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Jackson Memorial Numbers Only So-So
The TV ZoneRingo HW Chiu/Getty Interesting study by Horizon Media - the big media buying company - on the Memorial telecast figures. 31.1 million watched, as has been widely reported. This study says: Meh. Not so hot. Maybe viewer "fatigue." Here's......Tags: Movies, Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, O.J. Simpson, Grammy Awards
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Borgnine to sign copies of book in Milwaukee
Actor Ernest Borgnine will sign copies of his autobiography Saturday in Milwaukee. He's also in town to be a clown Sunday in the Great Circus Parade -- something he's done since the early 1970s. He won an Oscar for "Marty" in 1956. He's also know...Tags: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CDT
A congressional subcommittee plans to hold a public hearing in Appleton to focus on management of northern Wisconsin's forest resources. Democratic Congressman Steve Kagen of Appleton says the subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture will hold...Tags: California, Local Authority, Armed Forces, Spencer Tracy, Defense
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'Seraphine'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comIt's an old story, and in the case of "Seraphine," a true one: A humble but visionary artist gets "discovered," only to find that wealth and fame cause her vision to deteriorate. It's also a comforting story that allows us to elevate the notion of purity...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), France
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Movie review: Departures -- 5 out of 5 stars
Sentinel Staff WriterAwards watchers predicted the animated Israeli docudrama Waltz with Bashir would take home the best foreign language film Oscar this year. But the little-seen Japanese Departures pulled off the upset. When you see the poetic, funny and life-affirming...Tags: Roger Moore, Movies, Film Festivals, Symptoms, Waltz with Bashir (movie)
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Racial Fear Is Still A Motivator
Jim Downs [CTOpinion, July 5, "Vilifying Michael"] stirred the melting pot. Based on letters published in The Courant [July 7, "What Does Race Have To Do With It?"], opinion seems to be running against Downs' article on Vanity Fair's Maureen Orth. I...Tags: Barack Obama, Glastonbury, Behavioral Conditions, Michael Jackson, Government
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Summer blockbusters disappoint, but many smaller films delight
McClatchy NewspapersWith the summer movie season past the halfway point — it officially started on May 1 — it's a good time to check our cinematic scorecard. And guess what? Most of the big, ballyhooed releases were disappointments. Still, since May 1 I've...Tags: Movies, Land of the Lost (movie), Terminator Salvation (movie), Sam Mendes, Drag Me to Hell (movie)
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Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo wants her film to shine a light on Iran
SENTINEL movie criticShohreh Aghdashloo, the Oscar-nominated Iranian born actress, has been watching events in her native land with something approaching glee. "This is the most exciting moment in post-revolutionary Iran's history," she says. "We are hearing words that we...Tags: Movies, Islam, Cinema Industry, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Jesus Christ
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The dirty little secret of Oscar winner 'Departures'
Sentinel Staff Writert was the great surprise in this past year's Oscars, a movie that the smart money never saw coming. Best foreign language film? Had to be Waltz with Bashir, right? Wrong. The wry, compassionate and elegiac Japanese comedy-drama Departures took home...Tags: Roger Moore, Movies, Film Festivals, New York Times, Waltz with Bashir (movie)
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'Departures' finds heart, humor in caring for dead
Sentinel Movie CriticAwards watchers predicted the animated Israeli docudrama Waltz with Bashir would take home the best foreign language film Oscar this year. But the little-seen Japanese Departures pulled off the upset. When you see the poetic, funny and life-affirming...Tags: Roger Moore, Movies, Film Festivals, Symptoms, Waltz with Bashir (movie)
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