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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:13 pm Charles Portis, author of "True Grit", passes away at 86.

He has one hit in the Archive

#7747, aired 2018-04-24 LITERATURE ON THE MAP $1600: Rooster Cogburn is a deputy marshal in Fort Smith, Arkansas in this Charles Portis novel

"Rooster Cogburn" being the more important clue there, of course.
As Yoda might say, "No, there is another":

#5503, aired 2008-07-09 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $2000: Created by Charles Portis, this U.S. Marshal helps 14-year-old Mattie Ross track her father's killer
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cinemaniax7 wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:38 pm
MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:13 pm Charles Portis, author of "True Grit", passes away at 86.

He has one hit in the Archive

#7747, aired 2018-04-24 LITERATURE ON THE MAP $1600: Rooster Cogburn is a deputy marshal in Fort Smith, Arkansas in this Charles Portis novel

"Rooster Cogburn" being the more important clue there, of course.
As Yoda might say, "No, there is another":

#5503, aired 2008-07-09 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $2000: Created by Charles Portis, this U.S. Marshal helps 14-year-old Mattie Ross track her father's killer
Good catch! My search was Portis + Grit. That 2008 clue is quite a bit harder.
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Kellye Nakahara, who played Nurse Kellye on MASH, has died at age 72.

Her name/character could be in a Stupid Answer category.
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In the longest Daytona 500 ever, which ended up being 522.5 miles, Denny Hamlin ended up winning by the second-smallest margin ever.
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Deontay Wilder & Tyson Fury sport: boxing
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Deontay Wilder's ear? :oops:

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After injuries to both their starting goalie and their backup, the Carolina Hurricanes had almost half the game left against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto. Emergency Backup Goalie David Ayres- a 42-year-old zamboni driver and practice goalie for the Leafs was brought in. It was 3-1 for the visiting Hurricanes when he came in, and he started slowly, letting in two goals on the first 2 shots. The team, and Ayres, tightened up in the third period and the Hurricanes won 6-3.

https://twitter.com/Canes/status/123142 ... 96354?s=19

The anti-leafs schadenfreude is delicious.

Edit:name is spelled Ayres (edit by mod: he gave up two goals on the first 2 shots)
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Don't bother making extraneous comments on the current events; they'll just get deleted. If you need to comment, copy it over to Re-retaken down and do it there.
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I learned this from PETA on Twitter, but it feels worth noting that "coronavirus" is an anagram of "carnivorous". I'd call that "Current Events-adjacent".
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Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the film Hidden Figures, has died at the age of 101
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“Friends” Reunion Confirmed For HBO Max
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Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, has died at the age of 91. He took power following the assassination of Anwar Sadat, and was swept out of power in the Arab Spring.
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ldsilver wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:27 pm “Friends” Reunion Confirmed For HBO Max
This is not a new episode, series, or one-and-done movie reunion; it is an untitled unscripted special, meaning a documentary or they just sit around and talk about it for however long the run time is.
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Warning: Dry facts ahead

Streaming service: Quibi (quick bites - 10 minute chunks of video)

Hulu series: Mrs. America with Cate Blanchett (Phyllis Schlafly) & Rose Byrne (Gloria Steinem) about Equal Rights Amendment

Fargo (Season 4) with Chris Rock playing head of a 1950s crime family in Kansas City

Netflix movie: Spenser Confidential with Mark Wahlberg as Detective Spenser based on Robert B. Parker character
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MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:33 pm

Netflix movie: Spenser Confidential with Mark Wahlberg as Detective Spenser based on Robert B. Parker character
Makes sense for Waglberg s he’s from Boston... as is the character previously played on ABC by Robert Urich.

Any word on who will play Hawk, if anyone?
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triviawayne wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:08 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:33 pm

Netflix movie: Spenser Confidential with Mark Wahlberg as Detective Spenser based on Robert B. Parker character
Makes sense for Waglberg s he’s from Boston... as is the character previously played on ABC by Robert Urich.

Any word on who will play Hawk, if anyone?
This should be okay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spenser_Confidential#Cast

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Clive Cussler, author of the best selling Dirk Pitt books (e.g., Sahara), has died at 88. He turned his fictional National Underwater and Marine Agency into a real organization that set about finding wrecks IRL, including the Carpathia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/book ... -dead.html
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Freeman Dyson, of eponymous sphere fame, not ball, has died.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02 ... ied-at-96/
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Production of The Amazing Race is halted due to the coronavirus
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Might be a bit hot for J!, but maybe a good LL film clue.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51684494
Several actresses have walked out of the César awards ceremony in Paris after Roman Polanski ... won best director [for An Officer and a Spy, or J'accuse in French]
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