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George Clooney, 62, looked effortlessly dapper in a black polo shirt and tan slacks as he arrived at JFK Airport on Friday, sporting a silver watch on one wrist and rocking a pair of brown loafers

He was part of a group that saved thousands of artworks during the Second World War from destruction and seizure by the Nazis

Richard Barancik, the last surviving member of the Allied unit known as the Monuments Men and Women, which during and after World War II preserved a vast amount of European artworks and cultural treasures that had been looted and hidden by Nazi Germany, died July 14 in Chicago. He was 98.

Barancik was one of four members of what was formally called the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section to receive the Congressional Gold Medal in 2015.

He played a role in the celebrated Allied operation to preserve European artworks and cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis.

Soldiers, moms, buffalo, biceps and angels. A roundup of our 10 favorite war memorials in Philadelphia.

The Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival returns April 1 & 2 after the pandemic layoff, with the original slate of films from the cancelled 2020 festival. Documentaries on Iowa’s real-life Monuments Man, Collins Radio and the Apollo program will be screened along with a huge variety of short and feature-length films. 
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Only two kids films are disneys animated film frozen opening november 27 and foxs walking with dinosaurs. deem works is pretty much sitting out the holiday season. many childrens me ofs have gone on to become box office cash cows. do you think studio execs are placing golden globes and oscars before profit? >> i wouldnt pretend to know what is going into their thinking. sometimes i think it might it be these animated especially the computer graphics and 3-d movies take a long time. theyre labor ...