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The dark truth beneath Hollywood’s golden age

October 11 - 18, 2006
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They led lives of bed-hopping and partying. They had affairs and courted scandal even as they swanned down the red carpet at Oscar ceremonies.





Dough nuts

October 11 - 18, 2006
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“Ready! Steady! Go!”
Aaron Bernstein — former holder of a dozen world eating records — tucked into his first doughnut. Across the table, Chip Tobor began methodically demolishing his own plate of doughnuts.





Those famous misquotations

October 11 - 18, 2006
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It’s one of the great bloopers of history. Neil Armstrong meant to say: “That’s one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.”





match the quotes

October 11 - 18, 2006
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1) Captain Kirk
2) Sherlock Holmes
3) Rick Blaine





Review

October 11 - 18, 2006
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Knopf; 256pp