Police and friends honor officer slain 34 years ago in East Boston Nov 7, 2009
When her husband was shot, President Gerald Ford was running for reelection, the United States had barely pulled out of Vietnam, and Patty Hearst had just been captured by the FBI.. But she said her husband had been far from forgotten over the years, that the ceremony was just the latest in a series of honors. (Boston Globe)
Litchfield Businessman Dead Of Apparent Suicide Sep 23, 2009
In 2002 Irwin's firm hired F. Lee Bailey, the well-kno 00004000 wn defense attorney whose clients included O.J. Simpson, the Boston Strangler and Patty Hearst. At the time, Bailey's law license had been suspended after he mishandled $6 million in stock that belonged to a former client. (FOX61, CT)
Eva Longoria 'Shocked' by Some Americans' Attitude Toward Im Sep 20, 2009
"Ever since my mom Patty Hearst did 'Cry Baby,' I knew wanted to be in the entertainment industry," Hearst said. "Mom said never take anything for granted, you have to live for today not tomorrow, otherwise you miss out on every opportunity. There is always someone newer and younger to take your place.". (Fox News)
Movies about radicals have not always had a radical effect on viewers Sep 6, 2009
You, meanwhile, might come down with a Patty Hearst flashback. Hell, Hearst might, too. (Boston Globe)
Experts on why abductees don't flee Sep 1, 2009
Stockholm syndromeStockholm syndrome is most often associated with Patty Hearst, the newspaper heiress kidnapped in 1974 from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She joined the group as "Tania," a radical in army fatigues who helped her captors rob banks before she was released months later. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Why didn't Jaycee escape? (2114) Sep 1, 2009
Stockholm syndrome is most often associated with Patty Hearst, the newspaper heiress kidnapped in 1974 from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She joined the group as. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Stockholm Syndrome Sep 1, 2009
When heiress Patty Hearst was abducted by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, for example, she famously became their accomplice, adopting an assumed name and abetting the radical political group in a bank robbery. A decade later, shortly after TWA Flight 847 took off from Athens, Greece in 1985, two gun-toting terrorists forced their way into the cockpit, demanding that the plane touch down in Lebanon. (Time.com)
No veterans center coming to Cochise County, VA says Aug 27, 2009
" So the troops can now look 'tres European," or at least like a combination of Che Guevara, Blackstone Rangers, Patty Hearst, and Maynard G. Krebs. If that's beyond you, look up who they were. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
When we thought we could save the Earth Aug 14, 2009
Stone, a compelling nonfiction tale-spinner whose previous films include "Radio Bikini" and "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst," is telling an especially complicated story here, one that's simultaneously about how much the first Earth Day in 1970 really did change everything, and also about how much and how fast that change was undone. Enjoy this story. (Salon)
'We Used to Own the Bronx,' by Eve Pell Aug 6, 2009
In the proud tradition of poor little rich girls who hit the barricades (think Patty Hearst, Diana Oughton and Jane Fonda, Pell's childhood acquaintance), at 30, she sheds her princess trappings and is "off to the revolution.". She moves to San Francisco, begins therapy and consciousness-raising, and becomes a researcher for Ramparts co-founder Paul Jacobs. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Lifting a pint to the late, great Westlake Jul 26, 2009
Showing shades of Patty Hearst, Maya has a past that she is desperate to keep hidden. She refuses to explain why she paid Vogler an exorbitant salary, leaving Hardy and the police to conclude that Vogler was blackmailing her. (Boston Globe)
Apollo 11 Quiz: Are You a Moon-Landing Mastermind? Jul 22, 2009
a. Jimi Hendrix's death b. The Chappaquiddick incident c. Abduction of Patty Hearst d. Charles Manson killings. 10. (National Geographic)
Fog great for setting mood, tough to film Jul 11, 2009
Bazelli, who shot "Patty Hearst" for Paul Schrader in San Francisco 21 years ago and has shot several commercials here, has become a sort of fog specialist, with his moody, misty mise-en-scene providing a signature look to Gore Verbinski's "The Ring" (2002) and several films by Abel Ferrara, including "Bad Lieutenant" (1992) and "Body Snatchers" (1994). "The more lights you put up - just like headlights - the worse it's going to get," said Bazelli on his cell phone from New York, where he's... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
IRE Co-Founder Ron Koziol Dead at 74 Jun 17, 2009
Koziol's 32-year career at the Chicago Tribune included reporting on some of the nation's most sensational cases, including the serial murders of John Wayne Gacy and the kidnapping of Patty Hearst. "Kozy was among the best of a legendary crew of wily, fierce competitors who were working the streets as police beat reporters in those days," retired Tribune labor writer Jim Strong said of his colleague in the obituary written by William Mullen. (MediaWeek.com)
Idealist's slaying in '71 still haunts today May 24, 2009
He said he was a member of several radical organizations, including the Symbionese Liberation Army, the notorious group responsible for the slaying of Oakland schools Superintendent Marcus Foster and the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. But his actions weren't always politically motivated. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Ex-SLA fugitive arrives in Illinois for parole May 13, 2009
A former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the 1970s group that kidnapped Patty Hearst, has arrived in Illinois after being paroled from a California prison ... (AP) -- A former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the 1970s group that kidnapped Patty Hearst, has arrived in Illinois after being paroled from a California prison. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Last SLA Inmate Released From California Prison May 11, 2009
The radical group was most notorious for kidnapping newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. Corrections spokesman Oscar Hidalgo said James William Kilgore was paroled Sunday from the High Desert State Prison in northeastern California. (CBS News -- US)
Platinum - Investec raises Lonmin to hold May 11, 2009
Everyone over the age of 45 remembers the photo of publishing heiress Patty Hearst wielding an M1 Carbine when she and three comrades robbed the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco on April 15 1974. . (Business Report, South Africa)
Disappearing bullets: Obama administration provokes a run on ammunition Apr 28, 2009
marcusjayshapiro wrote on Apr 25, 2009 8:22 PM:" I don't imagine anyone on here...until I see the young lady I cant be assured what she looks like. On that note I imagine Jolo being a women and not a guy named Matt...that is just what I sense, and I don't feel like Armlessalice is a woman. It is not safe to even assume that Patty Hearst is a woman either DEON2...so I don't want to take the risk of thinking of what tangerinebikini looks like...for all we know it could be a guy who was in San... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Art's Great Whodunit: The Mona Lisa Theft of 1911 Apr 28, 2009
Art's Great Whodunit: The Theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 - TIME. Yet it has frequently been assumed to be true by authors writing about the case. (Time.com)
Double Descent from William Ridgely... Apr 10, 2009
Patty Hearst, above, was the subject of a famous kidnapping case in her youth. Her great-grandmother, Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson, a Missouri teacher and philanthropist, married George Hearst, a California mining magnate and U. S. Senator. (Suite101.com)
Test your knowledge Apr 4, 2009
Your Atlanta News Quiz. Soaps, a coach and royals made news this week. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Tough Times: Public sector jobs help local economy Apr 1, 2009
justonline wrote on Mar 31, 2009 1:10 PM:" I'm not sure why Patty Hearst would call ValleyGirls writing "deplorable". Her grammar & substance was very well put together. I sure as heck know that sometimes things don't get posted here exactly the way they are typed. Apostrophes get cut off a lot of the time and things get bunched together. Too many haters out there. Anyway, I SO agree with valleygirl & farmallfalfa. ". VALLEYGIRL54 wrote on Mar 31, 2009 12:53 PM:" P.S. My comment was directed to... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Richardson Buried Near N.Y. Home Mar 24, 2009
Richardson is descended from one of Britain's great acting dynasties but built her own reputation in films such as Patty Hearst and The Handmaid's Tale, as well as for her work on the stage. She won a Tony for her role in the 1998 revival of Cabaret. (CBS News)
Richardson was a true daughter of the theater Mar 22, 2009
My introduction to her was through two Paul Schrader films, Patty Hearst (1988) and The Comfort of Strangers (1990). Her performances in these movies announced that the Redgrave clan had another generation of exceptional talent to share with us. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Family, friends gathers for Richardson wake in New York Mar 21, 2009
Richardson was known for her work in such plays as Cabaret (for which she won a Tony) and Anna Christie and in the films Patty Hearst and The Handmaid's Tale. She also played Lindsay Lohan's mother in The Parent Trap. (USA Today -- Life)
Broadway dims lights for Natasha Richardson Mar 21, 2009
Descended from one of Britain's greatest acting dynasties, including her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson was known for her work in such plays as "Cabaret" and "Anna Christie," and in the films including "Patty Hearst" and "The Handmaid's Tale.". Besides her several memorable stage performances - among them, the title character of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," a 1993 revival in which she co-starred with future husband Neeson - she appeared in dozens of movies. (FOX 11, AZ)
Destiny's child Mar 20, 2009
In the movies she played the title character in Paul Schrader's film Patty Hearst (1988). This was a dramatisation of near-expressionist intensity of how William Randolph Hearst's granddaughter was kidnapped by, and then became an adherent of, the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Autopsy: Blow to head killed Richardson Mar 20, 2009
Richardson played the title character in Paul Schrader s Patty Hearst, a 1988 biopic about the kidnapped heiress for which the actress became so immersed that even between scenes she wore a blindfold, the better to identify with her real-life counterpart. Richardson was directed again by Schrader in a 1990 adaptation of Ian McEwan s The Comfort of Strangers and, also in 1990, starred in the screen version of Margaret Atwood s The Handmaid s Tale. (KHOU.com, TX)
ME: Richardson Died From Blunt Head Impact Mar 20, 2009
The actress and wife of film star Liam Neeson starred in such films as "Patty Hearst," "Maid in Manhattan" and "Nell," opposite her husband, Liam Neeson, and Jodie Foster. Foster, said that Richardson was "brilliant, beautiful, funny" and "talented beyond measure.". (Click2Houston, TX)
A Look Back At Natasha Richardson's Impressive Career Mar 20, 2009
Richardson gave one of her finest performances under the direction of "Taxi Driver" writer Paul Schrader; once again getting biographical, she starred opposite a young Ving Rhames, playing kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst in the 1988 film of that name. In 1989, she appeared opposite Paul Newman and John Cusack in "Fat Man and Little Boy," a criminally underrated Roland Joff. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Brain injury cited in death of Richardson Mar 20, 2009
Descended from one of Britain's greatest acting dynasties, including her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson was known for her work in such plays as "Cabaret" (for which she won a Tony) and "Anna Christie" and in the films "Patty Hearst" and "The Handmaid's Tale.". The mourning continued yesterday as Broadway theaters intended to dim their lights in honor of Richardson and colleagues offered tributes. (Boston Globe)
Actress Natasha Richardson Dies Mar 20, 2009
Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst" and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret," died after suffering a serious head injury in a skiing accident. She was 45. (KWTX.com, TX)
Natasha Richardson Mar 20, 2009
In the movies she played the title character in Paul Schrader's film "Patty Hearst" (1988), about the heiress and kidnap victim. Her more recent work has included a remake of "The Parent Trap" (1998) and the comedy "Maid in Manhattan" (2002). (International Herald Tribune)
Read Hannity's America Mar 19, 2009
Sara Jane Olson, a member of the 1970s radical group the Symbionese Liberation Army which was linked to the Patty Hearst kidnapping was released from prison Tuesday. Olson was convicted in 1999 of attempting to kill two LAPD officers by placing nail and pipe bombs under their cars, and for her involvement in robbing a bank that left a 42-year-old mother of four dead. (Fox News)
Family 'Shocked, Devastated' Over Death of Actress Natasha Richardson Mar 19, 2009
Richardson played the title character in Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst," a 1988 biopic about the kidnapped heiress for which the actress became so immersed that even between scenes she wore a blindfold, the better to identify with her real-life counterpart. "Natasha Richardson ... has been handed a big unwritten role; she feels her way into it, and she fills it," wrote The New Yorker's Pauline Kael. (Fox News)
Natasha Richardson: One of the Good Guys Mar 19, 2009
She first came to movie prominence in a 1988 movie directed by Paul Schrader about Patty Hearst. "She looked the part, and was perfect for it," Schrader said. (Fox News)
Remembering Natasha Richardson, 1963-2009 Mar 19, 2009
I never saw Richardson on stage, but my favorite among her film performances is that of Patty Hearst in of the same name. "Patty Hearst" is a challenging and difficult picture, a stylized window into a particular kind of horror story ... Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst" tells the story Americans didn't want to hear. (Salon)
Released Radical Returns to Minnesota Despite Protests Mar 19, 2009
At the time, Olson was known as Kathleen Soliah, a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a violent group that sought to overthrow the government and was best known for kidnapping newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. The St. Paul police union and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty are against Olson being allowed to serve her one-year parole in Minnesota, arguing that she should serve it in the state where her crimes were committed. (Fox News)
APPRECIATION: The vibrancy of Natasha Richardson Mar 19, 2009
She portrayed the young author Mary Shelley in 1986's Gothic and the title character in 1988's Patty Hearst, and later was Zelda Fitzgerald in the made-for-TV production Zelda. Other notable films include adaptations of Ian McEwan's haunting novel The Comfort of Strangers, in which she and Rupert Everett were cast as lovers who attract a mysterious older couple, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, which starred Richardson as a free spirit living in a fascistic state where fertile young... (USA Today)
Natasha Richardson, 45; part of acting dynasty, won Tony Award Mar 19, 2009
In addition to Schrader's "Patty Hearst" (1988), in which she played the title heiress-turned-terrorist, and the psychological thriller "The Comfort of Strangers" (1990), Ms. Richardson starred in movie dramas including "A Month in the Country" (1987) with Colin Firth, "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990) with Robert Duvall, and "Widows' Peak" (1994) with Neeson. Film scholar David Kipen said of Ms. Richardson: "As an heir to the Redgrave theatrical and film dynasty, she was the British Drew Barrymore -... (Boston Globe)
* World News Quick Take Mar 19, 2009
A former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, an urban guerrilla notorious for the 1974 kidnapping of media heiress Patty Hearst, was released on Tuesday after serving seven years in prison, officials said. Sara Jane Olson, 62, was released from Californias Chowchilla prison to serve parole in Minnesota. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Natasha Richardson dies at 45 Mar 19, 2009
One of her most prominent earlier roles was starring as "Patty Hearst" in the 1988 Paul Schrader biopic. Other notable film roles included Ken Russell's "Gothic," "A Month in the Country," "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990), "Nell," "The Comfort of Strangers," "Widows' Peak," "The Parent Trap" (1998), "Maid in Manhattan," "The White Countess" (2005) and last year's "Evening.". (Variety)
Actress dies; injured in fall on ski slope Mar 19, 2009
NEW YORK - Actress Natasha Richardson, whose career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst" and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret," died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury from a skiing accident. Alan Nierob, the Los Angeles-based publicist for Richardson's husband, Liam Neeson, confirmed her death in a written statement. (AZCentral -- News)
Deaths in the News: Natasha Richardson Mar 19, 2009
NEW YORK - Natasha Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the 1988 film "Patty Hearst" and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret," died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury during a beginners' ski lesson. Alan Nierob, the Los Angeles-based publicist for Richardson's husband, Liam Neeson, confirmed her death in a written statement. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Appreciation: Natasha Richardson, Always Worth Watching Mar 19, 2009
She could locate the befuddlement of a brainwashed heiress (in the movie Patty Hearst), the crassness of a an old-time good-time girl (as Sally Bowles, a Tony-winning turn, in the ), the desperation in a Tennessee Williams heroine (Suddenly Last Summer on TV, A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway) ... Two years later, she was convincingly Californian in Paul Schrader's oneiric docudrama about Patty Hearst another nightmare role that she approached with the passion and, especially, the precision... (Time.com)
A true daughterof the theater Mar 19, 2009
Richardson was a true daughter of the theater - Celebrities- msnbc. Richardson was a true daughter of the theater. (MSNBC -- News)
Natasha Richardson hurt at Montreal ski resort Mar 19, 2009
Richardson's films include "Patty Hearst," "Gothic," "Nell" - in which she appeared with her future husband - "The Parent Trap" and "Maid in Manhattan.". Her maternal grandparents were the actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and her uncle Corin Redgrave and aunt Lynn Redgrave are both actors. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Natasha Richardson Flown to New York With Serious Head Injury, NYT Reports Mar 18, 2009
The U.K.-born Richardson has appeared in films such as The Parent Trap, Patty Hearst and The Handmaids Tale. Richardson won a Tony Award in 1998 for her role in the Broadway musical Cabaret. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Sara Jane Olson: American Housewife, American Terrorist Mar 18, 2009
After moving to Berkeley in 1972, Soliah befriended Angela Atwood, an aspiring actress who introduced her to members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the domestic terrorist sect best known for kidnapping media heiress Patty Hearst in 1974. Two weeks after Atwood was killed during an SLA shootout with Los Angeles police in May 1974, Soliah used the pulpit at a Berkeley rally to issue an impassioned speech in which dubbed policemen "pigs," preached solidarity with the SLA and urged the group to... (Time.com)
1970s radical Sara Jane Olson free on parole Mar 18, 2009
A former 1970s radical associated with the group that kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst finished her prison sentence Tuesday, ending a legal drama that harked back to a violent era of social unrest. More News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Ex-1970s radical freed from Calif. prison Mar 18, 2009
The crimes took place while she was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, most notorious for kidnapping newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. She was released by mistake a year ago after California corrections officials miscalculated her parole date, joining her family for five days before she was rearrested. (Boston Globe)
Minnesota urges California to keep '70s radical Mar 17, 2009
The SLA the urban guerrilla group most notorious for its kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst had a long list of high-profile crimes during the mid-1970s, including the assassination of an Oakland schools superintendent and the shotgun slaying of Myrna Opsahl, a 42-year-old mother of four who was depositing a church collection at a bank near Sacramento when the group robbed it. Olson was in the bank during that 1975 heist, which netted the SLA $15,000. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Gifted, lifted and pained: Ellensburg pastor's life with God Mar 11, 2009
In addition to the war protesting and the upheaval of cultural changes, Martin also lived in the city during the time of the Zebra murders and the Patty Hearst kidnapping saga. They caught Patty Hearst near where I lived, Martin said. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Peter Schjeldahl: A Shepard Fairey moment.00003266 Feb 16, 2009
His screenprints on paper, canvas, plastic, and metal, from found photographs and illustrations publicity portraits, vintage advertising and propaganda, historical icons (Patty Hearst with a machine gun), satirically altered cash and stock certificates deploy a standard palette of acrid red, yellowish white, and black. (The red, white, and blue of Hope were an ad-hoc departure. (New Yorker)
Dogs take all avenues to reach Westminster show Feb 10, 2009
Famed heiress Patty Hearst was among those on hand. She won a prize last year with her French bulldog, but was shut out this visit. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Breeds gather for 133rd Westminster Dog Show Feb 8, 2009
Famed heiress Patty Hearst is set to make an early appearance, with a favorite French bulldog. Other notables bringing their pooches: the creator of "The Bachelor" television show and the parents of the brothers who founded the Taser company. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
