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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: Al Jolson, Halloween, Labor Legislation, Holidays, Immigration
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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: Al Capone, Boardwalk Empire (tv program), Irving Berlin, Ronald Reagan, Reaganomics
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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...
Tags: Al Capone, Judaism, Wayne Brady, Rosh Hashanah, Organized Crime
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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: The Brady Bunch (tv program), Alzheimer's Disease, Maurice Chevalier, Edward Everett Horton, Charles Dickens
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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: Groucho Marx, Republican Party, Philosophy, John Malone, Rupert Murdoch
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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: Frank Sinatra, Holidays, Harold Arlen, Gene Kelly, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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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: Tony Orlando, Radio, Primetime Emmy Awards, Flip Wilson, Carol Channing
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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" espaņoles 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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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: Butch Cassidy, Recording Studios, Journalism, Sting, Death
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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: Andy Griffith, Danny Thomas, Death, Jim Nabors, Comedy (genre)
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Disappearance of McDaniel's Historic Oscar Explored in "Hattie's Lost Legacy"
Airs on DC50, Sunday, February 19 @ 3PM
Seventy-one years ago it was no surprise when the 1939 classic "Gone with the Wind" won the Best Picture Oscar, and Vivien Leigh took home Best Actress honors as Scarlett O’Hara. Probably the most...Tags: African-American History Month, Los Angeles Times, Washington, DC, Slavery, Gone with the Wind (movie)
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