Historic RI theater to reopen after restoration

The stage has been dark and the curtains closed at the Newport Casino Theatre for more than 20 years, but a little imagination can conjure up images of Will Rogers spinning a monologue here or Orson Welles or Oscar Wilde entertaining the crowd.

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...According to a strange article last week on CBS News, the Jackson family chose the site because they were terrified that fans might try to kidnap MJ's corpse. While that may sound bizarre, famous corpses have been kidnapped before.

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Quantum Theory+Oscar Wilde=19th Century Instress of Art

"Artists have mysteriously incorporated into their works features of a physical description of the world that science later discovers." ~ Leonard Shlain

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With his outrageous wit, clear disdain for figures of authority and openly homosexual lifestyle, Oscar Wilde is an unlikely pin-up for the Catholic Church.

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A collection of letters and manuscripts by Oscar Wilde, seemingly lost for more than 50 years have been rediscovered by academics.

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Local weatherman sues Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, beloved Irish author and intellectual is famed for his witticisms and is having charges filed against him by a local weatherman.

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A rare first edition of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest has been handed into a charity shop. The book, which dates back to 1898, was discovered at the branch of Oxfam in Nantwich, South Cheshire - appropriately inside a handbag.

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When strolling through US customs, he once announced: "I have nothing to declare but my genius". So Oscar Wilde would probably not have been surprised to be named as Britain's greatest-ever wit.

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It is not often that Liam Gallagher and Jeremy Clarkson appear in a list with Noël Coward and Shakespeare. But according to a new survey they are among Britain's wittiest individuals.

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Ugly shoes have long held a certain cachet. Think Birkenstocks, Uggs, Earth shoes. But few things are as fickle as fashion. As fads go, surely Crocs should be past their expiration date.

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if you enjoyed dorian grey this short story is for you!

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AN intersting writeup about pubs that writer's visit

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When the Swiss lawyer Albin Schram died in 2005, he left behind an extraordinary collection of letters by some of Western civilisation's greatest minds. They will soon go under the hammer - but here are the highlights of the collection

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I've been using the Internet for 10 years to make money. Read about the girl that convinced me I've been going about everything all wrong.

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First Oscar Wilde's tomb was defaced with hundreds of lipstick kisses. Then Jim Morrison's grave had to be protected by a full-time security guard from fans who had painted arrows on other tombs pointing the way "to Jim".

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