Oct 12th, 2008 · Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme cast Anne Hathaway — an actress best known for sweetheart roles — as a recovering drug addict in his new film, Rachel Getting Married. He talks about that decision and how he got involved in the project.
Jul 18th, 2008 · Jo Stafford was a favorite entertainer of soldiers during World War II. Stafford and her husband, pianist Randy Weston, also performed a bad cabaret act as their alter egos, Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. Stafford died of congestive heart failure Sunday. She was 90.
Feb 26th, 2008 · An increasing number of people are being taken by con artists they meet on Internet dating sites. We offer tips on how to keep safe from these expensive heartbreakers.
Feb 14th, 2008 · In commemoration of Valentine's Day, the program examines how stringent visa rules keep many Americans separated from their foreign-born sweethearts. Wendy Brown, whose fiancé, an Albanian native, has been unable to get a U.S. visa tells her story. Brown is joined by Washington Post reporter Karin Brulliard.
Jan 18th, 2008 · Anna and Joseph Wise, childhood sweethearts, were married for nearly six decades. Now 96, she has outlived him for 16 years and wonders how "you get through almost anything."
Aug 17th, 2007 · Full-bore, Italian "verismo" meets the American frontier, in Puccini's Girl of the Golden West, from Glimmerglass Opera. Minnie is a golden-hearted woman serving a Deadwood-style mining camp as everyman's sister, teacher, mother and sweetheart -- until a mysterious stranger comes to town, and she falls in love with the wrong guy.
Feb 15th, 2006 · Democrats are fuming after this week's New York Times report that oil companies will not pay royalties on tens of billions of dollars worth of oil taken from federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Critics call it a "sweetheart deal" but the break on royalties has a long history.
Feb 14th, 2006 · Valentine's Day has become pretty high-tech and sending your sweetheart a message is just a click away. But is it as much fun? Tech contributor Mario Armstrong examines the pros and cons of Internet-based affection.