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'Seven Samurai' at 70: Kurosawa's epic still moves like nothing else
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 16 minutes agoNEW YORK (AP) — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But...
It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading
Airdrie City View· 37 minutes agoIn the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown's ...
How sport and poetry make the perfect match
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 hours agoIn fact, poetry remained a fixture at the Olympics throughout the early part of the 20th century. The French visionary who revived the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin ...
The Wide, Wide World of Judy Chicago
New York Times· 4 hours agoThe 84-year-old American is perhaps best known for her groundbreaking feminist installation “The Dinner Party,” but she is an artist with a formidable...
What you didn’t learn in history class about California's flag
Los Angeles Times· 5 hours agoIt’s a story rooted in a cunning land grab by white insurgents who hastily drew a rough image of a...
Vintage photos show what Coney Island's 4th of July celebrations used to look like
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoThe first official winner of the contest was a woman named Melody Andorfer. A man eats hotdogs at...
Wisconsin Top Court to Decide if Criminal Law Outlaws Abortion
Bloomberg Law· 5 hours agoThe Wisconsin Supreme Court will review a lower court decision holding that a state 19th century feticide law doesn’t criminalize elective abortions. The justices on Tuesday ...
Bad Sisters star Duff to return to London stage
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoFirst performed in 1939, The Little Foxes is set in a small town in Alabama in the early 20th Century. It focuses on the greed and ambition of Regina...
Is American dream creating cricket’s new promised land?
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 8 hours agoFollowing the conclusion of the T20 World Cup, three cricketers with roots around the world explain...
He was Leslie Van Houten's 'hippie lawyer.' Then, he defied Manson
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 8 hours agoRonald Hughes was supposed to be another puppet, a neophyte attorney who would be easily manipulated...
