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Alex Cox reflects on a radical career in film

Oct. 7, 2008
X Films True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker By Alex Cox Soft Skull Press; 304 pages; $17.95 paperback At the climax of "Searchers 2.0," the 2007 film by offbeat director Alex Cox, two heroes - both dumpy, middle-aged ex-child actors - face off against...
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Courtney Cox reflects on 'Friends'

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch