Springtime for Hitler, in Love With His Niece
HITLERS NIECE By Ron Hansen 310 pages. HarperCollins. $25. She called him Uncle Alf, he called her Princess. He would later declare that she was the only woman he ever loved. For two years the pair shared a house in Munich; then, in September 1931, she was found dead in the apartment, a gunshot wound in her chest, an apparent suicide. Though there were rumors of sexual perversion and whispered talk of murder, Geli Raubals death did not derail her uncles rise to political power. Hitler would not die for another 14 years, when he committed suicide in his bunker below the garden of the Reich chancellery in Berlin. The relationship between Hitler and Geli Raubal -- the daughter of his half-sister, Angela -- has long been the subject of speculation among biographers and historians seeking a psychosexual explanation for the sources of the Fuhrers evil. In his latest novel Ron Hansen mixes historical fact and imaginative speculation to try to flesh out the story of Hitler and his niece. The resulting story not only lacks the subtle narrative skills displayed in this authors earlier books (Marietta in Ecstasy, Nebraska) but also trivializes Hitlers historical crimes by dwelling, pruriently, on his private foibles.. Michiko Kakutani reviews Ron Hansen book Hitlers Niece; photo (M)
Metropolitan Diary
DEAR DIARY: One clear night recently I was chatting with friends as I walked home after class at New York University. To keep myself warm, I hugged my dissertation proposal notebook close to my chest. When I stepped off the curb, I found myself pitching forward, and to regain my balance I let the notebook slip from my arms.
Boot Hill: RIP RON MOODY
Moody is best known for the role of the criminal Fagin in the Charles Dickens adaptation ���Oliver!,��� a role that earned him Oscar and BAFTA nominations, as well as a Golden Globe win in 1969. The film received 11 Oscar��.
Ron Moody, indicado ao Oscar por Oliver!, morre aos 91 anos
O ator brit��nico Ron Moody, ganhador de um Globo de Ouro por seu papel no filme Oliver! (1968), morreu aos 91 anos, informou sua fam��lia nesta quarta-feira. Em comunicado, a vi��va, Therese, expressou seu grande pesar e assegurou que tanto a .
Acteur Ron Moody (91) overleden
De Engelse acteur Ron Moody is op 91-jarige leeftijd overleden. Hij speelde de hoofdrol van Fagin in de musicalfilm Oliver!, de verfilming van het boek Oliver Twist van Charles Dickens. Met deze rol won hij een Golden Globe en kreeg hij een .
RON MOODY, famous for playing Fagin in Oliver, dies aged.
LEGENDARY actor Ron Moody, who was best-known for playing Fagin in Oliver, has died aged 91.
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Im just looking for a way home, says the earthling astronaut John Crichton during the opening credits of Farscape. At the rate hes going, hell never make it. But that would be just fine with the fans of this off-kilter outer-space series, which begins its second season tonight on the Sci-Fi Channel. Invigorated by the shows weekly jolt of imagination overload, they hope that Crichton (played by Ben Browder) keeps drifting through the void with a mismatched bunch of intergalactic fugitives. Farscape, created by Rockne S. OBannon and packaged by the fantasymeisters at the Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, has more familiar elements than a periodic table. Youll find echoes of The Odyssey and Les Miserables, of The Wizard of Oz and Gilligans Island, and compounds distilled from Star Wars, Star Trek and maybe even Starbucks. Still, theres something special about this mixture: a grin-inducing strain of inspiration that seems to say, simply, Sit there, and Ill tell you a story.. Ron Wertheimer reviews second-season opening episode of Sci-Fi Channel television program Farscape; Ben Browder stars; photo (M)
Oliver! actor Ron Moody dies aged 91 | 4DailyNews.com
Actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the hit film version of Oliver!, has died aged 91, his family says. The British character actor was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for his performance in the 1968 Charles��.
Zomrel herec Ron Moody, p��sobil aj na Broadwayi
Rod��k z Lond��na, zn��my najm�� v��aka filmu Oliver! (1968), skonal v nemocnici po dlhej chorobe.BRATISLAVA 11. j��na (WEBNOVINY) - Vo veku 91 rokov dnes zomrel britsk�� herec Ron Moody. Smutn�� spr��vu potvrdila rodina zosnul��ho.
Scompare RON MOODY, protagonista del musical Oliver!
�� morto a 91 anni lattore britannico Ron Moody, vincitore di un Golden Globe nel 1968 per il suo ruolo di Fagin nel musical Oliver!. Ne ha dato conferma la sua famiglia. In una nota, la vedova di Moody, Teresa, ha espresso grande dolore affermando.
David Hepworths blog: The Ron Moody I didnt know
The death of Ron Moody has been announced. He was ninety-one. Ron lived at the bottom of my road and I used to see him from time to time, returning from the shops or ferrying his kids around. I always wanted to say��.
Gro��e Trauer: Golden Globe-Gewinner Ron Moody ist tot.
Im Alter von 91 Jahren. F��r die Filmindustrie d��rfte der heutige Tag von gro��er Trauer bestimmt sein. Nach Robert Chartoff (���81) erreicht jetzt auch die Meldung ��ber den Tod von Ron Moody die ��ffentlichkeit. Die traurige��.
Oliver! star RON MOODY dies at 91 �� Shropshire Star
Actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the hit film version of Oliver!, has died aged 91.
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Francine Prose’s wry novel of a young Albanian immigrant in New Jersey sets America in high relief, mordant and comic, light and dark.
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As the Democratic primaries reach a critical stage, partisan spirit is running high, and the presidential campaign is already verging on blood sport. George Washingtons birthday today serves as a reminder of how presidents can transcend politics and embody the national spirit. From the time he was recruited as commander in chief in 1775, Washington personified the often tenuous hope of unity among the 13 fractious colonies. With most of the early patriot blood spilled in Massachusetts, the second Continental Congress wanted a Southern general who could lend a national imprint to the struggle. Washington shed his Virginia identity and forged a Continental Army that tutored its green recruits into thinking of themselves as Americans.. Ron Chernow Op-Ed article on George Washington holds that celebration of his birthday serves as reminder of how presidents can transcend politics and embody national spirit; drawing (M)
RON MOODY ��r d��d - blev 91 ��r gammal
Moody avled p�� ett sjukhus under torsdagen. F��r Sky News ber��ttar ��nkan Therese om sorgen. ��� Han gav gl��dje till sin familj och tog sig in i m��nga m��nniskors hj��rtan. Han kommer att bli v��ldigt saknad. Han sj��ng till slutet, s��ger hon till sajten.
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“Defying Gravity,” a science-fiction series on ABC that begins on Sunday, has high-tech props and a spooky sci-fi mystery, but it is layered in feminine concerns.
The Doctor Who Morning Cuppa - 6/11 Edition
Remembering Ron Moody ��� the man who was almost the Doctor, examining the use of color in Doctor Who, best NuWho guest star, and Rorys Roriest moments! Happy Thursday morning, everyone. Today the world is mourning the loss of Sir Christopher .
Metropolitan Diary
DEAR Diary: After having lived nearly all my life in apartments in various parts of New York City, I recently moved to my first house, in suburban Metuchen, N.J. One weekend morning, feeling a bit overwhelmed by the demands of home ownership, I found myself in the local hardware store buying supplies for the latest repair project. A harried-looking fellow entered the store and quickly approached the register. Do you rent carpet shampooing machines? he asked. We do, the clerk said, but theyre all out. Thank God, the man responded with relief. I wasnt so lucky. -- ALAN STERN. Dear Diary: I have my feet in the wading pool at the West 93d Street playground on an extra-hot afternoon, baby-sitting my nieces children, 3 and 5, and watching what kids do with the hand-span, toe-deep stream that cuts across the playground and cascades down the three tiers of the miniature amphitheater that is the wading pool: Float your Zabars peanut-butter container down the stream with a leaf for a passenger till it tumbles down the waterfall. Walk down the stream one foot before the other, arms out like a high-wire artist. Scoop up water and join the permanent water fight. Gingerly lower your body to barely clear the waterfall; put just your tongue in the cold, rushing water. Lie down in the waterfall. Block the stream at the top of the waterfall with your plump bottom, then stand to let a brief Niagara leap from between your legs. Throw sand in the waterfall. Throw sand on the drain to see if you can clog it. Patch the drain with leaves. Put a plastic bag over the drain. Take high splashy steps around the deepening water of the moat (theres an island in the middle of the wading pool). Daringly jump across the moat. Be happily terrified when your watcher swings you back and forth so that your feet send up sheer sheets of water and arching strings of diamond droplets. Pull out the plastic-bag plug and wonder at the whirlpool. Try to make it whirl the other way. Run away when Aunt Barbara says its time to go. Get caught. Walk home in your wet bathing suit. When Mommy comes back and says: Did you have fun in the playground? Was the water on? just say, Yes. Hug her leg. Ask for a bagel with your spaghetti. -- BARBARA MICHALAK. The place is the lounge of the American Hotel in Sag Harbor, L.I., where Janet Jacobs and her husband, Ted Fine, are waiting for a table. Enter three well-dressed 30-something women. They look around for a while. One speaks. I ate here once in the 80s, she says. With that the trio exits.. Dear Diary: Whenever Im traveling on business, I make a point of calling my answering machine in New York every afternoon for my messages. The machine records what callers have to say for as long as they keep talking or until the tape runs out. On this particular day I had a message from my neighbor Tony, who called from his speaker phone. Just wanted to see if you were around for dinner or a movie, he said. Then I heard a slight click as he reached to turn off his speaker -- and missed. So it was that from my hotel room in Cleveland I listened to a half hour of Tony puttering around his kitchen, Tony singing snatches of Gilbert and Sullivan, Tony washing dishes. I kept waiting for him to notice his error and hang up so I could hear the rest of my messages. No such luck. After the third rendition of a Pirates of Penzance patter song the tape was used up and the line went dead. Not only would no one be able to leave a message for the rest of my trip but there would be a hefty long-distance charge on my next bill. Tony doesnt own an answering machine so I cant get revenge. But I am considering getting him a singing coach. -- BRUCE E. HALL. THE FRESHMAN Having moved quarts of clothes and stereos inside your pint-sized room we finally start to say our ivy-covered bittersweet so longs. And all the while I promise not to be surrounded by my maudlin memories: No thoughts of pig-tailed 4-year-olds on Daddy-driven seesaws or love-struck moody adolescents on endless cordless phone calls. Instead I am circled by future fantasies of wide-eyed college kids swept up in Western Civ and English Comp or tame gentle frat parties with light beer and late night laughter. And suddenly released from my ruminations we all squeeze these moments until you disappear into the freshman dorm kissing us and yesterday goodbye and hugging newborn notions of bold tomorrows. -- ROGER GRANET. The scene: The A.&P. deli counter in Little Silver, N.J. Dramatis personae: Woman shopper of a certain age; young deli clerk with punk haircut and three earrings in one ear; Jeannette B. Molzer, who overhears the following dialogue: Shopper: What does the turkey pastrami look like? Clerk: Pretty weird, actually. Shopper: Ill take half a pound, please.. Dear Diary: Strolling beneath an oak tree on Austin Street in Forest Hills, Queens, the other day, I was conked on the head by a falling acorn. At the time I was more amused than annoyed. Later I bgan to wonder how many other innocent pedestrians had also been so thumped. Was it a common occurrence? How many people were struck, say, on a given day? Were there statistics on such a phenomenon? Early the next morning I returned to the scene. I counted the number of passers-by. I kept score of dropping acorns. Seventeen fell within 30 minutes. Three found their marks. The victims all had the same reaction. At first they appeared dazed by the surprise attack. Then, standing neath the row of trees, they gazed up to the sky. No one cursed. No one gestured angrily. No one sneered. Rather, each seemed strangely pleased, beguiled that Mother Nature had chosen them for a thumping. It was as if the acorn, when it conked them on the bean, had imparted a touch of wisdom along with a dose of good cheer. As far as I could tell not one of the thumped exhibited a loss of faith or disillusionment in city life. Thats rather amazing, dont you think? -- ERNEST SLYMAN
Fagin star RON MOODY was dragged into acting (From Daily.
Ron Moody, who will forever be associated with role of Fagin in Oliver!, was on his way to becoming a sociologist when he fell into acting. The Londoner got his first taste of showbusiness aged 16 when he worked as a wages clerk at Elstree��.
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Britains Moody, famed for Fagin in Oliver!, dead at 91
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the movie version of Oliver! and on stage, died on Thursday at the age of 91, his agent said. Moody was nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards in 1968 for his performance in the .
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NY Daily News: LONDON ��� British actor Ron Moody, best known for playing Fagin in the 1968 film Oliver! has died aged 91. Posted by Bill Crider at 11:48 AM �� Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to��.
Oliver! star Ron Moody dies at 91
His agent said Mr Moody, who died in hospital, had been ill for some time. He was born Ronald Moodnick in north London and played the role of the master criminal in the stage version of the musical in the West End and on Broadway before making the film.
Fallece actor brit��nico Ron Moody, ganador de un Globo de Oro
Ron Moody 11 de junio de 2015, 09:24Londres, 11 jun (PL) El nonagenario actor brit��nico Ron Moody, cuyo papel en la pel��cula Oliver (1968) le vali�� un Globo de Oro, falleci�� a la edad de 91 a��os, seg��n informaron hoy miembros de su familia.
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RON MOODY, Actor Best Known as Fagin in Oliver!, Dies at 91
Ron Moody, the British character actor who rose to prominence in the role of Fagin, Dickenss guru of thievery, in ���Oliver!,��� the stage and movie versions of ���Oliver Twist,��� died on Thursday. He was 91. His wife, Therese Blackbourn, confirmed his death.
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RON MOODY died today: to have a good time we have a look at his absolute best moments as Fagin within the Oscar-successful musical Oliver! in addition to two interviews. day by day categorical :: motion pictures Feed.
COMIC BITS ONLINE: Oliver! actor Ron Moody dies aged 91
Actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the hit film version of Oliver!, has died aged 91, his family says. The British character actor was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for his performance in the 1968 Charles��.
Hollywood star Ron Moody dies aged 91
RON Moody has died aged 91. The Hollywood actor, who also played Fagin in Oliver!, also appeared in EastEnders. His widow Therese told the BBC he would be greatly missed. He brought joy to his family and to the hearts of many and will be greatly .
Gro��e Trauer: Golden Globe-Gewinner Ron Moody ist tot.
Im Alter von 91 Jahren. F��r die Filmindustrie d��rfte der heutige Tag von gro��er Trauer bestimmt sein. Nach Robert Chartoff (���81) erreicht jetzt auch die Meldung ��ber den Tod von Ron Moody die ��ffentlichkeit. Die traurige��.
Shoulder It, Men: Padding Is Back; American Shoulder It, Men: Padding Is Back French American/Italian English
EVEN men who shrug at fashion will probably find themselves in jackets with padded shoulders this fall. Broad shoulders are back, casual is out and dressy is in. And for whatever ominous reasons, so are dark, moody colors.
Not a sheep: RON MOODY RIP - Reviewing The Situation.
Ron Moody RIP - Reviewing The Situation from Celebrate Oliver! https://youtu.be/jXA58mVyv24. Posted by Not a sheep at 14:49 �� Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest��.
RON MOODY nominated for Oscar role in 1968 film Oliver!
Ron Moody nominated for Oscar role in 1968 film Oliver! Actor Ron Moody who played Fagin in hit musical film Oliver! has died aged 91 say his family. Shame of Thrones: Hilarious things. Read More · 1:34min · Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss wins.
British Actors Sir Christopher Lee, Ron Moody Pass Away; Fans Pay Tributes.
Legendary British actor, singer and author Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee and British character actor Ron Moody passed away at the age of 93 and 91 respectively. While Lee breathed his last on 7 June, Moody died on Thursday. However, reports of .
RON MOODY has passed away | Live for Films
Ron Moody, best know for his role as Fagin in the hit film version of Oliver!, has died aged 91. His widow Therese said ���He brought joy to his family and to the hearts of many and will be greatly missed. He was singing until the��.
Fagin star Ron Moody was dragged into acting
Ron Moody and the Oliver! cast meeting Michael Jackson in New York in 1984 (David Bookstaver/AP). Oscar nominee Moody, who is said to have once turned down the lead role in Doctor Who, also wrote novels and musicals of his own and kept working into .
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Legendary British actor Ron Moody, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Fagin in the movie musical Oliver!, has died at the age of 91. Source:: WENN ��� Blog. Spread Love: Facebook �� Twitter �� Reddit �� Pinterest��.
Oliver actor RON MOODY dies aged 91 | The Jewish Chronicle
Ron Moody, the actor who won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver!, has died aged 91. Mr Moody, who was also nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 1968 musical film, died early on Thursday��.
RON MOODY, the original Fagin, dies aged 91
Ron Moody, who created the role of Fagin in Lionel Barts musical Oliver!, has died aged 91. He died in hospital on Thursday having been ill for some time, his agent confirmed. Moodys widow Therese said: He brought joy to his family and to the hearts.
RON MOODY Is 90 - The Awl
I have heard an argument made that Ron Moodys portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! takes a character who is an anti-Semitic stereotype to begin with and blows the big-nosed doors off, but I have to say that I cannot keep from loving��.