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Maurice Sendak's closest friends gathered in his hospital room _ playwright Tony Kushner, authors Brian Selznick and Gregory Maguire. Kushner brought jellybeans, while Maguire placed a picture of Lewis Carroll on the table beside Sendak's bed.
It's only the 84th year of the Academy Awards, yet the nostalgia factor feels as though Hollywood is celebrating a centennial of some sort.
The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance.
The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance.
This year's winners of the top prizes in children's literature were honored for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses its favorite toy.
Jack Gantos' "Dead End in Norvelt" has won the John Newbery Medal for the best children's book of 2011. Chris Raschka's "A Ball for Daisy" won the Randolph Caldecott award for best illustrated story.
Jack Gantos' "Dead End in Norvelt" has won the John Newbery Medal for the best children's book of 2011. Chris Raschka's "A Ball for Daisy" won the Randolph Caldecott Medal for best illustrated story.
Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese is in London's Leicester Square for the royal premiere of his first-ever 3D movie, "Hugo."
Martin Scorsese's first foray into 3-D filmmaking is audacious, reverential and visually astonishing.
Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese's longtime editor, warmly greets a reporter outside their Manhattan offices ahead of a screening of Mr. Scorsese's new 3-D fairy tale, "Hugo."
"They're old friends," Selznick said of the man-machine duo.
"That's when I found out it had hadn't worked for many years and was at the time in the basement and off-limits," Selznick said.
