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Take 5: Football Biopics
andy.edelstein@newsday.com' The Express," which opens Friday, tells the story of Ernie Davis, the Syracuse University running back who, in 1961, became the first black to win college football's prestigious Heisman Trophy. Here are five other notable football biopics: KNUTE ROCKNE...Tags: Jim Thorpe, Ronald Reagan, National Football League, Burt Lancaster, Harry Belafonte
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'The Godfather': The movie you can't refuse
For anyone in America's fabled "movie generation" - men and women who were in college or just out of it when The Godfather came out in 1972 - Francis Ford Coppola's Mafia epic had the impact that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band had in music or The...Tags: Paramount, Senator Theatre, Marlon Brando, Diane Keaton, Robert Towne
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Cruise review: Katie was 'extraordinary'
Roger Moore and Elizabeth Maupin, Sentinel Staff WritersNow, there's a surprise. Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut Thursday night in a revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. And Tom Cruise thought it was "extraordinary." Apparently Tom's presence at the first preview stunned the crowd -- the show...Tags: Elections, Dianne Wiest, Sony Corp., CBS Corp., Clubs and Associations
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As Bank of America grows, so do concerns
CONSUMER CONFIDENTIALI have seen the future, and it is Rollerball. I don't mean the carnage-crazy sport played by James Caan in the 1975 movie. I mean the film's depiction of life in 2018, when "corporate wars" have left the world controlled not by governments but by...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Consumers, Employees, John Houseman, Banking
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Wrote Tony-winner 'Kismet'
Tribune NewspapersLuther Davis, a writer for stage, film and television who won a Tony award for "Kismet," the Broadway musical and whose screen credits include, "Lady in a Cage," a thriller that starred Olivia de Havilland, has died. He was 91. Mr. Davis died July 29...Tags: Jose Ferrer, Music Theater, Music, Movies, Broadway
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'Get Smart'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comWhen Hollywood tackles a beloved old TV series, what you often see onscreen are the acrobatics of eager-to-please filmmakers. They bend over backward to honor the source material, yet strain to attract modern viewers. In "Get Smart," based on the iconic...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Armed Forces, Defense, Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson
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Review: 'Get Smart'
Times Movie Critic"GET SMART" is a film mistaken about its own identity. As a reworking of one of the great 1960s TV comedies, you'd think being funny would be its main goal. But you would be wrong. Very, very wrong. Like its protagonist, in-over-his-head secret agent...Tags: Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson, Movies, Bill Murray, Adam Sandler
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CineVegas Film Festival
THERE'S A rich irony in the fact that James Caan is being feted this month with the CineVegas Film Festival's inaugural Vegas Icon Award: Caan hates almost all the acting he's ever done that has anything to do with the city. The four years he spent as...Tags: Tom Hanks, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling, Anjelica Huston, Movies
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'Get Smart': An able cast labors in yet another a tone-deaf homage to '60s TV
Tribune criticMissed it by that much. Actually, the new version of "Get Smart" misses by a fair-size margin. It's too bad. It's just trying to give us a good time at the retroplex. Even if you're 14 and you've never heard Irving Szathmary's classic deedley-deedley-...Tags: Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson, Movies, Bill Murray, Andrew Lazar
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Homeboy Industries fundraiser draws Hollywood elite
CAUSE CÉLÈBREWHEN IT comes to faith-based politics, President Bush learned a lesson from Hollywood. The industry has had a fondness for activist priests ever since "Going My Way," and today there's probably nobody in a Roman collar who can draw more stars than Father...Tags: Government, Dick Cheney, Crimes, Anjelica Huston, Herb Alpert
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TODAY'S PICKS
Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m., NBC/4) - With its Clinton/ Obama skits, "SNL" has been enjoying renewed buzz. Tonight, Jonah Hill ("Superbad") hosts and Mariah Carey sings. MOVIES Drumline (8 p.m., TNT) (Drama, 2002) - A young man from Harlem (Nick...Tags: FedEx Corporation, Kathy Bates, St. Louis Cardinals, Baseball, Arnold Palmer Invitational
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Young and restless
Just call 'em early bloomers. Clint Eastwood, David Duchovny and Bruce Willis lost their virginities at age 14, according to the new book "Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies?" The New York Post reports. The Post says author Mitchell Symons also reveals...Tags: Sean Connery, Don Johnson, David Duchovny, Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood
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