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Entries from September 2008

Newman’s Own Luck

September 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The world lost a great actor and humanitarian last week with the death of Paul Newman. In the September 2008 issue of Vanity Fair, Patricia Bosworth paid tribute to his legendary career in an engrossing profile entitled “The Newman Chronicles.” It’s a must-read for all Newman fans, and of special interest to us was this passage: 
“Newman credits his […]

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Lucktown

September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Stefan Wieser from Cologne, Germany, submitted this photograph of Glückstadt, which literally translates to “Lucktown.” He had these thoughts on luck to share with us:
“When I was having dinner with my sister and my parents a couple of weeks ago (honoring my sis having passed her final exam to complete her time as a doctor-in-training; she’s […]

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Picture of the Week

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Pictured above is the director Ang Lee leading his traditional on-set “Big Luck Ceremony” to commemorate the start of production on his latest film, Taking Woodstock.
Before a single scene is ever shot on one of his films, Lee, the director of such acclaimed films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain performs a ritualistic […]

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Luck in Esquire

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Who would have thought that Luck: The Essential Guide would inspire a piece of creative fiction? Rozalia Jovanovic’s “Today You Will Put On Blue Egyptian Stockings,” currently featured in Esquire Magazine’s Books Blog, clearly proves that at least one person on the planet has read our book cover to cover. And we’re perhaps a wee […]

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Million Dollar Luck

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Okay, it’s time for a confession: I’ve become a huge fan of the Bravo reality show “Million Dollar Listing.” I’m not quite sure what it is exactly about the show that so fascinates me—perhaps it’s the weekly dose of seeing some of the most garishly hideous properties in Los Angeles being sold for absolutely insane […]

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