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John Updike Dies

John Updike, the author of The Witches of Eastwick, which was filmed some years ago and starred Jack Nicholson, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon, has died at the age of 76. Here's more on the gifted novelist from Newsweek.

Better Late Than Never

The British Medical Journal reports that the writer of a letter to the periodical has finally admitted that she invented the condition known as "cello scrotum," 34 years after she sent the missive. She never thought the journal would publish her letter, nor that it would be referred to by others....Here's more from MSNBC.com.

Do You Know Movies? Well, Do Ya, Punk?

A movie quiz....

Be Seeing You: On Patrick McGoohan's Career

In honor of Patrick McGoohan: "The Prisoner"

From the Guardian: In Praise of the Prisoner

From the Guardian: Patrick McGoohan's Career

Here's a blogpost from WIRED. Here's a page from the BBC on "The Prisoner." See also Christine A. Corcos, I Am Not a Number! I Am a Free Man!

"Rumpole's" Creator Dies

John Mortimer, whose most famous literary creation is Horace Rumpole, "Rumpole of the Bailey," has died at the age of 85. Read more here.