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Macungie native scores Emmy
TV WatchersA Macungie native has won a daytime Emmy in the creative arts portion of the Awards and could win a second when the awards are televised at 8 p.m. Saturday on the HLN network. Adam Yenser, a 2001 graduate of...... -
Greg Schwem: 'None of your business' makes for good business
Humor HotelI strode into my local dry cleaner and awaited Gary, the proprietor. After a minute or so, he emerged from behind a rack of neatly pressed suits, covered in plastic bags. He was sweating profusely, just one of the downsides of working 12-hour shifts in...Tags: Media Industry, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Media, Baseball, Sports
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For these stories, you stay up well past your bedtime
The age-old art of storytelling is undergoing a revival — and audiences are in the mood to listen. It is 1998 or '99. Tyler Clark is a pudgy teenager with a secret crush on Janelle Greene, a petite brunette who, like Tyler, attends Kokomo High...
Tags: Fight Club (movie), Human Interest, Studs Terkel, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Greg Schwem: To my child, I bequeath the blade
Humor HotelI am a nervous wreck as I write this column. Several hours ago, I heard the garage door open and the engine start. My teenage daughter rolled down the driveway piloting a piece of machinery that I warned could cause serious injury to herself or even...Tags: Entertainment Events
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Greg Schwem: The sad, pathetic personality of a computer hacker
Humor HotelMy 79-year-old father looked at me through tears of frustration as we sat side by side, staring at his PC. In just 24 hours, he had been shunned by dozens of people who, up until now, he thought were his friends. "They want me to delete their contact...Tags: Media Industry, The Pentagon, Scarlett Johansson, Viral Diseases and Infections, YouTube
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ASGT pulls the right strings with 'Avenue Q'
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre looks to have a sure hit in "Avenue Q," a 2004 triple Tony Award winner for best musical, best score and best book. Running through July 29, this musical featuring a cast of puppets and actors comically dealing with...
Tags: Tony Awards, Theater, Annapolis, Music, Arts and Culture
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Comedian and That Metal Show co-host Jim Florentine has a metal heart and a Crank Yankers mouth
You’ve been out of high school for about 20 years. You’ve heard of Lemmy Kilmister, Michael Schenker, Vinnie Paul, Uli Jon Roth, David Coverdale, Ace Frehley and Bill Ward. You find yourself debating the relative merits of Rush, the Cult and...
Tags: Media Industry, Anthrax, West Haven, Howard Stern , Music
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Greg Schwem: Please let Lindsay Lohan sleep
Humor HotelLeave it to Lindsay Lohan to give naps a bad reputation. As a dedicated nap taker, I now fear that my slumber will be violently interrupted by a "concerned" party who jumps to the conclusion that because my eyes are shut in the early afternoon and I am...Tags: Lifetime (tv network), Apple iPod, CNN (tv network), Elizabeth Taylor, Entertainment Events
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My Interview With Nora Ephron
Hartford CourantSad news about the death of Nora Ephron at 71. Here's my interview with her in 1992 on her directing debut, "This Is My Life." BY FRANK RIZZO Nora Ephron is after those flashes of truth in movies, when suddenly there's a shock of recognition and...Tags: Herbert Ross, Steve Martin, When Harry Met Sally (movie), Nora Ephron, Upper West Side
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Greg Schwem: The do-it-yourself guide to not attempting it at all
Humor HotelOn Father's Day, all dads need to be keenly aware of a very ominous phrase: Do It Yourself or "DIY" if you are texting. I'm warning fathers everywhere because many of us, instead of choosing to spend the day playing golf or taking the easy road and...Tags: NASA, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Solar Energy, Father's Day, Environmental Issues
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A Conversation with Jim Dale
Just Jim Dale With Jim Dale and pianist Mark York. Through June 24 at Long Wharf Stage II, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven. (203) 787-4282. $30. www.longwharf.org To put a Music Hall spin on it, Jim Dale is not over the hill. At 77, he’s as vital...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Don Knotts, Long Wharf Theatre, The Beatles (music group), Comedy (genre)
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Arsenio Hall will host new late-night show in 2013
Tribune NewspapersThe Dog Pound will woof again: Arsenio Hall is returning to late-night TV. Two decades after his self-titled show rebuilt the talk genre for a new generation, the 56-year-old comic and recent “Celebrity Apprentice” winner will attempt a major...Tags: Arsenio Hall, Tribune Company, David Letterman, Entertainment Events, Bill Clinton
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