Irish rock band U2, who received an honorary doctorate, claps during Berklee College of Music commencement, Saturday, May 12, 2007, in Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)

Publishing Gamble (NYT)

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Advance or not.  The Publishing Gamble

Ewan performs on stage on minimum wage

McGregor earns minimum wage on stage (AP)

AP - Ewan McGregor may earn millions making movies, but the actor has decided to perform Shakespeare on the London stage for minimum wage.

New restrictions on smoking

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Attention film producers: smoking may now be hazardous to your movies.

The film industry group that rates U.S. movies in terms of their suitability for children on Thursday unveiled new rules affecting tobacco use in films that would stop children from seeing movies that glorified on-screen smoking.

Les Paul returns home

Guitar innovator Les Paul returns home (AP)

AP - Guitar legend Les Paul enthralled a hometown crowd at a concert that raised more than $100,000 for an exhibit on his life.

Rainbow after the storm

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A rainbow hangs over Great Falls, Mont., after a thunder storm passed through the area, Thursday, May 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Great Falls Tribune, Robin Loznak)

Terminator, yes. Governator, no.

Terminator Will Be Back, Without Arnold (E! Online)

E! Online - The Terminator is making good on its coming-back word. The Governator, not so much.

Les Paul raises more than US$100,000

Guitarist Les Paul plays for hometown (AP)

AP - Guitar legend Les Paul enthralled a hometown crowd Thursday night at a concert that raised more than $100,000 for an exhibit on his life.

Sunset at Belarus

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The sun sets over Belarussian Pripiat river in the village of Turov, some 270 km (167 miles) south of Minsk, May 5, 2007. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS)

McCartney album available for download

McCartney's Memory Downloaded; Beatles Next?

Better clear some space on your hard-drive for "Memory Almost Full."

Paul McCartney's upcoming solo album is going to be available for downloading and streaming via PCs and cell phones, marking the first time an entire disc from the former Beatle will be obtainable through legal online channels.

The contemplative "Memory Almost Full," which McCartney has described as "evocative, emotional" and "rocking," is due out June 5 on Starbucks' recently formed Hear Music label. As part of its digital marketing push, the international java chain will prominently feature McCartney's latest effort in the Hear Music section of Apple's iTunes Music Store.

Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Assistant Yui Takeda looks at the first edition of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" as she poses for a picture at the Beatrix Potter Museum established by Daito Bunka University in Higashi Matsuyama, north of Tokyo, May 10, 2007. Japanese researchers have discovered a translation of Potter's much-loved children's classic "Peter Rabbit" dating back to 1906, making it the oldest known foreign-language version of the book. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota (JAPAN)

Penn archive offers downloadable poetry

Penn archive offers downloadable poetry (AP)

AP - When you're done loading your iPod with Better than Ezra and Carlos Santana, why not try a little Ezra Pound or William Carlos Williams?

Confucius still rocks

Anxiety, emptiness fuel Confucius craze in China (Reuters)

Reuters - Pop culture offerings in China these days run the gamut from Hollywood blockbusters to domestic versions of "American Idol," but it is a book about the ancient sage Confucius that is causing all the buzz in the streets.

Life is short. Get a divorce.

Chicago dumps racy law firm billboard (AP)

AP - A racy billboard proclaiming "Life's short. Get a divorce" caused such an uproar that city workers stripped it from its downtown perch after a week.

Q&A with Alison Krauss

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Alison Krauss' new album, "A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection," is more a compilation of side projects than a true solo disc.

The 16 tracks reflect Krauss' broad musical taste, from the old-timey "Down To the River to Pray" from the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" movie soundtrack to a remake of John Waite's '80s pop hit "Missing You." Most are collaborations with other artists and cuts from film soundtracks and tribute albums, but there also are five new songs Krauss sang and produced.

Paris Hilton autopsy

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Daniel Edwards' "Paris Hilton Autopsy" is on display during the press preview at the Capla Kesting Fine Art gallery Wednesday, May 9, 2007 in New York. The sculpture will be on exhibit to the public May 11 through May 30 at the gallery in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer).

NEW YORK — The latest odd statue by artist Daniel Edwards features a naked, provocatively posed, and seemingly dead, Paris Hilton undergoing an autopsy.

Dell donates computer to Smithsonian

Dell donates computer to Smithsonian (AP)

AP - Michael Dell never imagined his work would end up in a museum when he was sitting in his college dorm room in 1984, dreaming of building and selling his own personal computers. Now, one of his original computers is going to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

$35 Million Tom Cruise Mansion

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This is an aerial view of a seven bedroom, nine bathroom home sold to actor Tom Cruise for a reported $35 million in Beverly Hills, California May 9, 2007. The traditonal style residence sits on 1.3 acres with a tennis court and a pool and was built in 1937. The home was expanded from its original 10,000 square feet when it changed hands four years ago. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich (UNITED STATES)

Warner to offer online movies in HK

Warner Bros. to offer movies online in Hong Kong (Reuters)

Reuters - The Warner Bros. film studio said on Wednesday it will offer movie downloads online through ViDeOnline Communications Ltd. in Hong Kong, a key movie market where film piracy has plagued Hollywood.

Century of Hepburn

A century of Katharine Hepburn (AP)

AP - Over her long and storied career, which included 12 Academy Award nominations and a record four wins for best actress, Katharine Hepburn personified a peculiarly American, dignified grit.

Tammy writes farewell note

Tammy Faye Bakker writes farewell note to fans (Reuters)

Reuters - Tammy Faye Bakker, the disgraced televangelist who is suffering from cancer, has penned a goodbye letter to her fans in which she says doctors have halted her treatment.

Los Angeles firemen watch the brush fire

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Los Angeles City firemen watch a brush fire from a roof in Griffith Park, Los Angeles May 8, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Advance screenings cancelled in Canada

Warner Bros. cancels Canada previews (AP)

AP - Canadian film lovers hoping to catch an early peek at "Ocean's Thirteen" and the upcoming Harry Potter sequel will be out of luck after Warner Bros. canceled all of its advance screenings and accused Canada of being at the forefront of the piracy market.

Ancient fabric found in Greece

2,700-year-old fabric found in Greece (AP)

AP - Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad."

Modern Poetry

GMANews.TV - Vienna library starts erotica hotline

VIENNA, Austria - This isn't the typical whispering you might expect to hear at a library. Vienna's City Hall has launched a "sex hotline" to raise money for the capital's main public library, officials said Tuesday.

It's unusual, but it's not particularly raunchy: Callers pay 53 cents a minute to listen to an actress read breathless passages from erotica dating to the Victorian era.

Anime in US

Feathered robot, French maid celebrate anime in U.S. (Reuters)

Reuters - On most days, Javin Mather is a 21-year-old developmental psychology major at Boise State University. But today he is a 7-foot (2.13-metre) robot.

Glass Illusion

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More Tv time = Worse School performance

More TV time means worse school performance (Reuters)

Reuters - The more TV adolescents watch, the more likely they are to develop attention and learning problems, and to do poorly in school in the long-run, a new study confirms.

On diet

Shrek loses weight for healthier Happy Meal deal - May. 8, 2007

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- McDonald's Corp. is putting the somewhat-stocky green star of "Shrek" movies on a diet in a new campaign that features the restaurant chain's apple slices and salads rather than its burgers and fries.  (CNNMoney.com)

Colombian hermit finds paradise in Qadisha

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Colombian hermit finds paradise on Lebanon trail Mon May 7, 9:15 AM ET

QADISHA VALLEY, Lebanon (Reuters) - For a Colombian hermit thousands of miles from home, Lebanon's Qadisha valley is a heaven on earth where he hopes to end his days.

Spidey to join the billion dollar elite club

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Worldwide 'Spider-mania' as hit movie eyes 1 bln dlr club Mon May 7, 5:36 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - "Spider-Man 3" is on course to join the elite billion-dollar club of movies after re-writing the record books with a spectacular worldwide opening, according to figures released Monday.

Orangutan eats ice cream

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Met holds auction to fund future operas

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Met holds auction to fund future operas 

NEW YORK - Soprano Renee Fleming appeared twice on the Met stage on Sunday — but for once she didn't sing.

Paul wins best album

McCartney scoops Classical Brit

Sir Paul McCartney wins best album for his oratorio Ecce Cor Meum at the Classical Brit awards in London.  (BBC News)

The world is walking faster

World's cities step up pace of life in fast lane (Reuters)

Reuters - A study of cities across the world shows pedestrians are upping their pace at an alarming rate as they scurry from place to place, determined to cram as much as possible into each day.

****Yea, and there is no more time to smell the flowers, nor look at the clouds.  Les poetry for a hurried world.  I remember two songs here...

1. John Lennon's Watching the Wheels

"People say I'm lazy...dreaming my life away....I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round"

2.  Manoling Francisco's "Manatili Ka" (Stay)

"Manatili ka, kahit sandali....Bakit nga ba laging nagmamadali?"

Stay for a while, why are you always in a hurry?  - It's a religious song.