

New Rebecca on Netflix Misses Hitchcock
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“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Those nine words, written by Daphne du Maurier in 1937, are among the most recognizable first lines of fiction in the twentieth century. Pithy and provocative, they set the misty tone of Rebecca, the gothic classic which, to date, has sold more than three million copies. It was the […]
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Joe Morgan: MVP on and off the field
Joe Morgan looked at the baseball he was handed and laughed. “I don’t want to jinx this,” he said. “But it’s a great idea for a picture, let’s do it.” The conversation took place on a bitterly cold Cincinnati night, November, 1975, following a banquet Morgan headlined. He had flown in from his Bay […]
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Trials of the Century from Leopold and Loeb to OJ Simpson
“The dog got nervous and was pulling me harder,” Sukru Boztepe testified. “It stopped in front of a gate on Bundy…I saw a lady laying down full of blood.” It was just before midnight on Sunday, June 12, 1994 when Boztepe, trying to find the home of a lost akita with bloody paws, discovered the lacerated […]
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