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"Nashville Star:" First Big NBC Hope? Nope.
The TV ZoneWhat did I think of "Nashville Star," now in the big house? I'm so glad you asked. What I saw of it was not bad, though one is reminded of the oldest Fred Allen phrase of them all, that......Tags: John Rich, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jewel
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{} {Surviving hard times}
hen times get tough, the nation traditionally turns to arts and entertainment for escape. The Great Depression represented a decade-long bottoming out, yet the period from 1929 through the 1930s spawned an entertainment boom. The big bands of Duke...Tags: Arts, Jack Benny, Benny Goodman, Movies, Orson Welles
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Shelf life: confessions of an unrepentant book collector
Books collect dust. People collect books. At least, some people do. I've been one of them for about 45 years. Of course, if my wife has anything to do with it, I've squeezed my last volume onto a shelf. "One more book, and I'll call the folks in the...Tags: New York City, Books and Magazines, Retirement, Lower East Side, Books
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Margaret Truman dies at 83
Associated Press WriterMargaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer, died Tuesday. She was 83. Truman, known as Margaret Truman Daniel in private life, died at a Chicago...Tags: The White House, New York City, Tallulah Bankhead, Mysteries, Government
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Dewey defeats Truman
Tribune staff reporterAs a presidential candidate, Gov. Thomas Dewey of New York was not a glad-hander, not a flesh-presser. He was stiff and tended toward pomposity. "The only man who could strut sitting down" was the crack that made the rounds. But on Nov. 2, Election Day,...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Political Candidates, Harry S Truman, New York City, Media
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Author Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterKurt Vonnegut, an American cultural hero celebrated for his wry, loonily imaginative commentary on war, apocalypse, technology, materialism and other afflictions in "Slaughterhouse-Five" and other novels, has died. He was 84. One of the last of a...Tags: Mississippi, Culture, James Joyce, Manhattan, New York City
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The Medium, the Men, and the Message
Staff WriterTo marvel at numbers that reveal radio to be a vigorous 75-year-old is to overlook the vast array of personalities and formats that have given life to the dial. Here is a purely subjective list of 15 of the medium's more influential figures and...Tags: Manhattan, New York City, Philadelphia County, Media, Weather Reports
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Actor Art Carney dead at 85
Los Angeles Times staff writerArt Carney, who won a best actor Oscar for "Harry and Tonto" and originated the role of fussy Felix Unger in "The Odd Couple" on Broadway, but who is best remembered as Jackie Gleason's lovable sewer worker pal Ed Norton on "The Honeymooners," has died....Tags: Arts, Culture, New York City, Dustin Hoffman, Genetics
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Theater review, 'John Callaway Tonight' by Pegasus Players at Truman College Performing Arts Center
Tribune chief criticCan a young man from a small town in West Virginia who hitchhiked to Chicago with 71 cents in his pocket find happiness and success in that big city? He can, he did, and now through April 15 in the Performing Arts Center of Truman College, in a show...Tags: Bing Crosby, Culture, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Chicago, Martinsville County
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Patriotic tunes of the past fill a void today
Tribune arts criticThe most popular songs in America these days -- the tunes that are on practically everyone's lips -- were not penned by rappers or rockers or heavy metal guitarists. Nor are they hawked in the record stores or downloaded eagerly off of the Internet....Tags: Culture, New York City, Irving Berlin, Computing and Information Technology, Media
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