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Hannah Montana is bigger than Batman and Brangelina, but not Miley Cyrus
The Associated PressHannah Montana may be the most potent phenomenon in Hollywood right now -- bigger than Batman, bigger than Brangelina. Yet these days, the girl who truly fascinates is not Hannah, but Miley Cyrus. The 15-year-old face of the billion-dollar Disney...Tags: Radio, Batman, People, Britney Spears, Radio Industry
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Digital TV won't make your VCR obsolete
Special to the TribuneQ: When the digital TV change comes Feb. 17, will I still be able to record broadcast programs on my old analog VCRs? — Patricia Slovacek, Naperville A: Yes. You'll have to connect a converter box through the VCR to the TV so the recorder can...Tags: Naperville, Electronics, DVDs, Wilmette
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Hollywood studios are editing their home-video strategy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs one of their most lucrative sources of revenue stagnates, several Hollywood studios are considering something that would have been unthinkable even two years ago: renting films to cable subscribers and Internet users on the same day they're released on...Tags: Consumers, Netflix Inc., Consumer Electronics Industry, Universal Orlando, Sales
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How To Record Shows On VCR When Digital TV Come
Q: When the digital TV change comes next Feb. 17, will I still be able to record broadcast programs on my old analog VCRs? A: Yes. You'll have to connect a converter box through the VCR to the TV so the recorder can receive the digital channels. If you...Tags: Naperville, Electronics, DVDs, Wilmette
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George Carlin mourned by fellow comedians
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFriends and colleagues today mourned George Carlin, the acerbic, Grammy-winning comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years. Carlin, 71, died of heart failure after being taken to St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday evening. The...Tags: Diseases, Barbra Streisand, Santa Monica, Radio Industry, Mother's Day
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George Carlin, 71; comedian tested limits of speech and society
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersGeorge Carlin, the acerbic, Grammy-winning comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years, died of heart failure Sunday evening after being admitted to the hospital complaining of chest pains, his spokesman said. He was 71. Carlin, who had a history of...Tags: Diseases, Barbra Streisand, Santa Monica, Radio Industry, Mother's Day
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'Sex and the City' movie may lack wide appeal
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersHollywood worships so-called four-quadrant films: movies that draw males and females both young and old. "Sex and the City" might appeal to only a single audience slice, but its following among older women already is so robust that the film could soon...Tags: Film Festivals, The Simpsons, Sarah Jessica Parker, Candace Bushnell, Cynthia Nixon
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Filmfax magazine: all the schlock that's fit to print
Washington Post"Monsters Crash the Pajama Party"? Yes! "Werewolves on Wheels"? Absolutely! How about "Teenagers From Outer Space" and "Evil Brain From Outer Space" and "I Married a Monster From Outer Space"? Yes, yes and yes! You can buy these timeless classics...Tags: Magazines, Jean-Luc Godard, Newspaper and Magazine, William Shatner, William Smith
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Jeff Bridges Loves Winging It, And Playing A Bad Guy
Special to The CourantAfter more than a half-century in show business, Jeff Bridges finally got to make a "student film." Sure, "Iron Man," now in theaters, is really a mega-budget superhero flick that's supposed to jump-start the summer for Hollywood. But Bridges didn't...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Film Festivals, Celebrity, Heavy Engineering, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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SCREEN SCENE: LaGrange Park miner digs for celluloid gold -- plus a guide to art house and 2nd run films
Tribune staff reporterThink of David Kalat as Indiana Jones--only without the whip. It's an apt description because, like Indy, Kalat is a seeker of lost treasure, a champion of the forgotten. Only instead of museum artifacts, film historian Kalat and his LaGrange Park DVD...Tags: Roald Amundsen, University of Chicago, Danny Glover, Northwestern University, Evanston
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