Next year, the Oscar winning film for 1999 will be 20 years from its release date. “American Beauty”, the suburban opus directed by Sam Mendes, swept many of the big categories that year including Best Picture, Best Actor (Kevin Spacey), Best Actress (Annette Bening), Best Screenplay (Alan Ball), and a couple of others. At the … More Sunday at the Movies: American Beauty
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My mother was born to a good but poor family long ago. My grandmother was one of 11, and her parents were poor farmers. My grandfather was also from a farm family, but his parents were both gone by the time he turned 13 and he struggled to stay fed…
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On April 15 in 1865, a disgruntled Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the back of the head at close range with a small pistol. Unknown at the time, Booth’s older brother had saved Lincoln’s son’s life a few weeks earlier. … More ON THIS DAY: President Lincoln shot and killed in a tough day for the Booth family
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