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Hide & shriek at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights
Orlando SentinelThere's just something about Bloody Mary. Maybe it's her blank eyes. Maybe it's her stage-whispery voice or her ghostly complexion. Most likely it's her omnipresence. Bloody Mary, the icon of this year's Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios,...Tags: Universal Orlando, Migration, Halloween, Public Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Bloody Mary reigns at Universal's 18th Halloween Horror Nights
Sentinel Columnist dewayne Bevil, Sentinel Staff WriterThere's just something about Bloody Mary. Maybe it's her blank eyes. Maybe it's her otherworldly, stage-whispery voice or her ghostly-yet-scarred complexion. Most likely it's her omnipresence. Bloody Mary, the icon of this year's Halloween Horror...Tags: Universal Orlando, Migration, Theme Park Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Gardens and Parks
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Theater season preview
Sentinel Staff WriterAmway Shakespeare Opportunity Twitter of the Shrew will be at a site to be announced. The Shakespeariment will be at the Walt Disney Amphitheater at Lake Eola Park, 101 N. Rosalind Ave., Orlando. Details: 407-792-9421. Twitter of the Shrew: Feb. 14....Tags: Orange Blossom Trail, August, International Speedway Corp., Brighton Beach, Religious Festivals
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Un espantapájaros a la mexicana
El mundo de Oz de Antonio de Carlo es muy diferente al de L. Frank Baum. El productor mexicano ha tomado la legendaria obra de Baum y le ha dado un giro latino para crear una linda historia en un mundo -e idioma- con el que los inmigrantes se puedan... -
'Wicked' will close Chicago run in January
Tribune criticThe unprecedented Chicago production of "Wicked" will ring down its final curtain after its 1,500th performance at the Oriental Theatre on Jan. 25, 2009, show producer David Stone is expected to announce Wednesday. By the time they fly away, the witches...Tags: Indiana Jones, Startups, Donny Osmond, Harry Potter, Oriental Theater
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Sci Fi Takes Heart in 'Tin Man' Ratings
Zap2It.comThere was no place like the Sci Fi Channel for miniseries viewers on Sunday night. The network scored its best ratings ever for the first night of its "Tin Man" miniseries, a reimagining of the L. Frank Baum classic, "The Wizard of Oz." The Dec. 2...Tags: Alan Cumming, Richard Dreyfuss, Steven Spielberg
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'Tin Man' Says, 'Welcome to The O.Z.'
Zap2It.comThe 1939 movie version of "The Wizard of Oz," starring Judy Garland as a Kansas farm girl who rides a twister into a fairy-tale land -- and Margaret Hamilton as perhaps the most famous movie witch ever -- is all people know of L. Frank Baum's 1900 story,...Tags: Values, Fiction, Vehicles, Richard Dreyfuss, Ethics
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Sci Fi's Oz update 'Tin Man' has heart
Tribune television criticAuthor L. Frank Baum wasn't stingy when it came to loading "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with resonant themes and useful storytelling devices. There's a quest, a band of outsiders who become a family of sorts, a battle between good and evil, a witch or...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Ethics, Alan Cumming, Values, Judy Garland
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Lincoln and his complex times
The Age of Lincoln By Orville Vernon BurtonHill and Wang As the country begins the countdown for the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial in 2009, be warned: There will be dozens of books with "Lincoln" in the title competing for space on the front tables at...Tags: History, Statue of Liberty, Victor Hugo, Ku Klux Klan, Henry Clay
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Sci Fi Updates 'Wizard of Oz'
Zap2It.comThe Sci Fi Channel is off to see the wizard -- RHI Entertainment that is -- to create a six-hour miniseries based on L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz." "Tin Man" (working title) will begin production on its science fiction, psychedelic reimagining of...Tags: Danny Glover, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Isabella Rossellini, Judy Garland
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Deschanel Joins Sci Fi's 'Oz' Remake
Zap2It.comZooey Deschanel is off to see the wizard. The actress has been cast as the lead in the Sci Fi Channel's six-hour miniseries "Tin Man," a reimagining of the classic L. Frank Baum book "The Wizard of Oz." She joins Alan Cumming, who was cast in January....Tags: Alan Cumming, Robert Ford, Jesse James, Brad Pitt
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Visual art calendar
South Florida Sun-SentinelOCTOBER To Oct. 12 -- Jack King. Mixed media sculptures. Portraits of the Golden Age of Jazz. Photographs by William P. Gottlieb. Eissey. To Oct. 14 -- Alterego. Artwork by the most recent crop of Artists-in-Residence: Trisha Brookbank, Monica Hernandez,...Tags: Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Metal and Mineral, Toy Industry, Minority Groups, Sculpture
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