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Colonial Players, Infinity Theatre offer a double delight
Two terrific shows premiered last weekend in Annapolis, set in nearly the same period and dealing with history-making creative artists. At Colonial Players, "Moonlight and Magnolias" is set in 1939 and tells the behind-the-scenes story of making the film...
Tags: Annapolis, Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind (movie), Concerts, Music
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'Diner' cast members join Barry Levinson at anniversary celebration
Sherry Korsover waited 51 years for her Forest Park High classmate, Barry Levinson, to sign her yearbook. "I was so in love with you," she told a smiling Levinson Saturday night, as about 800 "Diner" fans came to Johns Hopkins University to celebrate the...Tags: Film Festivals, Barry Levinson, Ellen Barkin, Mickey Rourke, Seinfeld (tv program)
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'Ben-Hur': Still going well beyond the material
Pity the poor film lovers who blew their entire month's movie budget on the latest "Star Wars" box set. This week, for roughly the same price, they could have owned a cinema milestone superior to "Star Wars" in just about every way — William Wyler's...Tags: Sesame Street (tv program), Julie Taymor, Fox Broadcasting Company, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Charlton Heston
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George Hamilton back in the spotlight for 'La Cage' at Hippodrome
George Hamilton just wants a cup of coffee, that's all. But a small obstacle confounds the handsome, supernaturally tanned actor in his Tulsa, Okla., hotel room — the coffee maker.
"This is a whole new experience for me," he says by phone. "I'm...Tags: Jerry Herman, Clark Gable, Mae West, Concerts, Music
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Mining the matrimonial pain of 'Private Lives'
If you think divorce is no laughing matter, you have not seen Noel Coward's "Private Lives." In any event, go see the expertly staged production at Baltimore's Everyman Theatre.
The late English playwright makes divorce-related arguments sound so...Tags: Charles Street, Richard Burton, Concerts, Noel Coward, Elizabeth Taylor
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'Night Flight' still soars over today's movies
Vintage Hollywood movies were often belittled for taking liberties with history and glazing over the facts in their biographical dramas. But where are the upholders of truth when it comes to the current crop of American films? Movies by top-rank...Tags: David Fincher, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Sucker Punch (movie), Documentary (genre)
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'Sweet Smell of Success' has classic aroma
Louis B. Mayer warned anyone who made a movie at MGM: "Be smart, but never show it."
The still-subversive thrill of "Sweet Smell of Success" — an independent production released through United Artists — is that it's unabashedly smart in every...Tags: Walter Winchell, Tony Curtis, James Wong, Burt Lancaster, Louis B. Mayer
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Down and out in Vegas
Sun ColumnistLAS VEGAS - There was a buzz in the air, something faint and mysterious, as Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman came bounding out from their corners for the fourth round. The judges had given the first three to Lewis because he had landed punches to the face of...Tags: David Spade, Reggie Jackson, Casino and Gambling Industry, Marlon Wayans, Dave Winfield
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Oscar nominees' list rings of reassurance
Times Staff WriterOn a morning when news of the 74th Oscar nominations had to vie for air time with reports of a new terrorism alert, the films that had the most success with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences could be summed up in a single word: reassuring....Tags: Awards and Prizes, Culture, Ian McKellen, Robert Wise, Russell Crowe
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A watershed for the Oscars
Sun Movie CriticAt the Oscars next month, an unprecedented contest will unfold. Jamie Foxx, nominated in the best actor category for his role as Ray Charles in Ray, will be up against the highly regarded Don Cheadle from Hotel Rwanda. And for best supporting actor,...Tags: Samuel L. Jackson, Awards and Prizes, Culture, African Americans, Spencer Tracy
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So, you want a piece of the action?
SunSpot StaffIf the financial success of "Hairspray" has visions of dollar signs dancing in your head, think again, industry experts say. "Anybody who thinks that should put their heads in a bucket of cold water," said longtime Broadway producer Frederic B. Vogel,...Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Paul Simon, Music Theater, Tony Awards, Theater
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