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A Greek festival in a Latino area? Zorba would say, 'Why not?'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs ethnic stereotypes go, it's not such a bad one: More than 50 years later, Anthony Quinn's portrayal of earthy, irrepressible Alexis Zorba, a.k.a. Zorba the Greek, remains a revered embodiment of the Greek lust for life. And each year, the organizers of...Tags: Dancing, Tom Hanks, Dance, Culture, Rita Wilson
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List of top 10 sports films gets a rewrite
O, by the WayRecently, AOL's Moviefone released another list of "Best Sports Movies." While we have no complaints with their choices - Rocky was No. 1 - such lists almost always include a familiar litany of the usual suspects, The Natural, Field of Dreams, Hoosiers...Tags: Humphrey Bogart, Jack Palance, Wrigley Field, Rod Steiger, Movies
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TODAY'S PICKS
MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI (10 p.m., WNET/13) - This documentary looks at the influence the city of Miami had on the boxer, including its black community and the famed Fifth Street Gym. XXIX SUMMER OLYMPICS (8 p.m., NBC/4) - Events include...Tags: Summer Olympics, Multi-Sport Events, Mickey Rooney, Weaponry, Jackie Gleason
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WEEKEND WATCH
TOMORROW XXIX SUMMER OLYMPICS (8 p.m., NBC/4) - Prime-time events from Beijing include swimming, beach volleyball and gymnastics. LUST FOR LIFE (9 p.m., WNET/13) (Drama, 1956) - Tormented Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Kirk Douglas) meets French...Tags: Vincent van Gogh, James Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Summer Olympics, Multi-Sport Events
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MOVIES
BASIC CABLE "ZORBA THE GREEK" **** 7 p.m., TCM Three Academy Awards, including one for black-and-white cinematography, went to this stunning 1964 film adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel about an earthy Greek laborer (Anthony Quinn) who teaches a...Tags: Alan Bates, Lila Kedrova, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Academy Awards
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Benicio Del Toro
"I love the Three Stooges, man, are you kidding?" Benicio Del Toro says. "Yeah, if the Three Stooges come up right now" -- he gestures at a wall cabinet, which presumably holds a TV -- "we stop this conversation."
The 40-year-old Puerto Rico-born actor...Tags: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Crimes, Celebrity, Movies
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'Screwball Holidays' ends year with a laugh
Times Staff WriterThe American Cinematheque's fourth annual "Screwball Holidays" series continues at the Egyptian Theatre tonight with one of Bob Hope's best films, the 1940 comedy-chiller "The Ghost Breakers." Hope and his co-star Paulette Goddard had scored a big...Tags: Melvyn Douglas, Joel McCrea, Jean Arthur, Saul Bass, Cary Grant
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A marriage made in Hell
Zap2It.com''I watched him for 15 years. Sitting in a room, staring at a wall, not seeing the wall, looking past the wall, looking at this night -- inhumanly patient -- waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off.'' -Dr. Loomis in ''Halloween'' (1978)...Tags: North Hills (Los Angeles, California), Dance, Times Square, Movies, Rob Zombie
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Movie mogul among dead
MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENTFor a generation of Arabs, Moustapha Akkad's historical epics became cultural icons the same way "Star Wars" did in the West. Akkad was best known in the United States as executive producer and driving force behind the "Halloween" horror movie series....Tags: Public Holidays, Los Angeles, History, Poetry, Religious Leaders
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Written in stone: From Crete to Puglia, Italy, history comes alive in vibrant caverns and grottos
Newsday Staff WriterDeep in an ochre-walled ravine that plunges from a bleached mountain to the northern coast of Crete sits the abandoned monastery of Katholikos. The ruins bridge the cut with a graceful stone arch, merging into the cliffs and grottos. Christianity and...Tags: Landforms, Beach Vacations, History, Mountains, Caves and Caverns
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Part 2: 'I got a man down here ... I think he's gonna die!'
THE STORY SO FAR: Bravo Company, including Bethlehem native Pfc. Eric R. Shimer, has set out to engage a North Vietnamese Army regiment that is increasing operations near LZ Center. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * *...Tags: Bob Boyd, Moravian College, Sonny Bono, Armed Forces, Health and Safety at School
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Longoria Puts a Fresh Face on the ALMA Awards
Zap2It.comEva Longoria may be "Desperate" as a television housewife, but that's hardly the case in her career. One of her earliest signs of success was a 2002 ALMA Award for the CBS daytime serial "The Young and the Restless." Now she's helping to honor other...Tags: Michael Douglas, National Basketball Association, CBS Corp., Popular Music, Movies
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