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Martin Luther King Day at the strip club? Is nothing sacred?
You might call this a requiem for reverence.
It seems that one Jeffrey Darnell Paul, a graphic artist from Miami Beach, had been tasked with creating a poster for a strip club's so-called "I Have a Dream Bash" last week in apparent "honor" of the...Tags: Human Rights, Jane Fonda, Google Inc., Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Hope
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Holiday comedy events make for Christmas chuckles
Christmas is a sacred day to many, a time to celebrate with friends and family. You'd think comedians would make fun of it at their own peril.
But no less an authority than John Waters, an unabashed Christmas fan who will be bringing his "A John Waters...Tags: Holidays, John Waters, Entertainment Events, Mount Royal, Music
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Waters' latest: sex by pseudonym
Sun Movie CriticA Dirty Shame is a tale of marauding sex addicts who wage a pitched battle against the morally upright citizens of Harford Road. It's also a celebration of sexual rapaciousness, sexual perversity, sexual obsessions ... in fact, just about everything...Tags: Selma Blair, John Waters, Chris Isaak, PG Rated Movies, NC-17 Rated Movies
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Valerie Perrine went from Vegas showgirl to Hollywood star
Valerie Perrine may be the only former Las Vegas showgirl to win the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. Just a few years after she had hung up her glitzy showgirl costume, Perrine was the toast of the town as Lenny Bruce's stripper/showgirl...
Tags: Larry Karaszewski, Entertainment Events, Valerie Perrine, Bob Fosse, Dustin Hoffman
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Onion 'edgy': Tasteless and sickening
Leonard PittsThe tweet went as follows: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a (expletive), right?" The missing word is a bit of verbal sewage sometimes used to disparage women. Begins with "c," rhymes with "hunt." Its...Tags: Seth MacFarlane, Norman Lear, Bob Hope, Onions, Lucille Ball
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Dining Review: New Haven Meatball House
New Haven Meatball House 1180 Chapel St., New Haven, (203) 772-3360, nhmeatballhouse.com Mon – Thurs open at 5 p.m., Fri – Sun open at 11:30 a.m., Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 5-7p.m., Sat-Sun 2 - 5p.m. The up-scaling of comfort food in New...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Sandwiches, Tomatoes, Mushrooms, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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'Edgy' is tasteless and sickening
The tweet went as follows: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a (expletive), right?" The missing word is a bit of verbal sewage sometimes used to disparage women. Begins with "c." Its target here, however,...Tags: Seth MacFarlane, Norman Lear, Entertainment Events, Onions, Bob Hope
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Jon Lovitz holds court
Jon Lovitz's standup career only began in earnest nine years ago, long after his popular stint on "Saturday Night Live," when he says the movie roles "started drying up" and his talent managers slapped down a cold, crushing reality check. "I told 'em,...
Tags: Tim Meadows, Boca Raton, Alex Olmedo, Coral Springs, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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Torrington's Warner Theatre Hosts a Downton Abbey-Themed Party For the Premiere of Season 3
And there was much rejoicing by British-TV obsessives: Connecticut's own CPTV celebrates its 50th year of existence with a gala of Edwardian proportions at Torrington's Warner Theatre on Saturday, starting at 5:30 p.m. For $60 a head, participants...
Tags: XL Center, Entertainment Events, Jerry Seinfeld, Julian Fellowes, Warner Theatre
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10 things you might not know about doomsday
Either the world will end on Dec. 21, or it won't. Your view depends on whether you believe in a much-publicized but debunked interpretation of the Mayan calendar, or you don't. Here are 10 facts so amazing they may crack the time-space continuum: 1 One...
Tags: The New York Times, Music, Large Hadron Collider Experiments, Fiction, Radio Industry
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Richard Lewis: The soul of a jazzman
The performer bounds onto the stage, and even before the applause has died down he's standing in front of the microphone, riffing freely. As his solo takes flight, he picks up the tempo, his thoughts rushing out in a torrent. Quickly, he develops...
Tags: Carnegie Hall, Miles Davis, Music, Wynton Marsalis, Benny Goodman
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Q&A: Chicago-native 'Mr. Sophistication' star Harry Lennix
In the excellent new drama “Mr. Sophistication,” veteran comedian/actor Ron Waters (Chicago-native Harry Lennix) is tempted by the notion that fame means he exists on a different level in society. “I think any honest celebrity would see...
Tags: Christopher Reeve, Spider-Man (fictional character), Buddy Holly, Goodman Theatre, Chicago International Film Festival
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