Nov 20th, 2008 · The teen vampire movie "Twilight" opens in theaters on Friday. The movie follows the best-selling series of romance-thriller novels, set in the small and rainy hamlet of Forks on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Despite its remoteness, the town has become a pilgrimage destination for readers from around the world.
Aug 26th, 2008 · The two collaborated on the new Steve Coogan comedy, about a failed actor and overzealous drama teacher who mounts a musical sequel to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · Slate's Mark Jordan Legan reviews film reviews for Death Race, House Bunny, and Hamlet 2.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · Steve Coogan stars as an Arizona drama teacher inspired to save his failing theater program — with a musicalized sequel to the best-known drama in the English language. The results? Tragically funny.
Jul 22nd, 2007 · Shakespeare's Hamlet is among his most well-known and oft-performed plays. Every director has his or her version of Hamlet - host Liane Hansen speaks with Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and actor Jeffrey Carlson, who plays the title role, in this most recent adaptation of the Bard's work.
Mar 16th, 2007 · Was Hamlet criminally responsible for killing his ex-girlfriend's father, Polonius? That is the question argued in a mock trial, part of a Shakespeare festival in Washington, D.C. Lawyers Abbe Lowell and Miles Ehrlich presented oral arguments before a jury.
Mar 5th, 2007 · Los Angeles writer Veronique de Turenne reviews the novel The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig. It's a retelling of Hamlet in modern-day England.
Jan 24th, 2007 · Some residents of the hamlet of Katonah , N.Y., are miffed that their neighbor, Martha Stewart, is trying to trademark the village's name. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is selling some furniture as part of a "Katonah Collection." The company has said Stewart named the line to honor her new hometown. But not everyone feels honored.