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Jun 7, 2012 at 1:59pm | Filed Under “Honest Abe Fact Check”

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“My Week with Marilyn”

Dynamite performances and sweetness notwithstanding, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN's source material is more fiction than fact. More

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Prior to founding the company, Kim was the first Director of Education at Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation. There, she was... More

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