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Happy birthday! Aug. 21
Melvin Van Peebles, actor-filmmaker, 76 Kenny Rogers, singer, 70 Kim Cattrall, actress, 52 Carrie-Anne Moss, actress, 38Tags: Kenny Rogers, Celebrity, Kim Cattrall
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Birthdays
*Director Melvin Van Peebles is 76. *Singer Kenny Rogers is 70. *Guitarist James Burton is 69. *TV host Harry Smith is 57. *Actress Kim Cattrall is 52. *Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 38. *Singer Kelis is 29. *Actress Hayden Panettiere is 19.Tags: Harry Smith, Kenny Rogers, Hayden Panettiere, Celebrity, Kim Cattrall
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Oh, Those Wacky Pointy-Nosed Meerkats Are At It Again
Like two other august Friday night shows of note, "Star Trek" and "Degrassi," the most popular show on Animal Planet with the impossibly lovable critters on the Kalahari now has a longer title. Because nearly every star of the previous series has been...Tags: David Letterman, Charles Lane, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Sampras, Gene Autry
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It's Tribeca time again!
amNewYork Movie CriticWith more than 200 movies, from timely political documentaries to relationship dramas, this year's Tribeca Film Festival--running from April 23 to May 4-- has more than enough choices to satisfy every taste. Some films, such as "The Wackness" and "Man on...Tags: David Hockney, Central Park, Marathon, Katie Holmes, Metal and Mineral
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Theater Preview
South Florida Sun-SentinelSubscriptions are still the primary currency of theater programs, with all sorts of "flex" options to hook patrons into returning. But what if the shows you want most to see in 2007-'08 are spread all over the map? This handy guide, geared to the...Tags: Judd Hirsch, Festive Event, Boca Raton, Janis Joplin, Carnival Center
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Mario Van Peebles Gets Soapy
Zap2It.comWe're not sure what route, exactly, takes you from "New Jack City" to "All My Children," but Mario Van Peebles has traveled it. Van Peebles is joining the cast of the ABC soap opera later this month. It's his second foray into daytime drama; one of his...Tags: Vehicles, Susan Lucci, Crown Heights
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Pass the popcorn and pick a film
gene.seymour@newsday.comSix years into its existence, the Tribeca Film Festival has gone from being a vehicle for a neighborhood's psychic and economic recovery from 9/11 to an irradiated spring fling so vast in scope that it's spread out far enough from lower Manhattan to...Tags: Kevin Connolly, Long Island, Tribeca, Woody Harrelson, Central Park
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Flick pick fast lane
The Chicago International Film Festival has started, and with more than 100 movies in the lineup, admit it: you're lost. Don't fret; we've got the flicks you can't miss--and the movies you wouldn't wish on your worst enemies. Plus, check metromix.com...Tags: Vehicles, Juliette Binoche, Spike Lee, Steve Harris, Weather Reports
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And the winner is...
International Film Competition Gold Hugo (Best Film): "My Nikifor" (Poland) Silver Hugo--Special Jury Prize: "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" (Romania) Silver Hugo Award--Best Actress: Inka Friedrich and Nadja Uhi, "Summer in Berlin" (Germany) Silver Hugo...Tags: Animation, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Sarandon, Film Festivals
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'Death' by steamroller
Gordon Cox is a regular contributor to Newsday."Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" will give you a headache, and not just because the sound system lends every voice a harsh, overamplified edge. Melvin Van Peebles' semi-musical can be interpreted as an angry social outcry or a lurid...Tags: Vehicles, Prostitution, Music Theater, Broadway
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Baadasssss!
STAFF WRITER(R). Melvin Van Peebles' quixotic struggle to make his groundbreaking 1971 feature, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song," is chronicled in this slippery, brazenly entertaining paean to guerrilla filmmaking. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, who plays his...Tags: Vehicles
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'White Chicks'
Times Staff WriterThe rowdy "White Chicks" has Shawn and Marlon Wayans, handsome, buff and African American, passing themselves off as a pair of socialite sisters who seem rather clearly inspired by Paris and Nicky Hilton. Thanks to the wizardry of special effects...Tags: Nicky Hilton, Steven Bernstein, Beverly Hills, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans
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