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Published: 03/16/11

Inglorious Macaws: Tarantino Sues Neighbor Over 'Blood-Curdling' Bird Screams

By  Steven Hoffer - AOL News
Inglorious Macaws: Tarantino Sues Neighbor Over 'Blood-Curdling' Bird Screams

Quentin Tarantino may be known for cameo appearances in his own films, but it seems he'd rather not find himself in Hitchcock's horror-classic "The Birds." Citing "blood-curdling" and "pterodactyl-like screams," the "Kill Bill" director has filed a lawsuit against his Oscar-winning neighbor Alan Ball over the distracting shrieks of Ball's "exotic bird menagerie." Tarantino says the macaws are disrupting progress on his latest film and that his neighbors have "done little to eliminate the daily cacophony," The Telegraph reports. "The defendants know that their birds issue blood-curdling, ...

Published: 12/31/10

What the Heck Is a Lang Syne Anyway? A Brief History of the New Year's Eve Standard

By  Susanna Baird - AOL News
What the Heck Is a Lang Syne Anyway? A Brief History of the New Year's Eve Standard

As party-throwers stock their fridges with holiday cheer and partygoers don the sparkliest duds they can find, more than a few folks are Googling the lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne." Americans, British and Irish sing the first verse and chorus every Dec. 31 as the old year fades. Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear. For auld lang syne. We'll take a cup of kindness yet, For auld lang syne. Auld lang syne, literally "old long since," wistfully raises a glass-in-song to times gone by. ...

Published: 09/16/09

Fast-Food Enabler: Subsidized Corn

By  Linda Kulman - Politics Daily
Fast-Food Enabler: Subsidized Corn

Woman Up is waging a fast-food fight (Delia, Jan, Domenica), and I'm all for it, especially after my husband and I stumbled across the documentary, "Food, Inc.," about the hidden dangers found on our collective dinner plate. Let's just say that no Quentin Tarantino film has ever made me cover my eyes so often. ...

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