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James Franco approached ABCs General Hospital to join the cast as research for an upcoming project. Franco's performance has created an aura of mystery and danger.

Audiences are only starting to see James Franco's versatility. Fans who were used to seeing him in more brooding roles observed a new side of him in "Pineapple Express."

Victims of the Spanish Civil War and Franco Spain still lie in unmarked graves. Now, many will be exhumed and may be identified, including Spanish poet Federico Lorca

In three decades Spain has gone from being a third world country in Europe to becoming an example of progress and tolerance.

What is significant about this film is the fact it is a Spanish film. A very hard look back for a country that suffered at the hands of Franco.

Jess Franco's 1965 eurosleaze classic The Diabolical Dr.Z is at the top of the schlock-meister's short list of genuinely not-terrible works.

Keoma (1976), a late entry in Italy's cycle of Westerns, is as pure a portrayal of apocalyptic vengeance as can be found in any Western.

The murder of Sylvia Likens is known as the most infamous crime in Indiana history. Ellen Page plays Sylvia, and Catherine Keener plays her killer.

A searing portrait of the destruction of a small Spanish town is kept alive by a painting by Picasso.

Cria Cuervos is Saura's finest film. As well as being a condemnation of fascism, it is a fascinating study of childhood and memory.

Its country location is not only scenic, but its oratory was built by the same architect who co-designed the monumental building housing the World Trade Organization.

Judd Apatow's Pineapple Express, starring Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Danny McBride, streeting today on DVD and Blu-Ray is a delightful mix of blood, guns, and laughs.

An early casualty of the Great Depression was the long-decaying Spanish monarchy. Its fall ushered in eight years of dashed hopes ending in war and dictatorship.

After the initial invasion of Silesia by Prussian forces, Austria strikes back at the country and her allies in a desperate attempt to control the region.

Erice's remarkable movie starring Ana Torrent as a young girl whose imagination is inspired by James Whale's Frankenstein and her own growing sense of identity.

It was the late Liverpool coach Bill Shankly who said "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you it's much more serious than that".

Defeating France in 1871 after unifying Germany enabled Otto von Bismarck to create the most militarily powerful nation in Europe, altering the prior balance of power.

Baseball is a short career. Most players, even great ones, are washed up by their mid-thirties. But not these hitters; they all had great seasons after age 40.

Pineapple Express is a somewhat original take on the stoner buddy flick. Part comedy, part action, and with few exceptions quite entertaining.

Through diplomacy and militarism, Otto von Bismarck's Realpolitik resulted in the German Empire, changing the balance of power in Europe and paving the way to 1914.

Agincourt is a famous and much celebrated medieval battle. Verneuil was a very similar encounter, but has not achieved the same renown in the history books.

Italy unified under the leadership of several men: Giuseppe Mazzini, Camillo di Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel. The forty year process ended in 1870.

Milk is notable largely for all the performances, but it is nevertheless a very engaging, heartbreaking true story.

Hamlet's leading man: Tom Albrecht`s decision to take the role, plus Owen Sound Little Theatre director Michael Rea and play scorist Don Buchanan.

Seacrest jokes he's worried about his newly single colleague, Simon Cowell, who broke up with his longtime girlfriend - "I don't think he'd be quite ready for this"

For 37 years, Chef Franco Taruschio and his English wife Ann ran Wales' Walnut Tree, earning a Michelin star and an OBE for the chef. Now he teaches eager students.

A look into the life and times of one of the world's most fascinating female entrepreneurs.

After Franco Alfano in 1926 and Luciano Berio in 2002, the young Chinese Composer Hao Weiya was commissioned to write a finale for Giacomo Puccini's last piece of work.

Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian aristocrat, led the unification process of the several Germanic states into a unified nation in the latter half of the 19th century.

Queen Victoria, whose expansive family ruled Europe, played an active role in British government, lived a full life and influenced the world.

Catherine McCormack stars in the 1998 film about being a courtesan in 16th century Venice.

SummerWorks and the Fringe of Toronto have evolved into distinct entities on the Toronto theatre scene.

The show, about 1980s teenagers in Michigan, was one of the most prolific, honest TV shows of the 1990s. It introduced Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Jason Segel to TV.

Guernica by Dave Boling is, arguably, one of the best novels to come out this year. It has amazing, distinctive characters and a culture many don't know much about.

Until the late 19th Century, Germany was a mass of small independent states - until, that is, they were united under the leadership of ambitious, warlike Prussia.

"Pineapple Express" on DVD also includes extended and alternate scenes, a gag reel, and short feature on the making of the movie.

Over the past twenty years, baseball has become a game that is open to the middle-aged as well as the young. Here are the best over-40 players in the Major Leagues.

The Basques, the most invaded indigenous group on the planet, are fortunate enough to have gained true self-determination as a separatist state.

Besides recognition as one of the 20th century's greatest novelists and essayists, the legacy of George Orwell is strengthened by his practice of what he preached.

Lynn Redgrave on her favorite theatre productions of all time. Watch for her in animated feature My Dog Tulip with Isabella Rossellini and Christopher Plummer.

The assassination on June 28, 1914 of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, sparked World War I.

Manchester United played out a stale 0-0 draw at Old Trafford against Spanish club Villareal in the opening game of their 2008 Champions League campaign.

Pineapple Express is the newest joint effort from writer-producer Judd Apatow and writer-actor Seth Rogan.

No trip to Spain is complete without day or weekend trips to the country's minor cities, which give visitors a better understanding of the country's history and heritage.

The long term causes of World War I begin with the Franco-Prussian War and end with a vastly different system of alliances created by the blunders of the German Kaiser.

Although President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa first labeled it an African Renaissance, the dawn of the rebirth of the African continent began a long time ago.

Although not a French holiday, a savory Thanksgiving meal can be had in France. American restaurants and associations trim the tables for this culinary and family feast.

In Milk, Oscar winner Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk, a good humored gay man who refuses to accept the plight of his community in San Francisco, and runs for office. 8.5/10

Plans for a new school of architecture in Sudbury, Ontario are well advanced, with its doors expected to open in the fall of 2011.

Offering his services as well as those of his legion, General Shelby found no takers.