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Travis Orlando Goes From Shelter to Center Stage on American Idol
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agreyson
As the first episode of American Idol season 10 came to a close, a shy but calmly confident 16 year old from the Bronx took the audition stage. He’s not your average 16 year old kid. He has a twin brother and a mixed ethnicity family that had to live in a shelter after they…
Regis Philbin Announces Retirement
By
Corine Gatti
Regis Philbin, 79, announced Tuesday on his show “Live with Regis and Kelly” thathe’s retiring by the end of the summer. “It’s been a long time,” Philbin said during taping yesterday to a shocked co-host and audience. “It’s been 28 years since I’ve been here (before the show was called “Live with Regis and Kathie…
Young, Hip, Jewish, and Yearning: Reboot
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Donna Freitas
Mormon youth have a super-tight culture informed by their faith. So do evangelical Christians. Catholics not so much. And unless you are Orthodox, apparently being young and Jewish may leave you longing for something more from your tradition as far as culture goes–at least according to a recent New York Times, Style section article, “You’re…
The Tiger Mother is Apparently All-Powerful
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Donna Freitas
Have you read about the Tiger Mother yet? Everyone else has–and is talking about her–so I suggest you get reading. The mother’s name is Amy Chua, she is a professor at Yale Law School, and where I first heard about this suddenly-famous woman came from The Wall Street Journal, where they excerpted her brand new…
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