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Iconic modern American illustrator Tim Hildebrandt dies
Tim Hildebrandt, half of the famed Hildebrandt Brothers illustration studio, whose images fired popular imagination in the late 20th century, is dead from complications of diabetes. He was 67. He and his twin, Greg Hildebrandt, are probably best known for their illustrations and posters for The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. | 06/16/06 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells
Iraqi educators praise new virtual science library
A new U.S.-designed virtual science library for Iraqi universities is a big hit with Iraqi researchers and students, who for decades went without up-to-date journals or studied abroad where they could find them. The Internet-based library already has 800 registered users. It allows free or virtually free access to thousands of scientific journals as well as databases at the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture and the Web site Science.gov. | 05/03/06 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells and Zaineb Obeid
Exhibition, book reveal storytelling power of `Star Wars' costumes
George Lucas created the Star Wars universe in black and white, essentially. Princess Leia, in the virginal white dress, was good. Darth Vader, in the black plastic variant of a Nazi helmet, was evil. When Lucas returned to making Star Wars movies in 1995, however, he brought with him a richer and more literate imagination not to mention far deeper pockets for costume budgets. Many costumes from both periods will be on display in a new book and in an upcoming Star Wars costume exhibition opening in Los Angeles in September, and in a runway presentation at New Yorks Fashion Week in September. All provide rich insight into the storytelling that costumes did for Lucas. | 08/24/05 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells
`Star Wars Revelations' a sophisticated fan film
In the original Star Wars, the Imperial military leader Grand Moff Tarkin tells head baddie Darth Vader, The Jedi are extinct; their fire has gone out of the universe. Not for the makers of Star Wars Revelations, an amateur fan film to be released Monday over the Internet. Its part of a growing video genre produced by devoted viewers and made possible by affordable cameras, computer graphics and editing technologies. All are labors of love, and viewable free since theyre based on intellectual property that belongs to the copyright owners, in this case Star Wars creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm. | 04/12/05 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells
A `Star Wars' fan film is born
Why would anyone max out credit cards, take a second mortgage and spend three years making a movie that can never earn a cent? For the creators of Star Wars Revelations, it was the love of Star Wars and the chance to make an independent film. After Shane Felux borrowed his wifes lightsaber, shot himself wielding it in his back yard using his computers webcam and made the blade glow using a fancy computer-graphics program, he and his wife knew they couldn't stop.. | 03/14/05 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells
No films draw fan filmmakers like `Star Wars'
Star Wars has lured fan filmmakers since 1977. It started even before the fan-film genre had its name with Hardware Wars, a parody that opened with steam irons flying through space and facing off against intergalactic toasters. The 1978 film sort of set the mark for how funny and how clever people could be making a parody out of Star Wars, said Steve Sansweet, the director of content and fan relations for Lucasfilm. | 03/14/05 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells
Historic highlights of the State of the Union address
Historic highlights of the State of the Union address. | 02/01/05 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells
Al-Sadr's militia named after messianic image
Muqtada al-Sadr summoned one of Shiite Islams most messianic images when he chose the name Mahdi Army for his militia. The mahdi is believed to be the successor to Muhammad who will return to save the world. The word isnt mentioned in the Quran or in the collected sayings attributed to Muhammad, known as the hadiths. But the term is common to both Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam as the term for a leader who will bring righteousness to the world. | 04/07/04 03:00:00 By - Tish Wells
Iraqi exile group fed false information to news media
The former Iraqi exile group that gave the Bush administration exaggerated and fabricated intelligence on Iraq also fed much of the same information to leading newspapers, news agencies and magazines in the United States, Britain and Australia. | 03/15/04 03:00:00 By - Jonathan S. Landay and Tish Wells
Bush's aides did not warn that U.S. troops could face stiff resistance in Iraq
President Bush's aides did not forcefully present him with dissenting views from CIA and State and Defense Department officials who warned that U.S.-led forces could face stiff resistance in Iraq, according to three senior administration officials. | 03/28/03 03:00:00 By - Warren P. Strobel
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