Mar 6th, 2010 · In the past few weeks, Washington insiders have been riveted by newspaper and magazine stories about President Obama and his relationship with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. It's a storyline almost identical to a fictional one from The West Wing.
Mar 6th, 2010 · In the past few weeks, Washington insiders have been riveted by newspaper and magazine stories about President Obama and his relationship with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. It's a storyline almost identical to a fictional one from The West Wing.
Mar 5th, 2010 · Despite its beautiful music, and a storyline filled with passionate romance, violent conflict and international intrigue, Vincenzo Bellini's Zaira was received coolly at its premiere, partially due to cutthroat musical politics.
Dec 13th, 2009 · A dictator's henchmen fatally poisons a former president in Chile. It sounds like the storyline from a political thriller, except it's true. Authorities say Augusto Pinochet's regime administered poison to former president Eduardo Frei during a hospital visit in 1981. He died weeks later, the truth unknown until now. The allegations come as Chile votes for a new president Sunday. NPR's Juan Forero reports.
Nov 23rd, 2009 · The seventh season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm capped a year-long storyline about Larry finally agreeing to a produce a reunion episode of Seinfeld which he co-created with Jerry Seinfeld. TV critic David Bianculli explains how both programs — the show and the show within the show — were a comedic coup and a perfect end to the season.
Nov 16th, 2009 · A new musical in London has an unusual storyline: The collapse in 2001 of the Houston-based energy company Enron. The play centers on former CEO Jeffrey Skilling and his efforts to make Enron a global corporate titan. It all plays out as a sort of Faust meets Citizen Kane.
Mar 30th, 2009 · Jane Austen is one of the most popular writers to rip off — or expand upon — of all time. Whether you've read the original Pride and Prejudice or not, commentator Madhulika Sikka says you've probably heard the storyline anyway.
Mar 20th, 2009 · The new movie Sin Nombre has a first-time director, actors you've never heard of, Spanish dialogue and a storyline about illegal immigration. The plot brings together a 12-year-old Honduran girl on an odyssey to North America and a teenage Mexican gang member running from a violent past.