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MULTIMEDIA R.L. Stine Revives Goosebumps After an eight-year hiatus, R.L. Stine, "The Master of Scaremonies," has brought Goosebumps back with an all-new series -- "Goosebumps: Horrorland." Stine tells all including what scares him and how he spends Halloween in this exclusive interview.
Edgar Allen Poe Gets New Funeral It's been a good 200th anniversary year for Edgar Allan Poe. The master of gothic horror has been celebrated at events in several cities to mark the bicentennial of his birth. And on Sunday in Baltimore, he'll get the funeral he never had.
Oklahoma Author Dies at 62 Johnny C. Quarles, an Oklahoma author who wrote more than 12 novels set in the American West, died Sunday. He was 62.
The battle for Helen Keller remains compelling
NEW YORK (AP) -- The battle to illuminate the mind and heart of Helen Keller remains as compelling as ever, even if the first Broadway revival of William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" suffers from inhospitable surroundings and a supporting cast forced to bellow its way through much of the dialogue....
Ralph Remington is named NEA theater division head
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former Minneapolis city council member who has extensive regional theater experience has been named director of theater and musical theater at the National Endowment for the Arts....