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3 By Rex Reed 10/25/11 7:13pm

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Jones and Yelchin.

Like Crazy, The Rare Rom-Com About Young Love Where Sanity Prevails

Like Crazy is an endearing film about intelligent young people (what a relief) and the resilience it takes for their love to overcome geography. Anna (enchanting Felicity Jones) is a British college student with the most beguiling eyes since Jean Simmons’s, earning credits for a series of writing courses in California. Jacob (Anton Yelchin) studies furniture design and lives with his widowed mom. They’re both only children who find in each other the humor, caring, togetherness and sense of belonging they never had before. Refreshingly languid in giving the two students time to think and grow and get to know each other, the film moves into their hearts and so will you. Read More

By Dana Rubinstein 5/12/10 12:39pm

California Steaming

In 2006, just as the real estate market was nearing its sharp crest, California came marching into New York City.

In deal after deal, the Golden State's two main pension funds—the California Public Employees' Retirement System and the California State Teachers' Retirement System, which collectively manage a mammoth $330 billion on behalf of teachers and civil Read More

By Steve Cohen 1/30/09 4:58pm

Building a Sustainable Auto

The power of the American Presidency to move the environmental agenda was never more apparent than during President Obama's recent directive to EPA to reconsider California's request to set tighter air emission and fuel efficiency standards. Under the Clean Air Act, California has long had the authority to exceed federal standards and typically it has Read More

By Steve Kornacki 2/06/08 4:48am

McCain: I Am Winning

McCain in his speech, which was delivered just as the California results were starting to come in: "We are the front-runners for the Republican nomination for President of the United States." Does he have a hunch about how the Golden State is heading?

By Jason Horowitz 2/02/08 9:55pm

College Crowd to Clinton in East L.A.: Yes You Can

Who knew that policy initiatives could get such a reaction on college campuses?

In a rally this morning at California State University in East L.A., Hillary Clinton used words like “affordable,” “student loan” and “apprenticeship training” to elicit cheers from the audience.

Sure, there were cameos Sally Field and Magic Johnson and music from the underappreciated Read More


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