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Heeeere’s Oscar!
I have not been nominated for an Academy Award this year. Or last year. OK, never. But I could have been. If only. If I had been given a film to star in, had the looks of Cate Blanchett, the body of...
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Hollywood Makeup Artist: makeup counter to Oscars
Do you ever stay for the credits at the end of a film? Most don’t, but I do. And for one very good reason. My younger sister, LuAnn Claps. When she was a young girl, and unbeknownst to me at the time,...
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Joan Rivers: The tart-tongued trailblazer was also a bestselling author
Joan Rivers was bawdy, obnoxious, loud, sometimes crude, and always irreverent. Love her or hate her, no one can deny she was a true original. With her acerbic wit and signature New Yawker raspy voice,...
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Four star-studded books, connected by the glitzy thread we know as Hollywood
As screenwriter Raymond Chandler once said, “Anyone who doesn’t like Hollywood is either crazy or sober.” The history of Tinseltown as it is known, with all its worship of youth and beauty, is linked...
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Thanking the mothers who serve
When a Mom kisses her children goodbye, it’s usually to reassure them all is well. She’s only going away for a little while; it might be a short business trip, a quick run to the market, or a night out...
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War Photographer Robert Cunningham Honors our Veterans
Few civilians have captured the service of our active military and veterans as vividly as embedded war photographer Robert L. Cunningham. Embed War Photographer Robert L. Cunningham He has worked...
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Greg O’Brien: Learning to Live, and Not Die, with Alzheimer’s Disease
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VIDEO: Watch Greg O’Brien in NOVA PBS’‘Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped?’
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Recognizing the Political Importance of the President’s Spouse
The Popularity of America’s First Ladies: First ladies have become as influential in American politics as elected officials. More than any other time in history, the first lady now bears...
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Who’s Whispering Sweet Nothings in the President’s Ear?
In Dr. Lauren A. Wright’s latest book, On Behalf of the President: Presidential Spouses and White House Communications Strategy Today (Praeger, April 18, 2016), she argues that first ladies are far...
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Are You Living the Oola Lifestyle? You should be!
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‘What Happened’ When BookTrib Attended Hillary Clinton’s Book Signing in...
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October is National Cookbook Month – Get Cooking!
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As screenwriter Raymond Chandler once said, “Anyone who doesn’t like Hollywood is either crazy or sober.” The history of Tinseltown as it is known, with all its worship of youth and beauty, is linked...
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When a Mom kisses her children goodbye, it’s usually to reassure them all is well. She’s only going away for a little while; it might be a short business trip, a quick run to the market, or a night out...
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Few civilians have captured the service of our active military and veterans as vividly as embedded war photographer Robert L. Cunningham. He has worked throughout Afghanistan, primarily beside the U.S....
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There’s hardly a family in America that hasn’t been touched by Alzheimer’s disease. More than 5.4 million people live with the disease and 500,000 die from it each year. Alzheimer’s is not a normal...
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Watch as “investigators untangle the cause of Alzheimer’s and race to develop a cure.” Alzheimer’s disease strikes at the core of what makes us human: our capacity to think, to love and to remember....
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The Popularity of America’s First Ladies: First ladies have become as influential in American politics as elected officials. More than any other time in history, the first lady now bears...
View ArticleWho’s Whispering Sweet Nothings in the President’s Ear?
In Dr. Lauren A. Wright’s latest book, On Behalf of the President: Presidential Spouses and White House Communications Strategy Today (Praeger, April 18, 2016), she argues that first ladies are far...
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