Hattie McDaniel News

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry shares images of underwater wonders he's captured over three decades in an appearance at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Byham Theater.

At the time, with its full overture and closing music, producer David O. Selznick's 1939 adaption of Margaret Mitchell's beloved novel was, at 2 minutes shy of four hours, the longest movie ever made.

On February 26, we are, I think, likely to see Viola Davis walk to the stage to accept a Best Actress Oscar for playing a maid.

The sentimental film reminds me how far the United States, and Hollywood in particular, has to go.

Ridgefield, Conn.: To Voicer Tanya Bonner: Mammy was the strongest, most loving character in "Gone With the Wind," and Hattie McDaniel loved playing her.

When the name Hattie McDaniel is mentioned, the movie "Gone With the Wind" and the character of Mammy immediately come to mind.

Thieves recently pulled off a cold-hearted heist at ReStore, Habitat for Humanity's home-improvement and building supply store in Santa Rosa.