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Culture Watch: NT Live's broadcast of 'One Man, Two Guvnors'
Culture MonsterNT Live's broadcast of its current hit, “One Man, Two Guvnors," begins Thursday, Sept. 15.... -
On writing the sequel to 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'
Jacket CopyChitty Chitty Bang Bang, written by spymaster Ian Fleming, will soon have a sequel written by Frank Cottrell Boyce.... -
Theater review: 'Bullshot Crummond and the Invisible Bride of Death' at Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center
Culture MonsterA heroically zany cast ricochets across "Bullshot Crummond and the Invisible Bride of Death." Whether their droll abandon lands Ron House's sequel to his much-produced 1972 spoof of H.C. McNeile's 1920s-'30s Bulldog Drummond novels is a trickier wicket.... -
Étaix retrospective screens at DeBartolo
South Bend TribuneMost people don’t associate funny movies with the country of France. England definitely. From Monty Python to Benny Hill, the English know how to do comedy. Sometimes those laughs come at the expense of the French. Inspector Clouseau — the...Tags: Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France, England, Peter Sellers
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News of the Weird: Robot Squirrels and Food Stamps For Plastic Surgery
No Do-Overs: By 2009, James Washington believed he had gotten away with a 1995 murder, but then he had a heart attack, and on his deathbed, in a fit of remorse, he confessed to a confidant. (“I have to get something off my conscience,” he told...
Tags: Theft, Police Arrests, Trials, Mount Sinai, Local Elections
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'Boardwalk Empire' recap, 'The Milkmaid's Lot'
"Bible camp's cancelled." -- Gyp Rosetti The rubble of Babette's Supper Club is still smoking and the echoes of last week's blast are still ringing in Nucky Thompson's ears. An episode like "The Milkmaid's Lot" could have gone down a very reflexive...
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James Corden hilariously crosses pond in 'One Man, Two Guvnors'
Los Angeles Times Theater CriticNEW YORK -- The old "contents may have shifted during flight" warning seemed especially worrying for "One Man, Two Guvnors," the London smash from the National Theatre of Great Britain that opened last week on Broadway. Although the play by Richard...Tags: Carlo Goldoni, London (England), Entertainment, United Kingdom, Comedy (genre)
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Cult British Comedy, Snuff Box, Now Available on DVD in U.S.
“The pasty, jowly, chubby guy -- the American guy who plays the zoo boss and who’s always wearing too-tight pants suits and rubbing his nipples in ‘The Mighty Boosh.’” That was the only way I could describe Rich Fulcher,...Tags: Comedy (genre), Cults and Sects, Religion and Belief, Richard Ayoade, Drama (genre)
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What is Antenna TV? How can I watch Antenna TV?
Staff WriterTribune Broadcasting and Sony launched Antenna TV, a classic television and general entertainment movie network, as a digital multicast on Tribune's broadcast stations beginning January 1, 2011. Tribune also distributes Antenna TV beyond the Tribune...Tags: The Monkees (music group), The Partridge Family (tv program), Sony Corp., Charter Communications Incorporated, Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Donald L. Taffner, Wardell Quezergue, Eve Brent
Donald L. Taffner
Distributor brought British TV shows to U.S.
Donald L. Taffner, 80, an independent television distributor and producer who adapted and delivered "The Benny Hill Show" and other British comedy programs for U.S. broadcasts, died...Tags: Willie Nelson, Korean War (1950-1953), Unrest, Conflicts and War, B.B. King, International Military Interventions
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Graduation day for 'Greek,' star Jacob Zachar
RedEyeNot to sound like a bad college graduation speaker, but a world of opportunities awaits Chicago native Jacob Zachar. Playing geeky fraternity pledge/member Rusty Cartwright in “Greek” is the 24-year-old’s biggest role, one that he began...Tags: Simon Pegg, Vehicles, Human Interest, Entertainment, David Mamet
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The Filth and the Fury
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday April 14, 2000 Though the group lasted only 26 months, produced but a single record album and broke up more than two decades ago, the Sex Pistols continue to fascinate. Maybe they're just a blip on the rock 'n' roll/popular culture landscape,...Tags: Laurence Olivier, Sex Pistols (music group), Malcolm McLaren, EMI Group Ltd., BBC
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