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On Theatre: 'Philadelphia' dated, but good performances abound
For the final production of its 50th anniversary season, the Westminster Community Theater has chosen a play whose vintage makes WCT look like the new kid on the block. Philip Barry's "The Philadelphia Story" first appeared during that brief period of...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Celebrities and Health Issues, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Philip Barry
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Stefanie Powers brings Tallulah Bankhead to life in 'Looped' at the Hippodrome
In the second and best installment of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour,” the follow-up to “I Love Lucy,” the guest star is Tallulah Bankhead, playing herself as a new neighbor of the Ricardos and Mertzes. During a clash of...
Tags: Stefanie Powers, Action (Movie Genre), Valerie Harper, Joan Crawford, Tony Awards
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5 for the road
Hurry up and slow down. That's one way to look at a road trip. You don't hop a plane and zip off halfway around the world. You slide in behind the wheel and get a grip, you feel the planet, you experience the travel. Travel becomes part of the...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Key Largo, Road Transportation, Key West, Travel
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From Laguna to Hollywood
Joan Crawford. Katharine Hepburn. Loretta Young and Tyrone Power. Pre-moustache Clark Gable. A very young and dapper Ray Milland. The list of Tinseltown's glitterati continues. Movie buffs interested in striking photos of the glittering ones would...
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1968 Academy Awards delayed
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Oscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor for 'Lincoln'
Daniel Day-Lewis won the lead actor Oscar for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" on Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards. Day-Lewis, 55, becomes the first actor to win three lead Oscars. Katharine Hepburn won four in the...
Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Ingrid Bergman, The Master (movie), New York Film Festival, Walter Brennan
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Ty Burr, author of 'Gods Like Us,' discusses the evolution of stardom
Hollywood makes movies, of course, but just as important — or maybe more so — it makes stars. But as Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr argues in “Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame,” the manufacture and maintenance of...
Tags: Sean Penn, Clark Gable, Television, A Streetcar Named Desire (movie), The Boston Globe
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The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...Tags: Alan Arkin, Otto Preminger, Double Indemnity (movie), David Thomson , Spencer Tracy
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"Looped" comedy about Tallulah Bankhead comes to Parker Playhouse
Staff WriterThe comedy "Looped" – opening at Parker Playhouse next Tuesday for a six-day run before going on national tour – was never supposed to happen. And the show about flamboyant actress Tallulah Bankhead near the end of her tumultuous life almost...Tags: Stefanie Powers, Valerie Harper, Lung Cancer, Mary Tyler Moore, Kate Mulgrew
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Maurice Chavalier drinks a Pabst Blue Ribbon
In the early 20th Century, the epicenters of film and stage stardom were New York and Los Angeles. Luckily for us, stars in transit often changed trains in Chicago. Hepburn, Pickford, Rogers, West, Hughes, Capra and Brice. All names and iconic faces...
Tags: Tribune Tower, Apple iPad, Chicago Tribune, Howard Hughes
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More stylish reads
Perhaps nothing personifies Hollywood glamour quite like sunglasses, and "50 Shades" (Reel Art Press, $29.95) by Lauren Goldstein Crowe features 50 of the century's icons in the coolest of frames. Steve McQueen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Audrey Hepburn and...
Tags: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Steve McQueen
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Beloved loons landed, got stranded because of ice, lights
Before we get to a discussion of loons, which are worthwhile animals, it is necessary to again mention another category. That is because on Sunday, while discussing the traumatic (to humans and other innocent creatures) dining habits of pit bulls, I...
Tags: Carbon County, Politics, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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