'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Elizabeth Colbert Busch remembers watching the funeral of Robert Kennedy on television, with her younger brother Stephen _ now the star of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" _ sitting in her lap. She said to herself, "Someday, if they let women run for office, I'm going to."
Elizabeth Colbert Busch remembers watching the funeral of Robert Kennedy on television, with her younger brother Stephen _ now the star of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" _ sitting in her lap. She said to herself, "Someday, if they let women run for office, I'm going to."
Abbie Hoffman sobbed that fateful night at the Manhattan apartment of fellow activist Jerry Rubin. So did Rubin and Allen Ginsberg. John Lennon was drunk, and out of control, shouting "Up the Revolution!" in mock celebration of a dream defeated.
Abbie Hoffman sobbed that fateful night at the downtown Manhattan apartment of fellow activist Jerry Rubin. So did Rubin and Allen Ginsberg. John Lennon was drunk, and out of control, shouting "Up the Revolution!" in mock celebration of a dream defeated.
Entertainer Andy Williams was remembered Sunday for a smooth voice that could soothe the soul, an inviting smile and a warmth that became synonymous with Christmas as celebrities and fans alike gathered for a memorial tribute at his Moon River Theatre in the southwest Missouri town he adopted as his home.
Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened the door to his successful candidacy.
For the older _ OK, squarer _ side of the generation gap, Andy Williams was part of the soundtrack of the 1960s and `70s, with easy-listening hits such as "Moon River," the "Love Story" theme and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from his beloved Christmas TV specials.
For the older _ OK, squarer _ side of the generation gap, Andy Williams was part of the soundtrack of the 1960s and `70s, with easy-listening hits like "Moon River," the "Love Story" theme and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" from his beloved Christmas TV specials.
Andy Williams, the silky-voiced, clean-cut crooner, whose hit recording "Moon River" and years of popular Christmas TV shows brought him fans the world over has died, his publicist said. He was 84.
Mary Richardson Kennedy, the 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who was found dead of an apparent suicide last week at her home in Bedford, was remembered for her generosity of spirit by family and friends at a private memorial Monday.
Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the latest member of that charmed and cursed family to fall victim to tragedy and inner demons.
Ethel Kennedy prefers coming to the Sundance Film Festival when she's not the star of a movie.
Ethel Kennedy prefers coming to the Sundance Film Festival when she's not the star of a movie.
"Mad Men," the sharply observed drama of a changing 1960s America, captured 19 Emmy nominations Thursday to lead the series pack, with the melodramatic miniseries "Mildred Pierce," starring Kate Winslet, grabbing a top 21 bids.
"Mad Men," the sharply observed drama of a changing 1960s America, captured 19 Emmy nominations Thursday to lead the series pack, with the melodramatic miniseries "Mildred Pierce" starring Kate Winslet grabbing a top 21 bids.
Mr. Kennedy, 29, said one uninsured man worried about the cost of care delayed going to the hospital for pneumonia until it became difficult for him to breathe.
"I always had a vision that Africans and African-Americans should come together and benefit one another. We are the only people that are from nowhere. Cesar Chavez is a Mexican-American, Robert Kennedy is an Irish-American ... Where do blacks come from?" he said.
