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Obama, the night the stars came out
The Swampby Mark Silva First Lady Michelle Obama sat next to "the Boss'' last night. Seated on her other side at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington was the president of the United States, there to......Tags: Honolulu, Barack Obama, Frank Langella, CBS Corp., Opera (genre)
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Happy hurricane season! Win prizes!
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHurricane season officially started on Sunday. To celebrate, I bought a can of tuna fish and a share of Home Depot stock, then consulted my Magic 8-ball to see what kind of year it was going to be. I???m also......Tags: Fannie Hurst, Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, The Home Depot, Disasters
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Rachel Rockwell to stage 'Oliver' as part of new Drury Lane season
The Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace said Monday that it will stage the British classic "Oliver," the Broadway farce "Boeing-Boeing," the contemporary musical "Next to Normal," the redoubtable "Hello, Dolly!" and the Mel Brooks spoof "Young...Tags: Next to Normal (musical), Music
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Chicago catches a 'Big Fish'
NEW YORK — A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: "No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad." Chastened, the man talks of...
Tags: The Addams Family (tv program), Dan Jinks, Broadway Theater, John August, Albert Finney
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Patt Morrison Asks: Inside guy, Buck Henry
Buck Henry arguably made his showbiz debut at the age of 2, when his mother, the silent film star Ruth Taylor, took him to the Paramount lot to show him off. She denied then that she wanted him to go into movies. Sorry, Mom. Henry has become a polymath of...Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Horrible Bosses (movie), Get Smart (movie), Orson Welles, George Clooney
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Computer generated movies need to have a little fun
Computer generated imagery, or CGI, seems to be what movies are all about these days. It allows you to see weird distant planets, mythological creatures, and Robert Downey Jr. zipping around in an iron suit. (If they put me in that suit, all I could do is...Tags: Iron Man (movie), Robin Hood (movie, 2010), Basil Rathbone, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gaming
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Let's poke some polls and serve up some surveys
The news nowadays consists of two elements: (1) actual news, and (2) polls and surveys. This is a good thing, because news that consisted solely of news would be too depressing, the majority of actual news being grim and unpleasant. Fortunately, a...Tags: Sociology, Boston Red Sox, World War II (1939-1945), Music Theater, Xbox 360
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'Producers' will be new theater's first play
Sun Theater CriticThe thematic connection may be largely coincidental, but there's no denying the serendipity of opening the Hippodrome Performing Arts Center with the Baltimore-Washington premiere of The Producers, which will inaugurate the renovated theater with a five-...Tags: Victor Hugo, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Alain Boublil, Terry Johnson, Barry Humphries
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Aglow at the Globes
Since shaking loose the dust of the Zadora era and taking its place just off-center in the award heavens, the Golden Globes have reigned as the Oscars' quirky, unpredictable stepbrother. With its meeting of film and TV stars, the show delivers the season'...Tags: Natalie Portman, Steven Spielberg, Sean Hayes, Anthony Hopkins, Mandy Moore
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“American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make A Noise”: Review, with exclusive clip
Channel Guide MagazineAmerican Masters: Mel Brooks — Make a Noise Monday, May 20 PBS, 9pm ET (PBS programming varies regionally) Of all the anecdotes Mel Brooks shares in his American Masters special, it’s one that takes place back before he ever walked onto a film... -
Tonight: Mount Dora singer on ‘American Idol’; Cee Lo Green on ‘Anger Management’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe highlights Thursday night: Fox's “American Idol” should have a good night in the ratings because it's facing reruns on CBS. The singing contest wraps up the sudden-death round from Las Vegas at 8. The last 10 male singers, including ... -
Mel Brooks getting ‘American Masters’ treatment
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel2013 is shaping up as the year of Mel Brooks. The filmmaker will receive the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in June, and TNT will show the event later that month. The special will repeat on TCM. But first, PBS' “American...
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