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On this date in history
On June 30, 1777, British forces in the Revolutionary War evacuated New Jersey and retreated to Staten Island, N.Y. In 1917 singer Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1936 the novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell was published in New...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Local Authority, Margaret Mitchell, Court Administration, Fires
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Harvey Korman, 81; versatile Emmy-winning comedian
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHarvey Korman, an Emmy-winning comedic actor best known for playing the self-described "luminous second banana" for a decade on television's "The Carol Burnett Show" and for starring in such Mel Brooks films as "Blazing Saddles," has died. He was 81....Tags: Vicki Lawrence, Chicago Sun-Times, Movies, Carol Burnett, Anne Bancroft
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'Carol Burnett Show's' Harvey Korman Dies
Harvey Korman, an Emmy-winning comedic actor best known for playing the self-described "luminous second banana" for a decade on "The Carol Burnett Show" and for starring in such Mel Brooks films as "Blazing Saddles," has died. He was 81. Korman, who...Tags: Movies, Chicago Sun-Times, Carol Burnett, New York, Anne Bancroft
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SCREEN SCENE: Chicago gets some attention at Sundance -- plus a guide to art house and 2nd-run films
Tribune staff reporterA couple of Chicago-related projects are screening at Sundance this year, including "Diminished Capacity," which is being touted as an "offbeat comedy" by the recently reconstituted Steppenwolf Films. In the company's debut movie, Terry Kinney directs...Tags: Movies, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Kramer, Jonathan Winters, Lew Ayres
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Movie review: 'Superbad'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) A new titan has joined the pantheon of adenoidal screen legends, up where Julius Kelp and Lina Lamont and Ratso Rizzo dwell. His name is Fogell, age 17 or thereabouts. He also goes by the one-named alias "McLovin," according to a...Tags: Movies, Health and Safety at School, Tribune Co., Schools, High Schools
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'Superbad' Raunch Has a Moral Lining
Zap2It.comA new titan has joined the pantheon of adenoidal screen legends, up where Julius Kelp and Lina Lamont and Ratso Rizzo dwell. His name is Fogell, age 17 or thereabouts. He also goes by the one-named alias "McLovin," according to a fake ID that pegs McLovin...Tags: Movies, Health and Safety at School, Tribune Co., Schools, High Schools
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'Music Man' has trouble right at the top
Special to the TribuneBefore the 1957 Broadway premiere of "The Music Man," the composer, lyricist and librettist Meredith Willson wrote down some thoughts about his Iowa-inspired story for the New York Herald Tribune. "I lived in Mason City, Iowa, till I was sixteen," he...Tags: Iowa, New York, Music
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Serious note added to show
Times Staff WriterSunday night's Emmy Awards show was conceived as a laugh fest, spotlighting a gaggle of comics ranging from Bernie Mac to Jon Stewart. But in the days leading up to the broadcast, it's tragedy that has moved to center stage, upsetting the celebratory tone...Tags: CBS Corp., September 11, 2001 Attacks, Hume Cronyn, Gregory Hines, Bob Hope
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5 films with memorable car duels
1. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray; 1955) 4 stars This juvenile-delinquent passion play made a legend of James Dean, who races in a terrifying "chickie run" in the film and died in a car crash before its release. Its subject -- hoodlumism among...Tags: Movies, Stanley Kramer, Jonathan Winters, Sam Peckinpah, Nicholas Ray
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Funnyman Buddy Hackett dies at 78
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBuddy Hackett, who broke into comedy as a young waiter-performer in New York's Catskill Mountains and went on to achieve iconic status as a raunchy nightclub performer and rubber-faced clown in movies including "The Music Man" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad,...Tags: Movies, Music Theater, Brooklyn (New York City), Broadway, CBS Corp.
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WGN-TV Historical Timeline: 1962
1962 January Ray Rayner launches his "Dick Tracy Crime Stopper Club" on the "Dick Tracy Show." February 26 Illinois Governor Kerner and Mayor Daley declare "WGN Radio and Television Day." May 26 WGN televises an away Cubs game in color for the first...Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Cubs, Johnny Cash, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Baseball
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The Tigger Movie
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFriday February 11, 2000 Disney's new animated feature "The Tigger Movie" is a brightly colored, upbeat entertainment that will please small children, its obvious target audience. Parents and older siblings, however, may grow impatient with the...Tags: Movies, Family, Parker Posey, Maria Conchita Alonso, Sandra Bullock
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