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1 hr ago | ThinkProgress

The First 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Trailer and Obama as Action Movie Hero

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , a movie based on the recent trend of mashing up the classics with monster stories , will be absolutely ridiculous, at least judging by this trailer.

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7 hrs ago | AustenBlog . . . she's everywhere

REVIEW: Expectations of Happiness by Rebecca Ann Collins

I have to admit I try to avoid continuations but I couldn't resist Expectations of Happiness: a Companion Volume to Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility by Rebecca Ann Collins .

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12 hrs ago | AustenBlog . . . she's everywhere

The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen

We're a little late getting to this but after all as we're on the Wrong Side of the Pond we shouldn't have seen it at all.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Fort Worth, TX

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Patch.com

What are Your Favorite Romance Movies?

Ah, love stories. When it comes to movies, nothing beats a good love story. I'm a hopeless romantic, so my favorite movies tend to be sappy - and occasionally funny - love stories.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Sense and Sensibility, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Hugh Grant, History Movies, Titanic, Action Movies, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Deseret News

Sweethearts in real life also share romance in PTC's 'Emma'

In a bit of a love letter to Valentine's Day, albeit a few days late , Pioneer Theatre Company opens the 19th-century romantic comedy "Emma." The production is adapted from the classic novel written by Jane Austen, who was almost unheralded in her own day but is one of the most popular and admired writers today.

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The Guardian

Love hurts more than ever before

Consumer values are causing more and more broken hearts, warn experts in the run-up to St.

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Related Topix: Jennifer Ehle, Celebrities, Colin Firth, Elizabeth Bennett, Vocal, Online Dating

On Social Marketing and Social Change

Entry: Shipping

Shipping is a fandom practice that involves imagining relationships between two fictional characters from a show, movie, or book series.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

The Weekly Standard

Austen-Powered Mystery

There are only two things wrong with Jane Austen's novels. There aren't enough of them.

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Wisconsin Gazette

Peninsula Music Festival presents music from Jane Austen's playlist

In addition to being one of the most influential writers in history, Jane Austen was an accomplished pianist, albeit at an amateur level.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Door County, WI, Symphony, Arts, Northwestern University

Deseret News

Book review: 'Northanger Alibi' pokes fun at Twilight via Jane Austen

In Jenni James' second book of "The Jane Austen Diaries," she takes a stab at revamping one of Austen's lesser-known works, "Northanger Abbey." But where Austen pulls inspiration from haunted and gothic novels, James pulls inspiration from the Twilight saga.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Vampire News, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Entertainment, Twilight, Vocal

Thu Feb 09, 2012

WAAY

31 FirstNews at 11 : Thursday, February 9th

The wit and romance of a classic Jane Austen's novel has come to life in The Whole Backstage production of " Pride and Prejudice." Shows are February 10th - 12th & 16th - 19th at The Whole Backstage in Guntersville.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Guntersville, AL

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Georgia Mountain Beacon

Theatre Young Harris to Present Jane Austen's Beloved Classic "Pride and Prejudice"

Young Harris College's Theatre Young Harris will present seven performances of a delightful, traditional retelling of Jane Austen's beloved novel "Pride and Prejudice." Performances are scheduled for Thursday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Arts, Literature, Cumming, GA, Jefferson, GA, Marietta, GA, Hartwell, GA

El Dorado Hills Telegraph

'Emma' brings Jane Austen's work to Folsom stage

Craig Riley stars as Mr. Woodhouse and Rae Wright is Emma Woodhouse in "Emma," opening Thursday at T.H.E. Actors Workshop in Folsom.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Folsom, CA, Arts, Literature, Valentine's Day

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Patch.com

Jane Austen Goes to Montclair High School

A One of literature's most popular love stories, Pride and Prejudice , will come to life this coming week in a staging by students at Montclair High School.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Arts, Literature, Elizabeth, NJ

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Alabama Live

Library staff offers romantic book recommendations for Valentine's Day

Great love stories always make for good reading, especially with Valentine's Day approaching.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Madison County, AL, Pride & Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Vocal

Sat Feb 04, 2012

NewsOK.com

Children's Theatre presenting 'Pride and Prejudice'

Theatre OCU and Oklahoma Children's Theatre is presenting "Pride and Prejudice" at the Oklahoma Children's Theatre through Feb.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Journal Gazette

Values-rich 'Emma' adapts to local stage

Over the years, Lisa Marie Presley has become dissatisfied with movies chronicling her father's life, so she just might make a film about the rock 'n' roll icon.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Redlands Daily Facts

'Sense and Sensibility' at Heartland

Heartland Players will present a new adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," opening 7 p.m. Feb.

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Tuscon Citizen

Recommended Books for Valentine's Week

Jane Austen on Love and Romance by Jane Austen and edited by Constance Moore Jane Austen, born in 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, was the daughter of a village rector.

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The Day

Flock takes on "Emma"

Flock Theatre is so thematically on its game. It has scheduled its production of Jane Austen's beloved "Emma" - about an inveterate matchmaker who finds herself falling in love - just in time for Valentine's Day.

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Related Topix: Vocal, New London, CT, New London County, CT

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