Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Post Entertainment: "Letters from China" writer awarded $500,0000 MacArthur grant

Today's Entertainment and Lifestyle Headlines

"Letters from China" writer awarded $500,0000 MacArthur grant
Ridgway journalist Peter Hessler, whose "Letters from China" have been featured in The New Yorker since 2000, is one of 22 writers, artists and academics awarded this year's MacArthur Foundation genius grants.  


Today's Celebrity Buzz

People: Ryan Gosling says his exes were "the greatest"
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    Gossip - Bill Husted

    Parker: Denver hub airline Frontier pushes low fares in new ad campaign
    In Denver's lively low-fare airline war, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has fired the heaviest artillery with a barrage of television commercials lavishing love on the Mile High City.  


    Moms - Parenting

    Udall tries to block proposed school-lunch standards that limit starch intake
    New proposed school lunch standards have some members of the Colorado congressional delegation wrangling. Over potatoes. Both small and large, purple and brown and gray — but not sweet ones, it turns out. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suggested changing the rules on what can be served to more than 31 million kids — 394,683 in Colorado  


    Today's Movies

    New on DVD, 9/20/11
    Not much borrowed, a little blue and a lot raunchy describes this often hilarious comedy — co-written by star Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo — about a maid of honor who becomes increasingly unhinged as her best friend's wedding approaches.  


    Today's Style

    Man Lounge offers guys an escape from Denver wedding showcase
    On Friday evening, hundreds of spouses-to-be descended on the Denver Botanic Gardens' annual wedding showcase, navigating a swarm of florists, musicians, cake purveyors, wedding planners, photographers, dressmakers and others involved in the great American bridal industry.  


    Television - Joanne Ostrow

    Ostrow: "All My Children" becomes TV's latest soap opera casualty
    Even those of us who didn't follow "All My Children" can share the sense of loss at its passing. For 41 years, "AMC" was a mainstay of the broadcast schedule.  


    Society - Joanne Davidson

    RSVP: Heart of Hospice Award something to sing about
    Philanthropist Janet Mordecai, whose lead gift launched a capital campaign that enabled The Denver Hospice to build its inpatient, state-of-the-art Care Center at Lowry, is the recipient of the 2011 Heart of Hospice Award, and was honored at a dinner held in the Studio Loft at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.  


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