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  1. Review: Bette Midler Gets to Make Fun of Hollywood

    Wed, 24 Apr 2013

    Cannon, Bob Fosse, Sidney Lumet, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Ryan O'Neal, Rod Steiger, Peter Bogdanovich and Gore Vidal , among others. (She likes to call all A-listers "Twinklies.") As she freely admits, Mengers, who died in 2011

  2. The 7 Best Political Movies You Haven't Seen

    Sat, 23 Feb 2013

    running for the Senate, singing folk songs up and down the campaign trail. Alan Rickman is his political shepherd. And Gore Vidal , somehow, plays his opponent. (Note a young Jack Black cameo at the :52 mark of the trailer) 'Being There': Could

  3. Envy Outweighs Greed in New Investment Study

    Thu, 4 Oct 2012

    enough that I succeed," the late Gore Vidal once noted. "Others must fail." Vidal , who also famously admitted that standpoint (unless, of course, you're Gore Vidal , in which case you probably knew

  4. Gore Vidal : Analog troll

    Thu, 2 Aug 2012

    correction that ran with the obituary for Gore Vidal in The New York Times may be the died on July 31 at 86. In 1968, Gore Vidal , it seems, had savaged a prominent Times-style corrections suggest that Gore Vidal led a rich, florid and glorious

  5. Davis Joins Ranks of American Political Turncoats

    Thu, 2 Aug 2012

    defection? According to the congresswoman, we have the late Gore Vidal to either thank or blame. Speaking in Michigan in December I was reading this snotty novel. It was written by Gore Vidal , and I was maybe like a junior in college, or — yeah

  6. Texas Toast: What A Tea Party Candidate's Win Means For Washington (The Note)

    Wed, 1 Aug 2012

    our response. @jaketapper : RIP Gore Vidal . I interviewed him 12 years ago www.salon.com/2000/09/20/ vidal _5/ ... Quite an experience One hopes it is the same half-> Gore Vidal @jonward11 : my guess is the Romney

News

  1. 5 Things To Know This Morning

    Wed, 1 Aug 2012

    freestyle. 5. Author Gore Vidal Dead at 86 American writer Gore Vidal has died. Vidal was best known for novels such as " Burr " and "Myra Breckenridge," his play " The Best Man " and voluminous articles

  2. American Author, Playwright Gore Vidal Dead at 86

    Wed, 1 Aug 2012

    Author and playwright Gore Vidal , who unsuccessfully cause of death. Vidal 's nephew, Burr Steers, said he Associated Press. Vidal had been living Tony-nominated play " The Best Man ." " The City and the Pillar " was one of the

  3. Tony Awards: A List of the Winners at the 2012 Tony Awards

    Mon, 11 Jun 2012

    play "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman" " Gore Vidal 's The Best Man " "Master Class" "Wit" Revival of a musical Miller's Death of a Salesman" James Earl Jones, " Gore Vidal 's The Best Man " Frank Langella, "Man and Boy" John Lithgow

  4. Candice Bergen Had a Stroke, Still Suffers From Memory Loss

    Thu, 29 Mar 2012

    said. "I just don't care enough, and in a way it's saved me." Bergen is making her Broadway debut in " Gore Vidal 's The Best Man ." While she was nervous about doing theater - "I had no confidence in my memory," she said - she's now

  5. Excerpt: 'Weather Matters: An American Cultural History Since 1900,' by Bernard Mergen

    Wed, 2 Sep 2009

    mental and spiritual towers where real and imaginary winds blow. Weather in the work of novelists--George R. Stewart, Gore Vidal , Rick Moody, Jean Thompson, Clint McCown, Paul Quarrington--is the avatar of chance. Necessity, the laws of science

  6. Amazon restores rankings for gay-themed books

    Wed, 15 Apr 2009

    Handler's My Horizontal Life and from such classics as Gore Vidal 's The City and the Pillar and James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. "What kind of a childish game is this?" Vidal said Monday. "Why don't they just burn the

  7. 'Glitch' or Hacker? Gay Titles Deep-Sixed at Amazon

    Mon, 13 Apr 2009

    Monday many books that had previously lost their rankings were showing them again, including works by James Baldwin and Gore Vidal . "Many books have now been fixed and we're in the process of fixing the remainder as quickly as possible, and we

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Videos

  1. John Stamos, Kristen Davis Star in Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man'

    Tue, 31 Jul 2012

    FOR YEARS. THEY'RE LIGHTING UP BROADWAY IN " THE BEST MAN " GORE VIDAL 'S PRODUCTION. KRISTIN DAVIS AND JOHN STAMOS BEST POSSIBLE WAY. IT'S SO ALIVE. IT'S GORE VIDAL 'S " THE BEST MAN ." COME TO BROADWAY AND SEE IT. KRISTEN AND

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    CHANGES YOUR LIFE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. IT'S SO ALIVE. IT'S GORE VIDAL'S " THE BEST MAN COME TO BROADWAY AND SEE IT. KRISTEN AND JOHN, THANK YOU. MUCH MORE HERE ON THE
  2. Stamos, Shepherd and Davis Take Over Gore Vidal's Broadway Hit, 'The Best Man'

    Tue, 17 Jul 2012

    broadway? Yes, it is. I'm thrilled to be here. Gore vidal is a friend of mine. The minute I got the play, i said with you today. Thank you. And run, don't walk. " The best man ," playing on broadway right now. You're going to

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    on this couch with you today. Thank you. And run, don't walk. " The best man ," playing on broadway right now. You're going to continue to see it.
  3. Gore Vidal Dead at 86

    Wed, 1 Aug 2012

    influenced a generation has passed away author and playwright Gore Vidal works. Include the novels Lincoln and Myra Breckenridge and his Tony nominated play. The best man was just revived on Broadway but was also known for his

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    literary celebrity who influenced a generation has passed away author and playwright Gore Vidal -- works. Include the novels Lincoln and Myra Breckenridge and his Tony nominated play. The best man was just revived on Broadway but -- -- was also known for his outsize personality and scathing -- -- was a star
  4. Rihanna and Robert Kardashian Hang Out Together

    Mon, 27 Aug 2012

    she got a big smile for the cameras outside the Gerald Schoenfeld theatre she's appearing in and the revival of Gore Vidal the best man but and they began dating back in May. And sit source told in touch magazine they're very different people she

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    the Gerald Schoenfeld theatre she's appearing in and -- the revival of Gore Vidal the best man but and they began dating back in May. And sit source told in touch magazine they're very different people she spoke sub
  5. Good Afternoon America (07.31.12)

    Tue, 31 Jul 2012

    up TV superstar is taking over Broadway John and Kristin Davis. Okay. they're now lighten up Broadway in Gore Vidal is the best man . One of the great tests. We've seen in some time and they are too great parts of the Kristin Davis and John

    The Best Man found at 26:50

    Kristin Davis. -- Okay. -- -- they're now lighten up Broadway in Gore Vidal is the best man . One of the great tests. We've seen in some time and they are too great parts of the Kristin Davis and John
  6. World News (08.01.12)

    Wed, 1 Aug 2012

    knee and Erica Kristy said yes by the way cubs scored nine runs in one minute. And he was an intellectual flame thrower Gore Vidal who road eight plays 26 novels and fourteen screenplays. Died yesterday he was also a sensation in the days when television

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    nine runs in one minute. And he was an intellectual flame thrower Gore Vidal who road eight plays 26 novels and fourteen screenplays. Died yesterday he was also a sensation in the days when television like
  7. Decoding Campaign Ad Messages

    Thu, 8 Dec 2011

    who is preparing to run for president should automatically by definition be disqualified. From ever doing so. So said Gore Vidal but like it or not they're often running and some of what they're saying might seem perfectly nice. you really listen

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    should automatically by definition be disqualified. From ever doing so. So said Gore Vidal but like it or not they're often running and some of what they're saying might seem perfectly nice. -- -- you really
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  1. PHOTO: In this Dec. 9, 1974 file photo of author Gore Vidal, who died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86.

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