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Man of steel on TV Land
Of all the Superman films to date, 1980's Superman II (10 p.m. on TV Land, repeats at 12:30 a.m.) stands out as the best. It's got a strong, charismatic performance from Christopher Reeve (who never got his due as an actor in this role). It's got...Tags: Vincent D'Onofrio, Batman, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Richard Donner
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The Films Of Dolores Hart
>>"Loving You," 1957, with Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey>>"Wild Is the Wind," 1957, with Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa>>"Loneyhearts," 1958, with Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Maureen Stapleton>>"King Creole,"...Tags: Frankie Avalon, George Hamilton, Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Montgomery Clift
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NOW PLAYING: A guide to area art house and 2nd-run theaters for the week of Sept. 12
NOW PLAYING •indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives. ♦indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest. BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 www.beverlyartcenter.org •'The Visitor'***...Tags: Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Sonny Grosso, New York, David Miller
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Faded stars to shine again on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThrockmorton P. Gildersleeve is about to get another shot at Hollywood stardom. That was the name of the lead character played by actor Willard Waterman in the hit 1950s radio comedy "The Great Gildersleeve." The show went off the air in 1957 and...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Ceremonies, James Stewart, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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'Charlie Wilson's War'
jan.stuart@newsday.com; VERNE GAYYou certainly can't accuse Hollywood of being a quitter. Studios have been trying to sell the turmoil in Iraq and neighboring lands all year, and still, no one's buying. Maybe we need a dose of sophisticated fizz with our fizzled global policies. Perhaps...Tags: Tom Hanks, Minority Groups, Charlie Wilson, Johnny Depp, Mike Nichols
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Hail to the chiefs, as played by . . .
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmericans usually celebrate the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on President's Day. But rarely are the less stellar commanders in chief ever mentioned, such as William Henry Harrison -- who caught a...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Film Festivals, Hillary Clinton, Martin van Buren, Paul Giamatti
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'The Bucket List'
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"The Bucket List" arrives on Christmas Day to remind us to live life to its fullest and leave no cliché unturned. And while most of us would confess to not exactly seizing each day as if it is our last, another cloying reminder from Hollywood is...Tags: Virginia, Christmas, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Phil McGraw, Medical Conditions
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Ballots are in the mail, but is Oscar stuck in limbo?
Awards ballots are in the mail to Oscar, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild voters this week, but bigger questions remain in this baffling year.
Will anyone even be able to watch the Globe and Oscar results on television because of the writers strike?...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Referenda, Christmas, Television, Film Festivals
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The Nordic Mystery Boom
Americans are often unaware of major cultural trends developing just slightly off the beaten path. Take the Scandinavian Whodunit Boom. A month ago, Karin Fossum's novel, "The Indian Bride," won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery. Fossum, a...Tags: Books and Magazines, New York, Georges Simenon, Medical Specialization, Rex Stout
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Mark Sarvas' "Harry, Revised"
ere it not for the fact that Mark Sarvas' "Harry, Revised" is being promoted as a debut novel by the author of a highly regarded literary blog (The Elegant Variation), the uninformed reader of this work might be forgiven for assuming he had stumbled...Tags: Stockard Channing, Langer Inc., Prostitution, Herbert Ross, Connecticut
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'Delirious'
jan.stuart@newsday.comPerhaps it's time for Steve Buscemi to retire his self-mocking complaint that casting directors are always scouting for a "Steve Buscemi type" but rarely for the real McCoy. The malleable ex-fireman from Valley Stream is everywhere you look this summer,...Tags: Photography, Manhattan (New York City), Gina Gershon, New York, Billy Wilder
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Is it Lucky timing?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBefore Tony Soprano or Don Corleone or Tony Montana there was Lucky Luciano -- the real-life patriarch of modern organized crime. Luciano was the Sicilian immigrant who rose to power in the Mafia in the U.S. in the 1920s and transformed it into a...Tags: Lucky Luciano, Bruce Springsteen, Meyer Lansky, Lower East Side, Diseases
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