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'Sons of Anarchy's' Kurt Sutter lives up to his 'wild one' reputation
Ex-addict, foul-mouthed, hot-tempered, he's also the driving force behind the respected drama. For a guy who has outlaw biker gangs rumbling around in his head, Kurt Sutter is fairly …. well, "nice" doesn't seem the right word, but he's literate and reflective and usually quite reasonable. The times when he gets riled up, though, are what everyone talks about.


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Billy Wilder's 'Apartment' filled with wit and wonderful characters
As it marks its 50th anniversary, the film is worth watching for its sharp one-liners and Everyman corporate ladder climber played by Jack Lemmon. The list of writers able to express themselves in a language not their mother tongue is short. One thinks of Vladimir Nabokov, mastering English after publishing a number of well-regarded novels in Russian, and Joseph Conrad, of course. But what about Billy Wilder, who came to the United States in the 1930s, knowing hardly a word of English, and became one of America's great stylists of vernacular prose?


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New on DVD: 'Solitary Man'
Also 'Killers,' 'MacGruber,' the complete 'Prime Suspect' and 'That Evening Sun.' Also out this week: "Killers," "MacGruber," the complete "Prime Suspect" and "That Evening Sun."


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