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“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a tough act to follow, but “Rocketman” may just become the next nostalgic musical sensation to hit theaters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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The wounded veteran died last week after a desperate battle with the VA, which callously had reduced his pain medication. His crucible is familiar to the many other Americans who have become the fodder of our wars. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 10, 2012
Award-winning playwright and gay rights activist Tony Kushner speaks with "Democracy Now!" about Obama’s decision to support same-sex marriage, the life of children’s author Maurice Sendak, and his regard for Abraham Lincoln, about whom he wrote a screenplay for an upcoming film directed by Steven Spielberg. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 8, 2012
Maurice Sendak, a man whose imagination helped generations of children discover their own, “who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche,” has died at 83 of complications from a recent stroke. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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