A brief roundup of alleged conspiracies that may have escaped your attention. Did Japan capture Amelia Earhart? According to her fourth cousin, Wally Earhart, Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan didn’t starve to death on...
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Movie: Amelia * Official Site In Theaters: Oct. 23, 2009 Runtime: 111 minutes Directed by: Mira Nair MPAA Rating: PG for some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking Gecko Rating: I’m sort of hot and cold on Hilary...
Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) Directed by Anne Fontaine A Warner Bros./France 2 et al. Co-Production, 2009 (in French) Amelia Directed by Mira Nair Fox Searchlight/Avalon Pictures, 2009 In the 1930s, Gabrielle “Coco”...
Pictured: A beautiful and seldom seen photo of Amelia from a poster for her lecture tour. ( Gioia Diliberto has written a wonderful article about Amelia as the first celebrity designer.) ead more at:...
Amelia Earhart called herself a "tramp flyer." Yes and no. To the extent that the film elevates Earhart's profile and sends curious viewers to biographies and websites to learn more, Nair and company, and Earhart advocates...
Wally Earhart, Amelia Earhart's fourth cousin, says a "massive coverup" continues by the U.S. government in her 1937 disappearance, either due to Navy ineptitude during her rescue, or that Japan recon work asked of her by...
Although this was a review of the Amelia movie, I found the following more philosophical exchange to be interesting -- what do you think? More here from National Review Online : “Every July, the kids always ask, ‘What are we...