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In a New York state of mind
I was in New York City last week. On Tuesday, Election Day, CNN had big screens in Times Square, and I joined the folks watching the returns. We cheered a lot, especially when CNN turned cameras on us. On Wednesday, a nor'easter struck NYC. I can't...
Tags: Sammy Davis Jr., Tom Waits, Empire State Building, Meg Ryan, Times Square
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John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis get TCM marathons
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelTCM starts its Summer Under the Stars festival Wednesday with John Wayne, arguably the biggest movie star of all. Each day in August, starting at 6 a.m., the channel will salute a performer with a 24-hour marathon. What is Wayne's best? I vote “... -
Tonight: ‘The Soul Man’ debuts; Romney sons on ‘Conan’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelA few highlights tonight: 1. TV Land has put veteran performers to work, from Valerie Bertinelli and Betty White to Fran Drescher and Jessica Walter. Now the channel is bringing back Cedric the Entertainer and Niecy Nash for ”The Soul Man,”... -
TV tonight: ‘American Idol’ winner Scotty McCreery on ‘CMA Music Festival’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelBig Brother": How is Brendon fitting in since his surprise return to the house on Thursday? We learn at 8 on CBS. The previews suggest Rachel is overjoyed; will viewers be?... -
Celebrity worship and Charlie Sheen: A theologian’s thoughts
The Religion WorldMichael Anthony Milton is chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary. Here are his thoughts on the public meltdown of actor Charlie Sheen: The public disintegration of a television and film celebrity like Charlie Sheen is not only tragic and sad, but..... -
This weekend: Grammy legends; âExtreme Makeoverâ in Cocoa; Dwight Howard on âCleveland Showâ; Marge Simpson goes gray
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe weekend's biggest show will be the Grammys, which unfold from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Sunday on CBS. The awards are usually about today's biggest hitmakers, but this year's telecast is making a big deal over legends. And why not? Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand... -
Roll film fest!
We never need much convincing to pack up our blankets and our picnic baskets and head to the Chicago Outdoor Film Festival on a warm summer night. (What's not to love about seven weeks of free classic movies under the stars?) But this year's schedule is...Tags: Movies, Peter Boyle, Douglas Sirk, Julie Andrews, Comedy (genre)
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'The Baxter'
Times Staff WriterIn an essay about character actors of the 1930s and '40s, Luc Sante described Ralph Bellamy as "the other guy, the extra man, the school pal you forgot about until you saw his obituary, and then missed him without knowing why." Asked what his ex-wife's...Tags: Michelle Williams, Movies, Comedy (genre), Genres, Elizabeth Banks
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Movie review: 'The Holiday'
Tribune movie critic2 stars (out of four) This one's more of a working vacation. "The Holiday" is a 131-minute romantic comedy for those who, if they had their way, would still be watching "Love Actually." Star power is not nothing, though, and "The Holiday" has that...Tags: Mel Gibson, Mark Twain, Movies, Michael Phillips, Preston Sturges
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Movie review: Going Shopping'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) Making a simple, natural, humanistic movie about shopaholics and boutique owners in L.A. might seem a pretty weird proposition, even for a low-budget American indie by a card-carrying maverick such as Henry Jaglom. But Jaglom's...Tags: Academy Awards, Movies, Cinema Industry, Fiction, Spencer Tracy
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'I Like Killing Flies'
Chicago TribuneHere's a treat. In Greenwich Village, on the isle of Manhattan, a Jewish Falstaff named Kenny Shopsin and his family serve up an inspired array of dishes at Shopsin's restaurant. (Check out www.shopsins.com and see what you think of the menu.) The...Tags: Greenwich Village, Movies, Preston Sturges, Cinema Industry, John Anderson
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'The Holiday'
Times Staff WriterThe alluring surfaces of other people's lives can be deceiving, though generally not in a Nancy Meyers comedy, where the thin veneer of fantasy cloaks ... more fantasy. "The Holiday" is the story of two single women who swap houses over Christmas and,...Tags: Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, Comedy (genre), Holidays, Canterbury
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