Palin book tour has people wondering if it's a campaign tour Nov 20, 2009
" Suggest you find a Ghost Writer wrote on Nov 19, 2009 11:22 AM:" In his book the "Hustler" Truman Capote portrays the philosophy of a looser. It would appear to me that Sarah Palin in her book gives us a clear picture of a quitter. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
‘Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs’ at Central Square Theater Nov 19, 2009
Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs is a double bill of Grace Paley s The Loudest Voice and Truman Capote s A Christmas Memory. Both set in the 30s, the former takes place in a Russian Jewish immigrant school where gentile teachers stage the Nativity. (Boston Globe)
Is it a Documentary, a Biopic or a ... Nov 18, 2009
In contrast, Philip Seymour Hoffman's 2005 Oscar-winning performance as Truman Capote in the film Capote, is a biopic since it portrays a significant portion of the author's life. Q. What is a Docudrama. (Suite101.com)
Decades later, crime still resonates Nov 13, 2009
Fifty years ago, the home was the scene of the brutal murder of Clutter, his wife, Bonnie, and their two children inspiring Truman Capote to write In Cold Blood ... The slayings of the Clutters chronicled in Truman Capotes book, In Cold Blood have overshadowed the town of Holcomb for the past half century and the trial and execution of the culprits has brought little, if any, closure. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
50 years: Kan. town grieves 'In Cold Blood' deaths Nov 11, 2009
Fifty years ago, the home was the scene of the brutal murder of Clutter, his wife Bonnie and their two children inspiring Truman Capote to write "In Cold Blood" ... (AP) - The slayings of the Clutters - chronicled in Truman Capote's book, "In Cold Blood" - have overshadowed the town of Holcomb for the past half century and the trial and execution of the culprits has brought little, if any, closure. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
"In Cold Blood" Deaths Still Haunt Town Nov 10, 2009
50 Years Later, Kansas Town Still Grieves Family's Deaths, Which Were Chronicled in Truman Capote's Book, "In Cold Blood" ... In "Capote," Philip Seymour Hoffman, right, portrays the writer Truman Capote as he probes the mind of a killer to write the first non-fiction novel ... The slayings of the Clutters - chronicled in Truman Capote's book, "In Cold Blood" - have shadowed the town of Holcomb for the past half century and the trial and execution of the culprits has brought little, if any,... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
50 years later: Kansas town remembers 'In Cold Blood' deaths, still angry about Capote's book Nov 9, 2009
Fifty years ago, the Clutter home on the outskirts of Holcomb was the scene of the brutal murder of Clutter, his wife Bonnie and their two children inspiring Truman Capote to write "In Cold Blood" ... The slayings of the Clutters chronicled in Truman Capote's book, "In Cold Blood" has overshadowed the town of Holcomb for the past half century and the trial and execution of the culprits has brought little, if any, closure. (FOX61, CT)
Daily guide to television and radio Nov 5, 2009
Best actor Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman shines as Truman Capote. R (2005). (Boston Globe)
Books serve up bloody good reads Nov 1, 2009
- "American Fantastic Tales: From the 1940s to Now," edited by Peter Straub (Library of America, $35, 750 pages): Horror writer Straub has chosen 42 short stories by top-name writers, including Anthony Boucher, Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison and Stephen King. - "Zombies: Encounters With the Hungry Dead," edited by John Skipp (Black Dog, $19. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Death: a nice career move Oct 24, 2009
As Gore Vidal once famously quipped of the death of Truman Capote, ;Good career move. Jackson, by the time of his death on June 25, was essentially a has-been nostalgia act. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Gore Vidals United States of Fury, Johann Hari, The Independent Oct 9, 2009
He holidayed with the Kennedys, cruised for men with Tennessee Williams, was urged to run for Congress by Eleanor Roosevelt, co-wrote some of the most iconic Hollywood films, damned US foreign policy from within, sued Truman Capote, got fellated by Jack Kerouac, watched his cousin Al Gore get elected President and still lose the White House, and finally, bizarrely befriended and championed the Oklahoma bomber, Timothy McVeigh. Yet now, he says, it is clear the American experiment has been "a... (Harper's Magazine)
Irving Penn, 92; his sparse, lustrous portraits revealed Oct 8, 2009
Mr. Penn s images of Colette, Picasso, S.J. Perelman, and Truman Capote, to cite the best-known examples, are among the most celebrated portraits of the last century. Nor did he limit himself to the famous. (Boston Globe)
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards Oct 6, 2009
At Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery (1218 Glendon Ave.), you can pay your respects to Marilyn Monroe, Burt Lancaster, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Billy Wilder, Frank Zappa, Rodney Dangerfield and Truman Capote. Those spending eternity at the Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills cemetery (6300 Forest Lawn Drive) include Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton, Liberace, Stan Laurel, Gene Autry and David Carradine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Professor shares memories in library exhibit Sep 3, 2009
But Wednesday night, 17 years after she wrote them, she unearthed her journals documenting her stay at Yaddo, a famously competitive artists' retreat that has housed such creative figures as John Cheever, Truman Capote and Sylvia Plath. Housing artists since 1926, Yaddo was founded by Spencer Trask and his wife, Katrina, after their four children died. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Feith Contract Not Renewed Aug 30, 2009
It reminds me too much of when I read Truman Capote for the first time at age 19. The reality enema of how hideous human beings can be in the name of whatever idea they "imagine" up in a head filled with contempt towards humanity, or so it appears -- to know the action followed-up on his words. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Stephen Elliott recounts his past Aug 30, 2009
When he chooses to focus on the Reiser trail, Elliott writes with a grace and precision that calls to mind Truman Capote s landmark work, In Cold Blood. He, too, is fascinated by questions of motive, how our capacity to love is disfigured into evil, and our tangled mechanisms of denial. (Boston Globe)
This day in history Aug 25, 2009
In 1984, author Truman Capote was found dead in a Los Angeles mansion; he was 59. In 1985, Samantha Smith, 13, the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union, died with her father in an airliner crash in Auburn, Maine. (Boston Globe)
Vote for the best 'Vegas Nights' trip tale Jul 23, 2009
OK, so 3 people decided they might brighten their day or someone else s. They didn t claim to be Truman Capote or Ernest Hemingway or even Candace Bushnell (Sex & The City author) or Jim Carrey just everyday people who retreated out of the real world for just a moment to recall a frivilous moment in their lives. So what. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Fear grips Panhandle Jul 19, 2009
Like many others, Roberts likened the crime to the murders recounted in In Cold Blood, the Truman Capote book about two drifters who killed a Midwest farm family. "In that community, that rural area, to have this done, planned and perpetrated like it was, it certainly reminds me of that. It's just horrific," Roberts said. (The Palm Beach Post)
More Arrests Expected In Billings Murders Jul 14, 2009
In that case, chronicled by Truman Capote in the book "In Cold Blood," the killers mistakenly believed the prosperous family kept a safe full of cash at home. When asked if the Billings kept much money at their home, Morgan replied, "That has not been verified.". (CBS News)
Images in Florida slaying case were snapped by child-surveillance cameras Jul 14, 2009
That could have been one reason, Morgan said, likening the killings to the 1959 slayings of a Kansas farm family that were chronicled by Truman Capote in the book In Cold Blood. The video from Thursday showed three armed, masked men arriving in a red van, entering through the front of the house, and then returning to the vehicle. (Boston Globe)
Actress Sylvia Miles gets shot at long-awaited role Jul 10, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Surfing the Net With Kids: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Jul 10, 2009
Surfing the Net With Kids: To Kill a Mockingbird - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
* World News Quick Take Jul 9, 2009
Heymann says the accounts are based on the recollections of a clutch of Kennedy confidants, including Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Pierre Salinger and Arthur Schlesinger. But Salinger, Kennedys press secretary, dismissed the account as bullshit, while Heymanns critics said he has been caught making egregious errors in previous books and has even been accused of fabricating material. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Cheers! Worlds 10 most legendary bars Jun 30, 2009
Harry's Bar; Venice, ItalySince opening in 1931, Harry's Bar has been frequented by famous people such as Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, Noel Coward, Orson Wells, Charlie Chaplin, and Peggy Guggenheim. The bar also claims credit for inventing the Bellini and Carpaccio. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Sonia Sotomayor should bow out of justice running Jun 29, 2009
" he spat, "She thinks it's humorous that I speak like Truman Capote, does she. " wrinkling his nose and winking at his reflection. The dachshund winced and cowered further into the shadows."We'll just see-" he whispered silkily while slipping immediately into his favorite writing kimono, "-how funny Miss Cash Register Clerk thinks it is after her store manager reads THIS little missive. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Memoir: Truman Capote's Tortured Life Jun 21, 2009
MEMOIR: TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TORTURED LIFE- New York Post ... MEMOIR: TRUMAN CAPOTE'S TORTURED LIFE ... TRUMAN Capote was a great writer, but he was also a tortured one. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Enjoy breakfast with Capote, Hepburn and 'Tiffanys' Jun 5, 2009
Author: Truman Capote ... Most people probably have some idea of who Truman Capote is after Philip Seymour Hoffmans Academy Award-winning portrayal of the writer in the biopic Capote (2006). (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Monroeville attracts literary buffs May 30, 2009
There are permanent exhibits on Truman Capote, who spent much of his childhood in Monroeville, as well as filmed interviews with folks who grew up with Lee ... Pick up a map from the courthouse museum and visit the site of Harper Lee s childhood home and that of her frequent neighbor, Truman Capote. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Literary tourists' flock to Flannery O'Connor's Georgia farm May 26, 2009
They are "literary tourists," the ones who drive Alabama's back roads in search of Truman Capote and Harper Lee in Monroeville or to Montgomery to trace Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. They visit Asheville in search of Thomas Wolfe, and to Oxford hoping for a glimpse of Faulkner's ghost. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
15 Minutes---20 Years Later May 25, 2009
His 1976 interview of another tiny terror, Truman Capote a man who hated the truth more than Bill Clinton made Warhol s magazine, a publication on whose masthead I was proud to be the only heterosexual. Fred Hughes, the magazine s president, and Bob Colacello, its star writer, had a lot of laughs about that. (The American Conservative)
A writer's good year gets better May 17, 2009
Two of his books have been optioned for movies and his Vietnam book -- "Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn and Dana Stone" -- drew gushing reviews from sources as diverse as Truman Capote ("moving and engrossing"), The Washington Post ("magnificent ... unforgettable") and The Army Times ("a tapestry of reality ... brilliant"). The collection of his papers at UNC-Chapel Hill takes up nearly 16 feet of shelf space in the archives of Wilson Library. (News & Observer)
TV - Three fine movies unavailable on DVD airing this weekend May 15, 2009
Other films of note on TCM this weekend include the Carol Reed classic, The Third Man, Sidney Lumet s The Anderson Tapes, a well done but little known heist film from 1971 starring Sean Connery, the 1941 (and best) version of The Devil and Daniel Webster, Junior Bonner, one of Steve McQueen s most overlooked films, In Cold Blood, the groundbreaking docudrama and true story of two vagrants who murder and entire Nebraska family, based on the best selling novel by Truman Capote and the inspiration... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
MSA art students recognized nationally May 12, 2009
Stevens and Anderson join the ranks of some of our country's most revered artists and writers who have received Scholastic Art ng Awards in the past, including Robert Redford, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, John Lithgow, Bernard Malamud, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Otterness, Philip Pearlstein, Zac Posen, Sylvia Plath, Richard Avedon and Robert Indiana. The Daily Leader 2009. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Book Review Visions of Gerard by ... May 11, 2009
Most fans of Kerouac, or anyone who has taken even the tiniest look into beat-culture, have heard American author Truman Capote s (1924-1984) quote about Kerouac s work: That s not writing, that s typing. Maybe Capote just read Visions of Gerard. (Suite101.com)
Bringing biography to the big screen May 10, 2009
With recent films documenting the lives of Harvey Milk, Richard Nixon, Truman Capote, Idi Amin, Ray Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, and Edith Piaf, and upcoming releases depicting John Dillinger, Amelia Earhart, Nelson Mandela, and Leo Tolstoy, Hollywood's dependence on the biopic has never been greater. What they tender is the promise of privileged information, and a modicum of accuracy. (Boston Globe)
Maury County celebrates ‘National Library Month’ Apr 16, 2009
A self-described news junkie, Terrell knew she wanted to be a writer when she was in the fourth grade and, after reading Truman Capote s In Cold Blood, she knew exactly what type of books she wanted to write. But while working to put herself through college, she stumbled into the infancy of the first Apple computer and her life took a turn from writing to computers. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Hilton Als: How Katherine Anne Porter perfected herself. Apr 14, 2009
Enameled Lady: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker (New Yorker)
The surreal thing Mar 14, 2009
When two films based on the life of the writer Truman Capote were released in quick succession, the later release suffered from poor attendance figures while the former raked in the dollars and went on to win a best actor Oscar for Philip Seymour Hoffman. The first film to reach cinemas is likely to be Little Ashes, a British project starring Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter, Twilight) about Dali's avant-garde teenage years in 1920s Madrid. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Watchmen' worth seeing if only for bragging rights Mar 13, 2009
Names such as Silk Spectre II, Dr. Manhattan and Rorschach might be unfamiliar to most, but check out this list of supporting players: Richard Nixon, JFK, Jackie O, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, David Bowie - the list keeps on going (this element alone makes "Watchmen" worthy of a repeat viewing) and will surprise you. Those of you looking to experience a $200 million, 163-minute cult film on the big screen are going to want to give this one a look as well (something tells me that, in years to... (Athens Banner-Herald)
"Miss March" Mar 13, 2009
In the old days -- not, alas, today -- you could read the likes of Truman Capote, Margaret Atwood, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Marshall McLuhan in the pages of "Playboy." Hefner himself has said that if it weren't for the girls, he'd be remembered as the editor of a literary magazine. You may be asking: Why beat up on "Miss March," a relatively small picture (it's being released by Fox Atomic, a division of Fox Searchlight) that isn't likely to become a bazonga hit like "Paul Blart". (Salon)
Dent May plays the ukulele with a novel touch Mar 12, 2009
And when you sing like a droll dandy - a swinging hybrid of Morrissey and Bing Crosby - and wear smoking jackets and Coke-bottle glasses that bring to mind Truman Capote after a hipster makeover, then you're really appealing to a niche audience. "Definitely there are people who dismiss me completely because they're so angry that I play ukulele," May, 23, said last week from Rock Island, Ill. (Boston Globe)
* [HARDCOVER: US] The many faces of Yoshiko Yamaguchi Mar 8, 2009
Theres a hilarious chapter describing a visit to Tokyo, and request for guidance from Burumas second narrator, by Truman Capote. I thought you might be my Cicerone in this garden of vice, or should I say my Mephistopheles. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Book review: "Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor Feb 28, 2009
Truman Capote and Tennesse Williams made her "plumb sick." As for Kafka, she couldn't read him through and was distressed when compared to him. She also did not care for Carson McCullers. (International Herald Tribune)
Famous biopics on screen Feb 16, 2009
Some biopics seek especially to do just that, such as Oliver Stones W. (based on George W. Bush) and Capote (based on the life of Truman Capote). Bearing in mind Socrates philosophical assertion that an unexamined life is not worth living, what better way to examine your life than through the lens of its very own biopic. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
@ The Movies: 10 Romantic Film Favorites Feb 14, 2009
Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961): From "My Fair Lady" to "Roman Holiday," any number of the eternally beautiful Audrey Hepburn's movies could have made this list - but this lovely tale - written by Truman Capote and directed by Blake Edwards, gets the tears gushing every time. Hepburn plays Holly Golightly, an effervescent New York socialite who's struck the fancy of a new bachelor (George Peppard) in her apartment complex. (KIRO TV, WA)
Procrastination Feb 8, 2009
": How we got a word for "putting things off," by Ben Zimmer. Posted May 14, 2008." : Did Truman Capote and Ralph Ellison have writer's blockor were they just chronic procrastinators. " by Jessica Winter. Posted May 14, 2008.Thursday": All the stuff we never got around to including in the special issue," by Daniel Engber. Posted May 15, 1008.Share this article on DiggShare this article on Buzz": How economists think about procrastination," by Ray Fisman. Posted May 15, 2008.": Workers of the... (Slate)
An outlaw comic finally gets his final say Feb 8, 2009
Calling something offensive is like, as reported by Martin Amis, Truman Capote gossiping aimlessly of someone: Oh, her, she's a real throw-up number. It is an opinion, and an oppressive one at that. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Rich: Muse found at Delta wedding Feb 8, 2009
Kooky but outrageously successful artist Andy Warhol found his muse in the waif-like Edie Sedgewick and Truman Capote had a full set of muses he called "My swans." Those beautiful society women who inspired the diminutive Capote included Babe Paley, wife of CBS founder Bill Paley; and Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie O.. A muse, I decided, was exactly what I needed. (Athens Banner-Herald)
