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City Lights: Five generations in a photo
I remember my great-grandmother a little. She was nearly 100 when I saw her in the nursing home, and my mind retains a sketchy image of a white-haired woman who remained seated and stared bemused at the G.I. Joe toy that I brought to show her. I was 7 or...
Tags: G.I. Joe (fictional character), Nursing, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing Homes
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City Lights: Thoughts on gunmen, victims and the media that reports them
It's rare that I remember a magazine cover a decade and a half later, but one that has stuck in my mind — and not in a good way — is the issue of Time from the week after the Columbine High School massacre. Anyone from the class of 1998,...
Tags: Google Inc., Time (magazine), Barack Obama, Shootings, Los Angeles Times
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City Lights: Seeing technology change, in 3D
Someone asked me the other day about the first specific event in my life that I can recall. After pondering for a moment, I realized that it was going to see "Return of the Jedi" at the Brea Mall in the summer of 1983. Of course, I have vague...Tags: Politics, Elections, Pixar Animation, New York, Gaming
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A brighter picture: Moviegoers love digital images at Becky's and Shankweiler's drive-ins
Only a few weeks have passed since digital projection systems debuted at the Lehigh Valley's drive-ins, Becky's in Berlinsville and Shankweiler's in Orefield. But audiences have already given their verdict: In the words of late film critic Roger Ebert,...Tags: Whitehall, Oblivion (movie), Berlinsville, Orefield, Arts and Culture
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Film Independent at LACMA celebrates 'Valley Girl'
Film Independent at LACMA is holding a 1980s costume contest after the 30th anniversary screening of Martha Coolidge's endearing comedy "Valley Girl" on Thursday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater. The romantic comedy was inspired by Frank Zappa and his...
Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Animation (Movie Genre), Movies, Citizen Kane (movie), Larry Karaszewski
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American Cinematheque to celebrate the late Roger Ebert
Thumbs up to the American Cinematheque. The independent, nonprofit cultural organization is paying homage to the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert with a new film series, "The Great Movies: A Tribute to Roger Ebert." The influential...
Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Awards and Prizes, Vertigo (movie), Brad Pitt, Journalism
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TV pitches: So I've got this idea for a show ...
Two weeks from now, TV networks will announce their new slate of shows for next season. The majority of these series will be variations on a formula. Procedurals. High-concept sci-fi and fantasy dramas. Nighttime soaps. Comedies starring familiar faces....
Tags: Google Inc., Conde Nast Publications, Netflix Inc., Culture, Hulu
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Top 3 Lehigh Valley events: Free Comic Book Day, Philly Non-Sports Card Show, Not So Silent Cinema featuring Buster Keaton shorts
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 1 Celebrate this weekend's fully-charged release of "Iron Man 3" by picking up a complimentary comic book 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at Beachead Comics, 1601 W. Chew St., Allentown. The store is one of thousands of comic book shops...
Tags: Star Wars (movie), Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Allentown, Iron Man 3 (movie), Coca-Cola Co.
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Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago
Tribune criticAnd they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...Tags: Chicago Loop, WTTW, Broken Nose, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Mayor
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CNN Films acquires SXSW doc 'Our Nixon' to air on the network in August
Richard Nixon is hot again. Fresh on the heels of Discovery Channel's critically acclaimed documentary "All the Presidents Men Revisited," about the scandal that brought down President Nixon and the movie it inspired, CNN Films and Cinedigm have...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, CNN (tv network), Page One: Inside the New York Times (movie), Richard Nixon, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival
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Director Ramin Bahrani ups the creative stakes with 'At Any Price'
Expand or die. This ominous motto of economic imperialism courses throughout the film "At Any Price," set against the imperiled world of modern-day family farming. Director Ramin Bahrani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hallie Elizabeth Newton, spent...
Tags: At Any Price (movie), Arable Farming, Zac Efron, Celebrities, George W. Bush
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Ebertfest: Poignant tribute to late founder
CHAMPAIGN — Film festivals — festivals themselves, let alone films — are rarely as poignant as the one unfolding right now in this college town. The 15th Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival began Wednesday without its founder, who...
Tags: Politics, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Twitter, Inc., Lobbying, Haskell Wexler
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