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Close PAGE ONE DECEMBER 3, 2009 Unbuttoned or Plunging, 'Heavage' Is Back; No '70s Hair Carpets, Please, Wisps Only By RAY A. SMITH Man cleavage -- plunging necklines slit open to reveal chest hair, pectoral muscles, maybe more -- is back.

I finally finished "Sunnyside, "A the huge second novel from Glen David Gold, who scored a critically acclaimed best seller in 2001 with "Carter Beats the Devil," a magic-realist historical novel about a mostly forgotten stage magician from the 1920s.

Given its appearance just two years after the thematically similar Technicolor headliner, The Adventures of Robin Hood , The Mark of Zorro might have turned out to be rather redundant.

In 1919, Johnston McCulley introduced the character of Zorro in the novella The Curse of Capistrano .

Kirby reviews the latest wave of Walt Disney Treasures, Zorro: The Complete First and Second Seasons .

Dressed in black from head to toe, wearing a mask and cape, this rooftop-hopping hero only comes out at night to avenge the oppressed.

Between the private beach and butler service, a new resort on Rhode Island's shore promises to be among New England's most luxurious when it opens in June.

The 28th annual Three Rivers Film Festival, presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers, runs from Fri., Nov.

Steve Martin, above, will cohost the Oscars with Alec Baldwin. Telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said Martin and Baldwin are "the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars." The producers have said they hope to resurrect Oscar's ratings and make the show more fun by building on the changes introduced at February's ceremony, which ...

It feels familiar - the boxy white plastered exterior, red tile roof, the ubiquitous arches, soaring ceilings and foot-thick interior walls.

Given that Wall Street has turned the myths of Sherwood Forest upside down, the timing was perfect over the weekend for the seventh biennial meeting of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies at the University of Rochester .

The Eastman House and the University of Rochester are celebrating Robin Hood this weekend, culminating in a screening of the rousing Douglas Fairbanks film about the beloved hero of Sherwood Forest.

If things had worked out just a little differently, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, where Robert Kennedy was gunned down in 1968, might have become a Wal-Mart or one of Donald Trump's gaudy creations.

Conference at Rochester Looks at Timeless Hero's Status as a Creature of the Media The hero of Sherwood Forest is one of the best-known outlaws in history for launching attacks on the wealthy and the wicked in order to steal from the rich and give to the poor.

In early Hollywood there lived a King. He was married to a Queen. Her name was Mary, and she was a Golden Girl.

Shooting stars A Dean Elizabeth Daley addresses alumni, students and faculty at the unveiling of the cinema schoola s star Thursday.

Mary Pickford has often been referred to as the Muse of the Movies. But, what she is really known for is her influential role in establishing American Cinema and Hollywood as the capital of the Entertainment Industry.

Talking pictures Wow. Just, wow! Between Rob Zombie's pointless sequel to his remake of the horror movie "Halloween," the insipid kids film "Shorts" and the obnoxious "All About Steve," which is probably the worst movie in Sandra Bullock's career, this has to be one of the most brutal, weeks-long stretches in movie releases in quite some time.

American novelist, essayist, short story writer, screenwriter, lecturer, playwright and poet Ray Bradbury has more than 500 published works to his name.

American novelist, essayist, short story writer, screenwriter, lecturer, playwright and poet Ray Bradbury has more than 500 published works to his name.