Among musicians, cellists are known as incurable sentimentalists. This quality is half-humorously assumed, partly because of the tightlipped, tear-laden whine the instrument so easily develops in its upper register, partly because of the overenthusiastic use of that register by romantic composers
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Young Love
There’s a very thin line between being thrilled and being terrified, and Candice Feiring saw both emotions on her son’s face.
After Egypt’s Revolution: Christian-Muslim Violence Erupts
The angry, aggressive crowd formed within minutes of my arrival. Dozens of Muslim men, all in ankle-length galabias, came together in the middle of the dusty dirt path leading to the Church of the Two Martyrs in this poor Christian and Muslim village some 130 miles south of Cairo.
Books: The Chameleon Poet
JOHN KEATS by Walter Jackson Bate. 732 pages.
Eating Better Than Organic
Not long ago I had an apple problem.
Legally Blonde and Broadway’s Girl Appeal
“What’s the story, morning glory? / What’s the word, hummingbird?” That was Broadway teen talk back in the early ’60s, when the high school kids in Bye Bye Birdie gossiped about their friends in a game of telephone tag
Film heartthrob Patrick Swayze dies of cancer at 57
Patrick Swayze, whose hunky good looks and sympathetic performances in such films as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” made him a romantic idol to millions, died Monday.
Katherine Heigl taking ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ hiatus
Seattle Grace is losing another doctor — at least temporarily. Katherine Heigl, 30, is taking a leave of absence from “Grey’s Anatomy” to film a new movie, the romantic comedy “Life as We Know It.” An ABC rep cannot confirm the exact length of time she will be out of pocket — EW.com is reporting a 5-episode hiatus — but tells PEOPLE, “Katherine is taking time off to film a movie.