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Violations cited in LI FiOS installations
emi.endo@newsday.comThe state Public Service Commission has found that more than half of Verizon FiOS installations inspected on Long Island violated national electric standards, raising potential safety concerns and prompting Verizon to offer customer credits. Of 92...Tags: Long Island, Verizon Communications
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Play looks at Brando through prism of fatherhood
Forum Publishing GroupFor actor David Nathie Barnes, it wasn't a childhood filled with countless viewings of "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather" that led him to write his first play about the life of Marlon Brando. Barnes' impetus to delve into Brando's psyche stemmed...Tags: Fringe Festival, Celebrity, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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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: Jack Palance, Dennis Franz, Rod Steiger, Humphrey Bogart, All Stars
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Fashion Quiz "Clothes make the man" definitely is a not a politically correct statement. But there is some truth to it. Do your fashion choices reflect who you are, or do you build your wardrobe based on today's trends? Let's travel back in time to see what you really know about teens and fashion.
1) In the 1950s which age group opened up a whole new market in fashion? a.21 to 30b.15 to 23 c.12 to 18d.21 to 25 2) The "Teddy Boy" look was stylish in the 1950s. Who were the original Teddy Boys? a. Young men who admired Theodore Roosevelt...Tags: Fashion Trends, Barbra Streisand, Theodore Roosevelt, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley
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Reefer madness in 'Pineapple Express'
Special to NewsdayDude! Is there, like, a pineapple local? Then how can there be a " Pineapple Express"? Whoa, step off. Too many alternative realities. Like, for example, what's James Franco, " Spider-Man" Goblin and erstwhile James Dean impersonator, doing in this...Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Crimes, Hillary Clinton, Manhattan (New York City), Assault
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No award, please, for Dark Knight's Heath Ledger
Eric P. Lucas lives in Seattle. This article first appeared in the Los Angeles Times.It's time to stop the canonization of Heath Ledger. He's not a tragic hero. He's not a beautiful martyr. He's just a pretty good actor who did away with himself and broke the hearts of his family and friends, and he shouldn't get an Academy Award to...Tags: John Belushi, Culture, River Phoenix, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix
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James Franco plays against type in 'Pineapple Express'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn"" Pineapple Express," he plays a visibly unwashed hippie pot dealer on the run from mobsters: a THC-addled naif with a crinkly smile, a curtain of lank, dark hair and a heart of gold. But don't get the wrong impression about James Franco just...Tags: Television, Gus van Sant, Murder, Sony Corp., Pineapple Express
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'Mister Lonely' Misses
Courant Staff WriterHarmony Korine is evolving, somewhat. The director of "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey Boy" has created visually and narratively ugly stories of losers and loners, films as uninspiring to look at as to listen to. With " Mister Lonely," at least the "visually...Tags: Madonna, Charlie Chaplin, Harmony Korine, Michael Jackson, Real Art Ways
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Posthumous performances
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Academy Awards are more than six months away, but already the late Heath Ledger is being touted as a shoo-in for a supporting actor nomination for his terrifying performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight." Ledger died in January of an accidental...Tags: Batman, Television, Peter Finch, Bank Robbery, Heath Ledger
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Review: "The Film Club" by David Gilmour
daniel.bubbeo@newsday.comTHE FILM CLUB, by David Gilmour. Twelve, 225 pp., $21.99. A few pages into "The Film Club," the smart, new memoir by Canadian film critic David Gilmour, it becomes clear that if he ever saw any of MGM's squeaky-clean "Andy Hardy" movies while growing up,...Tags: Barbara Stanwyck, Mickey Rooney, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave
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'Father of soul' on stage, film
Sun reporterThe great Ray Charles stars as himself in 1964's Blues for Lovers, spending half his time singing, the other half helping a sightless boy get to Paris for an operation. The movie, being shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday as part of the summer film series at An die...Tags: Charles Theatre, Federal Hill, Ronald Reagan, American Visionary Art Museum, Nicholas Ray
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Heath Ledger's Joker generating Oscars buzz
The Associated PressJack Nicholson's Joker was a blast. Heath Ledger's Joker is as dark and anarchic a figure as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the role that brought Nicholson his first Academy Award. Ledger's performance in the Batman tale "The...Tags: Fredric March, Batman, Ceremonies, Peter Finch, Denzel Washington
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