Sarah Korones, Wetpain After 17 years of marriage, legendary director Clint Eastwood and his wife Dina have gone their separate ways in what is turning out to be the most amicable divorce in history. In a recent appearance on Bethenny Frankel’s talk show, 48-year-old Dina opened up about […]
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White House reverses, says Obama met uncle and lived with him during law school
Onyango Obama, the uncle of U.S. President Barack Obama, arrives for a hearing at a federal immigration court in Boston, Massachusetts, December 3, 2013. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama lived briefly with his Kenyan-born uncle while attending law school, the White House said on Thursday, reversing earlier […]
Makers of film on Oakland’s recyclers await word from Sundance……….
Filmmakers hope ‘Dogtown Redemption,’ a compassionate look at people eking out a living by recycling, wins a slot at Sundance. Amir Soltani, right, producer/director of “Dogtown Redemption,” talks to Dee, one of many recyclers he has befriended at West Oakland’s Alliance Recycling Center. The documentary, […]
A novelist learns to write
Lanny Jones – Writer Pia de Jong in her garden in Princeton, NJ. Pia de Jong is an author living in Princeton, N.J. The huge elm lay on its side in front of my house like a capsized ship. It was still alive, still breathing, saturated […]
U of Alabama ends ‘whites only’ sororities
Four black women were admitted to traditionally all-white sororities at the University of Alabama Friday. Earlier this month, two black women were passed over by all-white sororities because of pressure from alumnae. Univ. of Alabama student Will Gonzalez speaks during a protest of the university’s […]
Deleon Post and special report 