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We Need More Movie Tear-Jerkers
We Need More
Movie Tear-Jerkers
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We Need More Movie Tear-Jerkers

Heather Havrilesky makes the case for public catharsis in the 'New York Times'

(Newser) - We could all do with a little sobbing at the movies, writes Heather Havrilesky in a New York Times essay. Havrilesky laments the demise of the classic Hollywood tear-jerker of the 1970s and 1980s that reached its peak with Terms of Endearment in 1983. She lists others in the genre...

Partypoopers: Jellyfish Sting Hundreds in Florida

Swimmer: 'It just kinda stuck to my leg… and I couldn't get it off fast enough'

(Newser) - It’s a moon jellyfish free-for-all on central Florida beaches. An unusually large swarm of jellyfish have stung an estimated 1,200 beach-goers over four days in Volusa County. Jellyfish are not unusual in the area. Winds and currents push them ashore once or twice a year, Volusia County spokeswoman...

Nation's Best Beach: Coronado
 Nation's Best Beach: Coronado 

Nation's Best Beach: Coronado

California locale tops annual survey

(Newser) - If you're yearning for a little beach time this summer, California's Coronado Beach is the place to be, according to an annual survey. The 1.5-mile stretch of sparkling sand wins top honors in the 2012 survey by a Florida professor known as "Dr. Beach," reports...

Naveen Andrews, Barbara Hershey Split Up

After 11 on-and-off years, 'Beaches' and 'Lost' stars go separate ways

(Newser) - Lost star Naveen Andrews and Beaches star Barbara Hershey, who first got together in 1998, quietly broke up late last year, People reports . Andrews, now 41, and Hershey, 62, overcame not just their age difference and their careers' radically different trajectories but also the revelation in 2005 that he had...

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