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'P.S.: Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening' by Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel, who died last month at the age of 96, was America's most popular oral historian.
Though never a "writer" of the first rank, he nevertheless was a unique contributor to American letters and a vital link to the current of idealistic...Tags: Great Depression, Lillian Hellman, Radio Industry, Manhattan (New York City), Studs Terkel
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Stamps: Series Salutes Canadian Stars
A set of stamps from Canada picturing Canadian movie stars who earned fame in Hollywood is titled "The Sequel." The first such set, two years ago, proved very popular. Marie Dressler (1868-1934) was the first female star of film comedy, starring in the...Tags: Raymond Burr, Postal (movie), Movies, Schools, Film Festivals
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'The Women'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comPLOT A wealthy woman whose husband is dallying with a salesgirl tries to find inner strength. (PG-13) CAST Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith LENGTH 1:54 PLAYING AT Area theaters BOTTOM LINE An ensemble this good...Tags: Personal Service, Movies, Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eva Mendes
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Good as gold: Michael Phelps, 'Women,' 'Casablanca'
diane@tvworthwatching.comOff the Wall is in the swim of the new fall season. LATE NIGHT SKETCH SMACKDOWN! Michael Phelps goes for gold as the host of the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" (tonight at 11:30, NBC/4). Concurrently, tonight's return of "MADtv" (11 p.m.,...Tags: John Edwards, Joey Fatone, Movies, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Joan Crawford
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ff the Wall is in the swim of the new fall season. LATE NIGHT SKETCH SMACKDOWN! Michael Phelps goes for gold as the host of the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" (tonight at 11:30, NBC / 4). Concurrently, tonight's return of "MADtv" (11 p.m.,...Tags: John Edwards, Joey Fatone, Movies, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, NBC
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Annette Bening: A woman among 'Women'
Special to the Chicago TribuneNearly 60 years after director George Cukor's classic comedy "The Women," a new version, written and directed by "Murphy Brown" creator Diane English, opens Friday. Annette Bening, two-time Academy Award nominee, wife of Warren Beatty and mother of...Tags: Academy Awards, Meg Ryan, Movies, Mamma Mia! (movie), Jada Pinkett Smith
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'The Women': Classic gets a face-lift, to no avail
Special to the Chicago TribuneIn George Cukor's 1939 movie "The Women," the female characters twitter and gabble like a shaken cage full of canaries. In the 1956 MGM musical remake "The Opposite Sex," they declaim their feelings, or belt them out in song. Diane English's new remake...Tags: Carrie Fisher, Bill Johnson, Movies, Meg Ryan, Sex
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English's 'The Women' is scorned
In Diane English's bogus new version of The Women, starring Meg Ryan as the virtuous housewife and Eva Mendes as the vamp who steals her husband away, there's no longer a brilliant set piece on a dude ranch, and no one comes out smelling like a cactus...Tags: Goldie Hawn, Movies, Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sex
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Spelling Fall With A 'W.'
Courant Staff WriterThe autumn movie season is a mixed bag. It's got the Coen Brothers, Robert De Niro, Tyler Perry, a new "Saw" movie, a film rumored to land Angelina Jolie another Oscar nomination, and a remake of the classic "The Women." But what everybody's talking...Tags: Tennis, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Wahlberg, Oliver Stone, Drew Barrymore
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Power play in a brash box
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"IS that the car alarm?" my wife said as she shook me out of a dead sleep, and then I heard it, the WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! of the Bentley Arnage T's alarm system going off like Hell's Ladder Co. No. 5 in my driveway. It was precisely 3:48 a.m. Let me just...Tags: Dan Neil, Mitsubishi, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Rolls-Royce
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Still Classic’ after all these years
Newsday Staff WriterTattooed rock musicians, exploitation flicks, '90s animation - what's next, commercials? You'll have to forgive Turner Classic Movies junkies who fear for their beloved haven of uncut, uninterrupted, vintage Hollywood treasures. They saw what happened to...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Marlon Brando, Russ Meyer, Theater, Mel Brooks
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When 'The King' ruled Hollywood
Clark Gable:The Signature Collection
(Warner Home Video, $60 for the set; $15-$20 each)
Dancing LadyClark Gable was the "King of Hollywood" in the 1930s and 1940s. One of the screen's most enduring icons, he oozed sex appeal and charm, and he sported the...Tags: Claudette Colbert, Fred Astaire, Academy Awards, Theater, Franchot Tone
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