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Jimmy Patsos does it his way, and Loyola keeps winning
Jimmy Patsos got what he wanted after all. "Three games in March," he said Sunday after Loyola beat Manhattan, 63-61, at Reitz Arena. Three games to win the upcoming Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships and get the automatic bid to the...
Tags: Movies, Argo (movie), Moonrise Kingdom (movie), College Sports, Demerol (drug)
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Obama came out swinging
Just as Sidney Poitier's Mr. Tibbs returned the slap of a bigoted white orchid owner in "In the Heat of the Night," so President Obama's rhetorical slap-down of Mitt Romney's rude and condescending behavior during the second presidential debate...Tags: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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'All-American Muslim' -- a lost opportunity at understanding
A few words on what American Muslims need. We were discussing this, an olive-skinned Muslim man and I, at a banquet last year, when he said a wistful, poignant thing that has stayed with me ever since. "We thought we were white," he said. Not "white" in...
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Crashing the Oscars
The Oscars are serious — important people making important, relevant, thought-provoking movies about race, marital relations, horses and Owen Wilson seeing dead Parisians. The dresses and jewelry are beyond fancy. The tuxes are bespoke. Sidney...Tags: The Descendants (movie), Jonah Hill, Woody Allen, George Clooney, Halle Berry
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Feb. 22: Our own Oscars
Oscars comedy: Let's not take the Academy Awards too seriously We could ask "who will win?" But we'd rather ask a panel of funny folks -- including the likes of "Happy Endings" star Casey Wilson and "Chelsea Lately" writer Sarah Colonna -- who should...Tags: Movies, Melissa McCarthy, Academy Awards, Entertainment Events, Steven Spielberg
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A watershed for the Oscars
Sun Movie CriticAt the Oscars next month, an unprecedented contest will unfold. Jamie Foxx, nominated in the best actor category for his role as Ray Charles in Ray, will be up against the highly regarded Don Cheadle from Hotel Rwanda. And for best supporting actor,...Tags: MGM Inc., Movies, African Americans, Documentary (genre), Clint Eastwood
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'The Greatest Story Ever Told' for Easter
Staff writer"The Bible," History's 10-hour miniseries, concludes its run Easter night. The final two hours, starting at 8, depict Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection as well as the lives of the early disciples. The production from Roma Downey and Mark Burnett has...Tags: Movies, Nazareth, Max von Sydow, Richard Burton, The Larry Sanders Show (tv program)
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Bill Cosby moments: Anyone remember Chet Kincaid?
Confession: I’ve seen about four episodes of “The Cosby Show” in their entirety, and that might be a stretch. But while the lives of a close-knit, upper-middle-class family didn’t much appeal to me, I get that it was an...
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1968 Academy Awards delayed
FrameworkApr 10, 1968: Arrivals at the Academy Awards outside the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.... -
To Lulu, with love -- will Britain's iconic soul singer finally face (and conquer) America?
Liz Smith"HOW DO you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume? Oh, it isn't easy, but I'll try. If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters that would soar a thousand feet high To Sir, with love...." This is British singer Lulu'...Tags: Amy Winehouse, Paul McCartney, England, Barry Manilow, American Idol (tv program)
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