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  • This is the funniest and to my mind most refreshing sequence in the movie, and it reminded me of the wonderful moment in Quiz Show when Paul Scofield, as the old-style literary academic Mark Van Doren, says dismissively of his son's depredations that "cheating on a quiz show is like plagiarising a comic strip".

    The Social Network – review Philip French 2010

  • Els Clottemans, who is due to be sentenced today, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison for the killing of Els Van Doren.

    Skydiver guilty of rival's parachute murder David Batty 2010

  • Estate and Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, N.Y. James Brooks's 'Leedy,' a painting from 1970 While Flavin's minimalist output rejected many of the Abstract Expressionist principles Brooks held dear, something about the oft-overlooked painter struck a chord.

    Homage to an Art-World Odd Couple Rachel Wolff 2011

  • The prosecution cited jealousy as a motive in the case, as Clottemans and Van Doren were romantically involved with the same man, a Dutch skydiver, whom Clottemans wanted for herself.

    Skydiver guilty of rival's parachute murder David Batty 2010

  • Seven of the drawings included in that exhibition will be on view at Greenberg Van Doren.

    Homage to an Art-World Odd Couple Rachel Wolff 2011

  • While others like Pollock loved to improvise, Brooks "worked in a very deliberate, very premeditated fashion," says Dorsey Waxter, executive director of Greenberg Van Doren, which represents the artist's estate and is holding the exhibition on both artists, called "Unlikely Friends: James Brooks & Dan Flavin."

    Homage to an Art-World Odd Couple Rachel Wolff 2011

  • Taylor and Van Doren are senior fellows at the Cato Institute.

    Should We Use The Strategic Petroleum Reserve? 2011

  • Taylor and Van Doren are senior fellows at the Cato Institute.

    Should We Use The Strategic Petroleum Reserve? 2011

  • Sidling up to Terry along the way, and taking a weird personal interest in the deaths of the paramedics, is a sweaty cop named Van Doren, played by the great Brian Cox.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

  • Van Doren fell more than 1,000 metres, crashing into a garden in Opglabbeek, a small town in eastern Belgium, and was killed instantly.

    Skydiver guilty of rival's parachute murder David Batty 2010

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