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March 22nd, 2010
The Liars' Club author discusses worshipping art, getting sober, becoming Catholic, and writing Lit
Considering the harrowing stories of her Texas youth — plagued by the alcohol, drugs, violence and general mayhem she recounted in The Liars' Club (1995) ...
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March 2nd, 2010
Busted Halo vs. America Magazine..."and the WINNER is"
You'd think they would have given Up by now. After two consecutive years of getting An Education in Oscar prognosticating, Fr. Jim Martin SJ and ...
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March 1st, 2010
Author Tony Hendra on Carlin's "sortabiography"
When George Carlin died in 2008 at the age of 71, American comedy lost one of the sharpest and truest voices it had ...
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February 18th, 2010
Looking back at life and death through the eyes of a 10-year-old
For Kathleen Erin Daly
The outside cover of Natalie Babbit's 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting poses just one question — what would you do if you could ...
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January 19th, 2010
This absurd but brutally honest animated comedy pushes the limits
A ventriloquist's cartoonish dummy can vocalize insults that would earn the ventriloquist himself a punch in the nose. In much the same way, on "harmless ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1930-2009)
Did any among us not grow up with Disney? Children of the 40s marked their years with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, ...
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December 31st, 2009
A near-Irishman salutes Frank McCourt (1930-2009)
Also check out the latest Busted Halo Cast about Frank McCourt.
Deanna, my ex-girlfriend, grew up in Boston. Recalling her early home life, she ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1975 - 2009)
Hallett during better timesI love a good rags-to-riches story. A vampire spin-off is not the usual definition of riches, ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1952 - 2009)
There are some famous people that seem so kind and so genuine that I am glad they are somewhere in the world. I don't need ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1949 - 2009)
It is impossible to create and not expose yourself. In fiction, music or memoir, there is the beating heart of the writer's own life experiences ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1923 - 2009)
During that third week of June when we lost King of Pop and the Queen of Pinup on the same day, it was easy for ...
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December 31st, 2009
Recollections of mass and Sunday brunch with the professional wrestling legend
"Captain" Lou Albano (1933-2009) — professional wrestling legend and star of Cyndi Lauper videos — was what my grandmother called "a nice Italian boy." Never ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1986-2009)
It was just the beginning of the season... the April dew still lingered on the short blades of grass, the electricity and excitement for a ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1958 –2009)
While music fans often cling to memories of their first concert experience, I vividly remember the very first music video I watched — Michael Jackson's ...
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December 31st, 2009
1932-2009
I read John Updike's Rabbit series when I was 22, living with nuns in the North Bronx. Perhaps needless to say, I had a lot ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1973–2009)
After collaborating with numerous musicians and dabbling in acting, ...
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December 20th, 2009
Spiritual Seekers Adventure (on a Budget)
BUSTED HALO® SPIRITUAL SEEKERS ADVENTURE 2010
Last year we had an enormous response to the Spiritual Seekers Adventure trips we were offering to the Camino in Spain as well as our arts & culture trip ...
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December 14th, 2009
A Holiday message from the Busted Halo staff
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December 9th, 2009
Audio interview from the Busted Halo Show w/ Fr. Dave Dwyer
Father Dave talks with the incredibly talented author, Anne Rice! One of America's most read and celebrated authors, Anne Rice is known for weaving the ...
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November 19th, 2009
Professor James Fisher, author of On the Irish Waterfront
With a shock of sandy blonde hair that perpetually seems to be on the verge of revolt and a conversation style that is best described ...
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