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You heard it, read it, and ate it here first
Chicago Sun-Times - Apr 05 2:18 AM
Second city in what? Chicago has plenty of innovations of which to boast. Those that feed you. Entertain you. Even help save your soul. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: The character was born in 1939 when Chicago-based Montgomery Ward & Co. asked copywriter Robert L. May to create a Christmas story booklet to give to shoppers as a promotional gimmick.Save

"Christmas Story" Director Dies in Car Crash
CW Arkansas - Apr 04 10:48 PM
Film director Robert Clark and his son Ariel were killed in a car crash near Los Angeles early Wednesday morning. The collision occurred on Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, the Los Angeles Times reported.Save

Director dies in car crash
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Apr 04 8:29 PM
Robert Clark was known for `A Christmas Story.' LOS ANGELES - Film director Robert Clark, best known for the beloved holiday classic "A Christmas Story," was killed with his son Wednesday in a car wreck, the filmmaker's assistant and police said.Save

'Christmas Story' Director Dies in Crash
The San Francisco Examiner - Apr 05 2:24 AM
(AP Photo/Warner Home Video) In this photo made available by Warner Home Video, Director Robert Clark poses for a photo holding the famed "leg lamp" prop from "A Christmas Story" at a 2003 DVD release event for the film.Save

`Christmas Story' Director Killed in LA
ABC News - Apr 04 4:23 PM
`A Christmas Story' Director and Son Killed in Los Angeles Car CrashSave

People in the news
Lawrence Journal-World - Apr 04 10:24 PM
Keith Richards denies snorting his fathers ashes One doctor prescribed all 11 drugs for Smith Christmas Story director killed in head-on crashSave

OnStage | Cutting-edge dance
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Apr 06 12:08 PM
There once was a gentle boy, created by an eccentric inventor, who found himself alone in the world with long, scissor-like extremities for hands. Edward Scissorhands' story of woe, acceptance, rejection and redemption, written by Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson, became a beloved fairy tale when Johnny Depp brought the story vividly to life in Burton's 1990 film. Across the Atlantic, ...Save

Deaths elsewhere
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Apr 05 7:40 PM
Robert Clark, 67, a film director best known for the 1983 holiday classic "A Christmas Story," was killed along with his son, Ariel, on Wednesday in a head-on crash in Los Angeles with a drunken driver who was going the wrong way, police said. Clark specialized in horror movies and thrillers in the 1970s. His breakout success came with the 1981 sex farce "Porky's." Nina Wang, 69, a Hong Kong ...Save

Black Christmas DVD Review
UGO - UnderGroundOnline - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
Boy, how times have changed. You know, back in 1974, the original Black Christmas was a groundbreaking horror film that went on to inspire the likes of Halloween , My Bloody Valentine , Friday the 13th , and just about every slasher flick known to man.Save

'Christmas Story' director
Chicago Sun-Times - Apr 05 2:16 AM
LOS ANGELES -- Film director Robert Clark, best known for the beloved holiday classic ''A Christmas Story,'' was killed with his son Wednesday in a car wreck, the filmmaker's assistant and police said.Save