Newsday (Melville, NY) articles

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Kucinich went and married the youth vote.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Ellis Henican Now here's another way that Dennis Kucinich stands out. If the former boy mayor of Cleveland is elected next year, we don't just get a staunchly anti-war congressman as president. We get the first first lady in American history to arrive at the White House with...

The many faces of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
November 1, 2007... Byline: John Anderson Philip Seymour Hoffman is the finest three-named actor of his generation, if you don't count (and even if you do) Hoffman's oft-cited idol, Daniel Day-Lewis. But Hoffman is even more of shape-shifter. He can look like a petulant baby. Or a malcontent Boy...

Q&A with `Slipstream' director-star Anthony Hopkins.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Frank Lovece NEW YORK _ Tony Hopkins _ hey, that's how he introduces himself _ was once just one more respected British actor with more cachet than marquee. By the mid-1980s, after a quarter-century of work and an auspicious film debut in "The Lion in Winter" (1968), the...

Torre expected to become Dodgers' manager.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Ken Davidoff Nov. 1--Joe Torre's discussions with the Dodgers are "headed in the right direction and going well," a person informed of the situation said last night, and as soon as today, the Brooklyn native could officially take over the club born as his home borough's Bums. ...

Turbulence over proposal to reduce JFK flights.
November 1, 2007... Byline: James Bernstein Nov. 1--Airline passengers disgusted by delays at Kennedy Airport this past summer, when a third of all takeoffs and landings were late, can expect little improvement this Thanksgiving. The airport's two largest carriers -- JetBlue Airways Corp. and Delta Air Lines...