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Vatican Radio Report JULY 1, 2009: - The new Archbishop of Westminster - [Very Informative Interviews and Information] *Limited Availability (Mp3)

LINK TO LONDON: The new Archbishop of Westminster talks about the special ties that bind him to the successor of St Peter... HOLY LAND REVISITED: Cardinal Walter Kasper returns to Israel as papal envoy for the closing of the Pauline year... PAPAL AUDIENCE: Pope Benedict gives his weekly catechesis for pilgrims at his general audience..

Breaking News: Actor Karl Malden dead at 97 - Veteran actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" has died at age 97, his manager said Wednesday - His other well-known screen roles include his performances in "Patton" in which he played World War II Gen. Omar Bradley alongside George C. Scott's title character -- Malden's "Streetcar" Oscar had its own mini-drama - In 1985, he sent it to the manufacturer in Chicago for replating - But he discovered the award sent back to him was a fake in 2006, when the original appeared for sale on Ebay - The Academy sued the sellers, Randy and Matt Mariani, who eventually returned the award

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Veteran actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire," has died at age 97, his manager said Wednesday. Born Mladen George Sekulovich in Gary, Indiana, the bulb-nosed actor made his New York stage debut in 1938 and first appeared in films in the 1940 melodrama "They Knew What They Wanted." After serving in the Army Air Corps in World War II, he made his mark in the New York production of "Streetcar," by Tennessee Williams. ... A memorial service is expected to be held within the next three to four weeks, Ross said. Malden was the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 1992. The Academy is best known for its annual awards, the Oscars. Malden's "Streetcar" Oscar had its own mini-drama. In 1985, he sent it to the manufacturer in Chicago for replating. But he discovered the award sent back to him was a fake in 2006, when the original appeared for sale on Ebay. The Academy sued the sellers, Randy and Matt Mariani, who eventually returned the award. In 2004, he received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

Wiki: Tennessee Williams (1911�1983) - an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his works of drama - He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee" the state of his father's birth - Williams died on February 24, 1983, after he choked on an eyedrop bottle cap in his room at the Hotel Elysee in New York - He would routinely place the cap in his mouth, lean back, and place his eyedrops in each eye - The police report, however, suggested his use of drugs and alcohol contributed to his death - Toxic drugs including barbiturates were found in the room

Tennessee Williams (born Thomas Lanier Williams, March 26, 1911 � February 25, 1983) was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his works of drama. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee", the state of his father's birth. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition, The Glass Menagerie (1945) and The Night of the Iguana (1961) received New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo received the Tony Award for best play. ... Death: Williams died on February 24, 1983, after he choked on an eyedrop bottle cap in his room at the Hotel Elysee in New York. He would routinely place the cap in his mouth, lean back, and place his eyedrops in each eye. The police report, however, suggested his use of drugs and alcohol contributed to his death. Toxic drugs including barbiturates were found in the room, and Williams' gag response may have been diminished by the effects of drugs and alcohol. Williams' funeral took place on March 3, 1983 at St. Malachy's Roman Catholic Church in New York City. Williams' body was interred in the Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. Williams had long told his friends he wanted to be buried at sea at approximately the same place as the poet Hart Crane, as he considered Crane to be one of his most significant influences. Williams left his literary rights to The University of the South in honor of his grandfather, Walter Dakin, an alumnus of the university, which is located in Sewanee, Tennessee. The funds support a creative writing program. When his sister Rose died after many years in a mental institution, she bequeathed $7 million dollars from her part of the Williams estate to The University of the South as well. In 1989, the University City Loop (in a suburb of St. Louis) inducted Tennessee Williams into its St. Louis Walk of Fame.

April 13-19, 2005: Tennessee Williams' tragicomic heroine in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Her name was and will always be Blanche DuBois - "Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable. It is the one unforgivable thing in my opinion and it is the one thing of which I have never, never been guilty" (written as a play - 1947) -- "Alfred Kinsey (1894�1956) was very interested in 'Streetcar' (movie - 1951) and wanted to get case studies of every member of the cast!" {A Streetcar Named Desire is a portrayal of traumatic sex crimes - where the traumatized victim gets a ruined life and the blame 'they wanted it' while the sex offender gets away and goes on to traumatize more innocent life.}

This whole gorgeous play, burnt into our minds and souls for 58 years now, revolves around one other line that Tennessee Williams gives Blanche DuBois to say � to throw into the teeth of Stanley Kowalski: "Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable. It is the one unforgivable thing in my opinion and it is the one thing of which I have never, never been guilty." "Yes," said Natasha Richardson, the Blanche DuBois of the Roundabout production of �A Streetcar Named Desire� at Studio 54 on Broadway, "it WAS cruel, of course, what she did, an act of cruelty, killing the person she loved. But it was out of the moment. It wasn�t deliberate. She hadn�t thought about it before . . . �premeditated� is the word I�m looking for. "We can all understand one another or MISunderstand one another, but I agree that THAT" � deliberate cruelty � "is not forgivable." ... Liam Neeson, by the way, is giving on current screens what this writer happens to feel is one of Neeson�s best performances in years as Alfred Kinsey, the bow-tied sexual researcher whose entire lesson was: Anything goes. -- "Interestingly enough," Mrs. Neeson said, "Liam yesterday showed me some correspondence between Alfred Kinsey and Tennessee Williams. Kinsey was very interested in �Streetcar,� and wanted to get case studies of every member of the cast!" � Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy (and/or Vivien Leigh), Karl Malden, Kim Hunter. Probably of Elia Kazan too. Our newest Blanche did see the Jessica Lange/Alec Baldwin "Streetcar" of some few seasons ago, and has more than once in her life seen the 1951 film, "but it�s a little too vivid, so during my reading and research for this job, I decided NOT to see it again." A new movie of her own is "Asylum," a thriller that at one time was to be directed by Jonathan Demme (it ended up being directed by David Mackenzie). "When Jonathan was to do it, he said to me: 'Why do you want to play women who go to such a dark place, over the edge?' I said: 'Because there but for the grace of God � '"

GoodFight.org: The Kinsey Syndrome - Working secretly in his attic, Dr. Alfred Kinsey was one of America's original pornographers - "The number of victims of childhood sexual abuse and molestation grows each year - This horrific crime is directly tied to the growth of pornography on the Internet" - Among his workers was a Nazi pedophile whose relationship to Kinsey was exposed in a German court (DVD)

This documentary shows how "The Kinsey Reports" have been used to change the laws concerning sex crimes in America, resulting in the minimal sentences so often given to rapists and pedophiles. Further explained is that the Kinsey data laid the foundation for sex education -- training teachers, psychologists and even Catholic priests in human sexuality. What has been the consequence? And what was Kinsey's research really based upon? Working secretly in his attic, Dr. Kinsey was one of America's original pornographers. His influence inspired Hugh Hefner to launch Playboy Magazine - the "soft" approach to porn - which in time would escalate the widespread use of pornography through magazines, cable TV and the Internet. In 2006 the California Child Molestation & Sexual Abuse Attorneys reported that: "The number of victims of childhood sexual abuse and molestation grows each year. This horrific crime is directly tied to the growth of pornography on the Internet." Perhaps most disturbing, Alfred Kinsey has been accused of training pedophiles to work with stopwatches and record the responses of children being raped - all in the name of "science." Among his workers was a Nazi pedophile whose relationship to Kinsey was exposed in a German court. The information from these crimes was then recorded in "Table 34" of Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. How can lawmakers use such a document to define the moral parameters of our society? Why has the truth about Kinsey been suppressed for so long? And what can Americans do to make a difference?

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