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Sun's PC police need to lighten up on Cafe Hon incident
The "Unhappy Halloween, Hon" (Nov. 3) commentary by Michael Cross-Barnet was a scream. Like a Holy Roman emperor or a demented totalitarian dictator, it dictated what was appropriate free speech for all times and all places. It also chastised the owner of...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Cafe Hon, Holidays, Immigration, Al Jolson
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'Boardwalk Empire' recap, 'You'd Be Surprised'
"He's not so good in a crowd, but when you get him alone, you'd be surprised" -- Irving Berlin, "You'd Be Surprised" Nucky Thompson's new de facto mantra, "you can't be half a gangster," seems to be applying more and more to "Boardwalk Empire" as a show....
Tags: Reaganomics, Bobby Cannavale, Women's Health, Boardwalk Empire (tv program), Irving Berlin
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'Boardwalk Empire' Season 3 premiere recap, 'Resolutions'
"Every day in every way I am getting better and better." - Nelson Van Alden What's that, "Boardwalk Empire" without its tragic hero, Jimmy Darmody? What's next, an aviatrix (or "lady flyer" if you prefer) navigating across the continent? As the third...
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From Baltimore to Broadway to Hollywood
Over the years, many noted actors, such as Mildred Natwick, Edward Everett Horton, Mildred Dunnock, Charley Chase, Francis X. Bushman, Anita Gillette and Josh Charles, have hailed from Baltimore, and their paths to stardom often began by treading the...Tags: Ginger Rogers, Dancing, Irving Berlin, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ray Bolger
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H'w'd biz climate is strictly nonpartisan: The onset of the presidential nominating conventions reminds us that Hollywood's political face is as hard to read as ever.
VarietyThe onset of the presidential nominating conventions reminds us that Hollywood's political face is as hard to read as ever. To Republicans, show business is a liberal bastion, but today, as in the past, the true "owners" are solidly conservative. I...Tags: Sumner Redstone, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, Republican Party, Philip Anschutz
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Singer, actor Tony Martin dies at 98
VarietyTony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century, died of natural causes Friday evening at his West Los...Tags: Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, MGM Inc., Religious Festivals
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Al Gordon dies at 89; Emmy-winning comedy writer for Jack Benny
Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40-year career writing for Jack Benny's penny-pinching, vain and perennially 39-year-old persona, has died. He was 89. Gordon died Wednesday of age-related causes at Cedars-...
Tags: Jack Benny, Carol Channing, World War II (1939-1945), Flip Wilson, Radio
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Theater review: ‘Hello! My Baby’ at the Rubicon Theatre
Culture MonsterPhilip Brandes reviews Cheri Steinkellner's new Tin Pan Alley-themed jukebox musical, "Hello! My Baby" at the Rubicon Theatre.... -
A dos puntas: Dos movimientos opuestos, pero paralelos
Si los "indignados" españoles y otros movimientos impugnadores en Europa fueron un cuestionamiento de la legitimidad de los gobiernos europeos, el surgimiento del movimiento de "Ocupar Wall Street" en Nueva York y su creciente eco en otras ciudades...Tags: Nancy Pelosi
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Aberdeen Community Theatre cast likes saucy, funny characters of 'Chicago'
With rehearsals being jazzed up with additional make-up, hair and costumes for next week's opening, we asked the director and principal cast members of Aberdeen Community Theatre's production of Chicago: The Musical what most inspired them to get...Tags: Theater, Dance, Music Theater, Broadway Theater, John Kander
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David Brown dies at 93; producer of 'Jaws,' 'The Sting'
David Brown, the former 20th Century Fox executive who partnered with Richard Zanuck in the early 1970s and produced the blockbuster hit "Jaws," as well as "The Verdict" and "Cocoon" before launching a solo career as a film and theatrical producer, has...Tags: Death, Journalism, Music Theater, Columbia University, Movies
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Aaron Ruben dies at 95; 'Andy Griffith' producer was an advocate for needy children
Aaron Ruben, a comedy writer, producer and director whose five-decade career included producing "The Andy Griffith Show" for the first five seasons and creating the spinoff series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.," has died. He was 95.
Ruben, who devoted much of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Gracie Allen, Jim Nabors, The Andy Griffith Show (tv program), Death
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