Caroline Kennedy Divorce

The Kennedys find a home in Canada

For a while The Kennedys , a mini-series starring Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy, Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy and Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy, was in danger of having its plug pulled before it even hit the airwaves. Originally ordered by the History Channel in the United States, which ultimately passed on airing the series, The Kennedys had trouble finding a home. Being snubbed by the networks didn't question the mini-series' superb writing, quality production values or its award-worthy performances (which also includes Tom Wilkinson portraying Joseph Kennedy Sr., Diana Hardcastle as Rose Kennedy and Chris Diamantopoulos playing Frank Sinatra). Instead, it was the mini-series' laundry list of controversies about the Kennedy clan that was rumoured to be angering most of the members of America's royal family, as well as Hollywood insiders.

Spanning the era from Joe Kennedy's start as America's Ambassador to the United Kingdom to the days shortly after Bobby Kennedy's assassination, The Kennedys dug into the family's vault of truth, secrets and rumours. There were the usual gossip items about Joe Kennedy "buying" the White House with help of big-time mobster Sam Giancana (via Frank Sinatra), Joe encouraging his sons to have extra-marital affairs but emphasizing they should never let their wives find out, and Joe allegedly bribing Jackie with one million dollars not to divorce John until after he left the White House. The familiar stories of pharmaceutical dependency and infidelity, in particular with Marilyn Monroe, saw the History Channel play 'hot potato' with The Kennedys.

Director Jon Cassar explains that he and executive Joel Surnow fact-checked by going through archives of films and papers, countless documentaries and dozens of Kennedy bios, like Steven M. Gillion's widely acclaimed The Kennedy Assassination -- 24 Hours After.

Apparently, the Kennedy family doesn't to have a problem with the mini-series. Many thought Caroline Kennedy would object to the show since she has a book of transcribed, unheard tapes of her dad's private thoughts scheduled for release later this year. The only company to officially release any sort of statement was the History Channel, the network that original ordered up the modestly-budgeted program, who deemed, "This dramatic interpretation is not fit for the History brand."

In light of their political leanings, those behind the production weren't happy with how many of the more controversial aspects of the life of America's 35th were being presented as fact. While most of the actors have chosen to remain tight-lipped about the controversies surrounding the series, Greg Kinnear admitted, "I really enjoyed playing President Kennedy. You have a lot of people who aren't going to like it for one reason or another. But there is nothing in the film that hasn't been published in other Kennedy biographies you can find in the school library your kids go to.

rideccodi: caroline kennedy divorce

OK, so I'm going into "worst case scenario" mode here. Probably the primary thing holding me back on the current revision of the 15" PowerBook is that it has the slower AirPort built in, instead of the AirPort Extreme. Assuming that MWNY comes and goes without an announcement about some kind of update for the TiBook, is there any way to upgrade it to AirPort Extreme? It wouldn't be so bad if their core content was good once you got through the garbage. But their rumors have always been iffy, and as edesignuk says, the gallery has always been slower than watching the grass grow. Maybe they'll take all this ad revenue and buy a newer server. I've got a PM 9500 I'm not using - I'll bet its 200MHz 604e would be a huge upgrade over their current Quadra 650. (Oh wait, maybe they're still using that IIcx they got at the yard sale last year) And about your question about the 2 separate cutouts for the oleo film, I'll take a pic for you of mine and edit this post and post it here. I'm still loving my oleo film though. And not to sure why they don't have a back oleo film, I'm sure they will soon though, another company just came out with a oleo back film that larry greenburg just reviewed recently, but if SGP comes out with a oleo back, I'll pick it up. Although that does not prevent the licence from stating that you cannot copy it etc. So what's interesting is - who is going to read the billion different licences that will now bombard the user? This is a change without the rules inplace to protect the public. This has now made the purchasing of music online unfeasable for the public user and you will have to buy through a provider because of the legal minefield. That is *if* you have agreed to the licence. Is there a law requiring you to have a licence to listen to music? Not that I'm aware of... it would then fall on the music owner to prove on each case that you're an unlicenced individual and that they have to then show how much they'd loose in revenue to the judge... so the value (cost per track) is really low although you may end up with the legal fees.. The official TRIM support is already in Snow Leopard builds for the new Macbook Pros with SSDs and it's in Lion as well. The official support is only for the Apple's SSDs, no TRIM support for third party SSDs. There is a way to enable it for any SSD that supports TRIM, but it is a hack. Here's the thread: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?

The right to privacy

An affair of state, the Profumo case and the framing of Stephen Ward

In our defense, the Bill of Rights in action

American legacy, the story of John & Caroline Kennedy

The Kennedy Curse, International Edition