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The Ghosts of 'Tinseltown'
JAMES STEWART 1908-1997 Best known as: The lovable Everyman in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and other Frank Capra classics; also took edgy turns in Hitchcock thrillers Holiday classic: "It's a Wonderful Life" Oscar? Best Actor in 1940 for "The...Tags: It's a Wonderful Life (movie), Natalie Wood, Holidays, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Mickey Rooney
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Stepping into the stars of Tinseltown
When Madeleine Barker's fellow cast members handed her the Oscar in the Claire Trevor Theatre, she felt excited for herself and a little sad for Judy Garland. Barker, who plays Garland in UC Irvine's upcoming musical "Tinseltown Christmas," had been...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Christmas, Fashion Trends, Music, Judy Garland
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A rosy new stage for Sugar Blue
These are very sweet days for Sugar Blue. In a few months, he'll be a father once more, his wife and bass player Ilaria Lantieri expecting their first child together in late May or early June. In the meantime, the two — who own a home in...
Tags: Entertainment, Apollo Theater, Dexter Gordon, James Baldwin, Music
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CHOC Follies raising serious money
There are a few plays John Vaughan will probably never direct for Children's Hospital of Orange County's annual fundraiser. Something like "Waiting for Godot," for example, unless he found a way to write Godot into the script, plus 60 or 70 other...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Weird Al Yankovic, Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics
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Orlando Shakespeare Theater's 25th-anniversary season: Dickens, Dracula and 2 Shakespeare classics
Along with a two-night adaptation of "Nicholas Nickleby," Orlando Shakespeare Theater's 25th-anniversary season will see the return of fan-favorite "Dracula" and classic Shakespearean comedy and drama in "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Julius Caesar."...
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‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’: Robert Stromberg on Raimi, Burton, Baum
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesVeteran visual effects professional and production designer Robert Stromberg has made a career out of conjuring new worlds for filmmakers ...... -
Ending filibuster abuse
The announcement last week that South Carolina's Jim DeMint is leaving his Senate seat to run the Heritage Foundation caused some in Washington to wishfully think that perhaps the move might usher in a more congenial, if not cooperative, outlook in the U....Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Elections, Heritage Foundation, Politics
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'Moon' shines brightly on Bowie Playhouse stage
Master playwright Ken Ludwig set the play "Moon Over Buffalo" in 1953, a time when struggling veteran actors George and Charlotte Hay are alternately performing "Cyrano de Bergerac" and Noel Coward's "Private Lives" at Buffalo's shabby Erlanger Theatre....
Tags: White Marsh, Crime, Law and Justice, William Powell, Celebrities, Tarsem Singh
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Film Review: It's hard to laugh at this 'Identity Thief'
In real life, there's nothing funny about identity theft, as anyone who's gone through it can attest. (Believe me, I learned the hard way.) Unfortunately, if the new comedy "Identity Thief" is anything to go by, there's nothing funny about it on screen...
Tags: Entertainment, Identity Thief (movie), Jason Bateman, Amanda Peet, Movies
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Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate
WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate Majority Leader Harry...
Tags: Republican Party, White House, Tom Udall, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Filibuster agreement expected for vote late Thursday
WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate...
Tags: Republican Party, White House, Tom Udall, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Tonight: ‘Antiques Roadshow’ stops in Orlando; ‘Home Alone’; ‘Miracle on 34th Street’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelOn Christmas Eve, your choices include classic movies, holiday music and a lot of reruns. A few highlights: PBS' “Antiques Roadshow” replays hour two of its stop in Orlando at 8 p.m. The goodies include an animator's plaster model of...
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