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She wrote and directed the film Lost in Translation. It's up for four Academy awards, including Best Director and Best Picture. The film stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannsen as two Americans visiting Tokyo. Sofia Coppola is the daughter of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

Juan Vicente called California home for most of his life. "I had the American dream. And I lost it.”

Hundreds of families in Southern California who have lost their homes to the Thomas Fire are trying to find a way to celebrate Christmas.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on the massive ice storm that struck the south this week. One of the communities hardest hit was the vacation destination of Hot Springs, Arkansas, where a national park was closed and hotels were forced to turn away guests when the town lost electricity and water earlier this week.

Salzman is the author of the new novel, Lying Awakeabout a cloistered nun who discovers that her spiritual visions may be induced by epilepsy. The book explores the connection between neurologic disorders and mysticism. Salzman is also the author of the novel The Soloist, and a memoir, Lost in Place. He is also a cellist.

Stocks took another pummeling today. The bloodied Nasdaq composite index fell sharply again after Gateway, a leading computer maker, warned of upcoming weak sales. The Dow also lost ground. But it's the relentless decline of the technology-rich Nasdaq since Spring that has investors most worried.

NPR's Michelle Kelemen gives an update on the battle to maintain independent television in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Media Mogul Vladimir Gusinsky has lost his controlling interest in the Media-Most conglomerate to the partially state-owned television monopoly.

NPR's Anthony Brooks talks to Gore supporters in the Vice President's home state of Tennessee. Gore lost Tennessee in last week's election by three percentage points. If he had carried it, he would already be president-elect and Florida would be a moot point.

NPR's Philip Davis reports on problems faced by Palm Beach County, Florida voters who mistakenly voted for Pat Buchanan instead of Al Gore. Many Democrats contend that these lost votes may have cost Gore the presidency.

Commentator Andrew Lam remembers his first Thanksgiving Day in the United States when he could barely say the word "Thanksgiving." His family was silent and lost without his father, who had stayed behind in Vietnam, and there seemed little reason for thankfulness.