How 'King's Speech' Can Beat 'Social Network' at the Oscars

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How ‘King’s Speech’ Can Beat ‘Social Network’ at the Oscars
Stephen Galloway There’s still time for Harvey Weinstein to work his magic against longtime rival Scott Rudin’s Golden Globe-winning movie — if he plays hardball. read more
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Some of my favorite books


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Niki Burnham Sticky Fingers.
Alice Walker The Color Purple.
Elie Wiesel Night.
Danielle Steel Miracle.
Andre Dubus House of Sand and Fog.
Dan Brown Angels and Demons.
Stephen King DreamCatcher.
John Grisham The Brethren.
John Connolly Bad Men.
Not displayed – Gary Paulsen Hatchet.

If you want a review of any of these above, just comment. I wont blab here.

Budapest: The Fishermen’s Bastion: Side Relief on St. Stephen’s Statue


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Saint Stephen I (Hungarian: I. (Szent) István, Slovak: (Svätý) Štefan I.) (967/969/975, Esztergom, Hungary – 15 August 1038, Esztergom, Hungary), Grand Prince of the Magyars (997-1000/1001) and the first King of Hungary (1000/1001-1038). Stephen was born under the pagan Turkic name "Vajk", but was baptised as "Stephen" in his childhood. Following the death of his father, Géza, Stephen became the Grand Prince of the Magyarsain, but he could only strengthen his rule when he defeated his relative, Koppány. Shortly afterwards, he claimed and received a crown from the pope and he became the first King of Hungary. Stephen extended his rule in the Carpathian Basin with force by defeating several local chieftains. He maintained peace with the Holy Roman Empire during the first three decades of his reign, and later he could withdraw the attacks of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. Stephen established ten dioceses in his kingdom and he issued severe decrees against pagan customs and in favor of the Christian faith in order to strengthen Christianity among his subjects. He organised several counties (vármegye) in Hungary and his decrees could ensure the internal peace in his kingdom. Based on his acts, he is generally considered as the founder of Hungary. Following the death of his son, Emeric, Stephen wanted to ensure the maintenance of the Christianity in his kingdom and therefore he named his sister’s son, the Venetian Peter Urseolo as his heir instead of his cousin, Vazul whom he suspected following pagan customs and ordered him blinded. Stephen was canonised, together with his son and Bishop Gerard of Csanád, on August 20, 1083 and he become one of the most popular saints in Hungary.
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Stephen King Trivia!
My girlfriend and I picked up a collection of short stories by Stephen King called “Just After Sunset” and we are really enjoying it. It’s a good read, has great imagery, but most of the stories aren’t really scary.

What King novel is really scary yet has that “can’t wait to find out what happens next” feeling? I’m thinking we might shy away from ones we’ve seen the movie adaptation of since we don’t want that to taint our read.

Answer by Cableguy
Misery and the Stand are my favorites he has done. Just stay away from the gunslinger series and the rest are good Tommy Knockers is my least favorite