Sometimes I feel the very word “romance” is becoming quaint, like “soap flakes”. Romance used to sound exciting; it was both the build-up and the pay-off to another out-of-date expression: “making love”. Now it’s all about “getting with” or “hooking up”. In this year’s much-hyped comedy “No Strings Attached”, we have man-boy Ashton Kutcher and current “It” girl Natalie Portman … More Details

School was also where I found my first mentors, those rare teachers who made learning fun and exciting. These were virtually the first adults outside my family that I connected with in a truly personal and meaningful way. You knew these people appreciated you for yourself, not because they happened to share your blood or like your parents. Throughout my life, these few, very special human beings have never really left me.
Given the profound significance of education in our lives, it’s no surprise there’s no shortage of movies on the subject. So now, I humbly submit ten of my own favorite films about school, learning, and those mostly noble souls who teach.
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I scan the Huffington Post Entertainment section today, and I’m reading about what a box office winner “Toy Story-3” is shaping up to be. Wow – this is a surprise. As I scroll down the page, I see names like Miley Cyrus, Lindsey Lohan, and Megan Fox. I note that Angelina Jolie visited Haiti and that Jake Gyllenhaal was caught … More Details