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Local nostalgia fans, unite! Hess's makes return
Of The Morning CallBrowsing the Hess's artifacts at the Lehigh County Heritage Museum's newest exhibit, the sense of loss that attended the venerable Allentown department store's closing a dozen years ago becomes palpable. How long has it been, really, since George Reeves,...Tags: Barbara Eden, Lehigh County, Rock Hudson, Pablo Picasso, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Antique show takes residents down memory lane
Forum Publishing GroupJim Mason is always surprised when people toss away valuables at garage and yard sales. That's how he's amassed most of his treasured collectibles, like Star Trek and Kung Fu aluminum lunch boxes, soda bottle caps and Roy Rogers comic books. Other times,...Tags: Star Trek (movie), Basketball, Sales, The Beatles, Diseases
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Uncle Sam's History A Mystery
Uncle Sam has changed since he was first pictured in 1852. There is disagreement about how Uncle Sam came to be. Most sources say that by 1816, meat barrels sent to the Army were stamped "U.S." and soldiers claimed it stood for "Uncle Sam," the nickname...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Furniture, Consumer Electronics Industry, Auction Service, Superman
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Hancock, Obama and the summer of heroes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSp far this summer, I've had my brain pummeled by Robert Downey Jr. flying around in a techno-suit, Adam Sandler as an invincible (and priapic) former Mossad agent, Steve Carell as a nerdy indestructible super spy, Harrison Ford as a Teflon 60-year-old...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Google Inc., Harrison Ford, Barack Obama, Will Smith
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In 'Hancock,' we need a superhero who can battle villains and straighten out the economy
Los Angeles TimesSo far this summer, I've had my brain pummeled by Robert Downey Jr. flying around in a techno-suit, Adam Sandler as an invincible (and priapic) former Mossad agent, Steve Carell as a nerdy indestructible super spy, Harrison Ford as a Teflon 60-year-old...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Google Inc., Harrison Ford, Barack Obama, Will Smith
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Iowa radio host is last word on politics
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJan Mickelson wouldn't budge. His friendly chat with Mitt Romney had veered into a discussion of abortion and Mormonism, and the Republican presidential hopeful -- eyes wide, arms waving -- was clearly annoyed. "Let me once again say I understand my...Tags: Local Authority, Laws, John Denver, Arkansas, Executive Branch
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Tinseltown's titan
Sentinel Movie CriticHere's a sentence you haven't read before. Ben Affleck, you were robbed! Affleck's affable, wounded, cunning-charming turn as the leading man with fading prospects who became TV's first Superman should have landed him a supporting-actor Oscar...Tags: Movies, Crimes, Murder, Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck
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Too 'American' for the Globes?
Times Staff Writer"United 93" might have nabbed the New York Film Critics Circle award, and "World Trade Center" might have gotten a lot of critical hoopla, but as their Golden Globe shutouts suggest, there might be some films that are a little too U.S.-centric for the...Tags: Cinema Industry, Ben Affleck, Movies, Robert F. Kennedy, NASCAR
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Taking a peek into holiday boxes
Newsday Movie CriticsIt's the holiday season and time for film, TV and music distributors to pump out those box sets, many of which are just repackaging of already released stuff - the industry's equivalent of re-gifting. But there are also some real keepers in the mix, such...Tags: Michael Apted, Kirk Douglas, Preston Sturges, Julie Christie, Broadway
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Life far beyond a mortal man
Newsday Staff WriterFor baby boomers of a certain age, the violent death of George Reeves on June 16, 1959, was almost as distressing as James Dean's was to older siblings and cousins. Every headline of that event - "TV's Superman Kills Self" blaring loudest of all -...Tags: Movies, Assault, Crimes, Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck
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FAST CHAT Andy Serkis
England's Andy Serkis is best known for playing the creepy or the colossal - he was Gollum, the whiny, covetous blue guy in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy; he was also the tall, dark and not-so-handsome leading ape in Peter Jackson's "King Kong." With...Tags: John Anderson, Los Angeles, Theater, Snow White, Peter Jackson
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The day Superman died
Special to NewsdayThe undistinguished brown cottage squats along one of the lushest stretches in contemporary American real estate. On a boulevard of gated entrances, quarter-mile frontage and what are certainly more than a few broken dreams, the house is only about 20...Tags: Beverly Hills, Celebrity, Movies, House and Home, Joan Crawford
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