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Woman Around Town: Georgette Mosbacher–Country Girl

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town

Highland, Indiana seems a long way from Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. But after talking with Georgette Mosbacher, CEO of Borghese Cosmetics and Republican fundraiser, one gets

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Warrior—Fighting For Family

Thursday, February 9th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

It’s not usual to cry at the end of a martial arts film, but Warrior is not the typical martial arts movie. Written, produced, and

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127 Hours and Our Town—Films to See Before the Oscars

Saturday, February 19th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Picture this: You want to see a movie, either at the theater or on pay TV. Looking over the available listings, you come up with

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Tina Sloan—Changing Shoes, Changing Lives

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

Actress Tina Sloan spent 26 years on the CBS daytime drama, Guiding Light, so it’s fitting that she is now proving to be a guiding

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The Hurt Locker—Defusing Bombs in an Explosive Iraq

Sunday, February 21st, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

Every war produces a plethora of films. World War II gave us everything from 1947′s The Best Years of Our Life to 1998′s Saving Private

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Aftermath: Iraqis Reflect on Life After Saddam

Sunday, September 6th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

On March 20, 2003, U.S. troops marched into Iraq to free the country from the iron rule of Saddam Hussein. People cheered as the statue

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Touched By an Angel—And No One Else

Saturday, September 5th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

By Charlene Giannetti Offering fellow Catholics the sign of peace has always been a confusing part of the mass. Some people hug, even kiss. Others

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Florencia Lozano—Stealing the Scene

Sunday, August 9th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town

Perfect Stranger, the 2007 thriller starring Halle Berry and Bruce Willis, was not a box office hit. The director shot several different endings, apparently unsure

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