The Big Picture
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Sept. 9, 2011
Movies
In an eerie echo of his off-screen turmoil, actor Stephen Collins, who is currently under investigation for alleged child molestation, portrays a pedophile priest in an independent short film that has played at film festivals recently.
Oct. 15, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
In “The Horror, the Madness, the Movies” (April 16), Kenneth Turan said that “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones was a “nihilistic” song.
April 30, 2000
Some things in life are so pleasurable that you need to suffer a little for them, or so the thinking goes.
April 23, 1995
Pope Pius XII once stated a disdain for movies because “they are no good for the soul.”
April 23, 1988
Gerald Steiner, Orange County’s aspiring B-movie mogul, is back in production.
Sept. 4, 1990
Movie review: ‘Tiny Furniture’
Nov. 26, 2010
David Mamet’s “Oleanna,” adapted from his two-character play, is about sexual harassment, but it’s the audience for this movie that gets harassed.
Nov. 4, 1994
Television
In the TV movie “Toothless,” Kirstie Alley plays a deceased dentist doing penance for her misspent life by serving time as the tooth fairy.
Oct. 4, 1997
World & Nation
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who put his $142-million religious empire in jeopardy with a tearful public confession of sexual misconduct, waited Tuesday for the national leaders of his denomination to approve or modify the rehabilitation plan that prohibits him from preaching for three months.
Feb. 24, 1988