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• Downey Jr.’s Sherlock may become franchise
Rowling’s boy wizard tales has grossed $4.5 billion at worldwide box offices so far. ‘True to original’ The new Sherlock Holmes film is based on an original story by Lionel Wigram inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle books. “I really knew Sherlock ...
• ABOUT COSMIC LOG
For years, Abrahams has been compiling the Ig Nobel tales into a series of books that, yes, make you laugh and then make you think. And he'll keep on doing it until he runs out of wrong-way research and laughable science. Which isn't likely. "It's a ...
• Tale-telling online dater escapes rape charges
PHILADELPHIA - A man who told his dates tall tales of being a doctor, astronaut and spy was convicted Wednesday of two counts of sexual assault but found not guilty of raping seven women, who all told similar stories of blacking out or becoming ...
• 10 wacky complaints about air travel
James Wysong is a veteran flight attendant who has worked with two major international carriers. James recently released a new book, “ Flying High With A Frank Steward: More Air Travel Tales From the Flight Crew.” For more information about James ...
• The tourist vs. the traveler
Potts has written a new book, "Marco Polo Didn't Go There" (Traveler's Tales, $15). It collects many of his award-winning travel articles, which cover his attempt to crash the Thai set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie, to go native in the Australian ...