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Prolific author Donald E. Westlake dead at 75
Donald Westlake, a prolific author considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has died. He was 75. Westlake collapsed, apparently from a heart attack, as he headed to New Year's Eve dinner while vacationing...Tags: Martin Lawrence, Film Festivals, Mysteries, Basketball, New York Times
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1970s disaster films reflect angst of their times
The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will be rocking and rolling Saturday evening when the 1974 disaster flick "Earthquake" rumbles in its original Sensurround sound system that mimics a real cataclysmic event.
The campy flick...Tags: Pennsylvania, William Holden, Jack Lemmon, Disasters, Nuclear Power
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Holiday TV specials
Here are highlights of weekday daytime television programming this week. For weekend and evening TV schedules, consult the TV Time magazine. Also, please note that daytime programming for Christmas Day is included in today's TV Time, on pages 18 and 19....Tags: Valerie Bertinelli, Goofy, Rhea Perlman, Trips and Vacations, Jeff Foxworthy
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Going legit: Why movie stars need live theater
TRIBUNE CRITICFlushed and sweaty from his exertions, Daniel Radcliffe walked to the front of a Broadway stage Tuesday night and drank in the applause like an " American Idol" act on his first big gig. He grinned sheepishly, sighed with clear relief and closed his...Tags: Julianne Moore, Harry Potter, Jack Lemmon, Henry Fonda, Katie Holmes
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Paul Newman had the last great movie star grin
Tribune criticYou think of Paul Newman, and you smile. You think of his smile and you smile even wider. It was the last great movie star grin. It seems that way today, anyway, in the wake of Newman's death. He was a rogue you could trust. Across a full panoply of...Tags: Piper Laurie, George Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, James Dean, Robert Wise Jr.
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Emmy Awards 2008: Facts and Figures
Zap2It.comNON-CABLE NOMINATIONS AND WINS ABC – 76 nominations CBS – 51 nominations CW – 2 nominations FOX – 28 nominations NBC – 50 nominations PBS – 33 nominations CABLE NOMINATIONS AND WINS A&E – 9 nominations AMC – 20 nominations Animal Planet – 1...Tags: Kiefer Sutherland, Ted Danson, Lynn Fontanne, Awards and Prizes, Kyra Sedgwick
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Richard Chamberlain: Nervous in paradise
Richard Chamberlain, a trim and youthful 74, cherry picks his acting assignments these days.
"Working is lovely and not working is lovely," he says.
Chamberlain has called Hawaii home for more than two decades -- he currently lives in Maui -- and when...Tags: Minority Groups, Hawaii, NBC, Gloria Swanson, Hayley Mills
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'10 Bad Dates With De Niro' edited by Richard Kelly
10 Bad Dates With De Niro
A Book of Alternative Movie Lists
Edited by Richard T. Kelly
Overlook/Rookery: 460 pp., $29.95
Movie geeks are list-making animals. It begins with the frenzied -- and nonsensical -- annual compilation of "10 best lists" (as...Tags: Christopher Walken, History, Books and Magazines, Ian McKellen, Roddy McDowall
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MOVIES
PREMIUM CABLE "ALIEN" *** 5 p.m., Cinemax Sigourney Weaver made her big-screen starring debut in this 1979 sci-fi classic, originating a role she has carried through several sequels. She plays Ellen Ripley, an officer aboard an interplanetary mineral-...Tags: Sigourney Weaver, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Movies, Charles Dickens
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Loving 'Shakespeare in the Park'
amNewYork Theater CriticIn 1954, Joe Papp proposed an idea that would forever revolutionize and democratize classical theater in New York City: Free Shakespeare in Central Park. By 1961, the still-standing open-air Delacorte Theatre was built at the southwest corner of the...Tags: Ceremonies, Movies, Theater, Film Festivals, Celebrity
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Paul Newman's clutch performance in 'The Hustler'
Sentinel Movie CriticPaul Newman, who recently announced his retirement from acting after 60 years on the screen, has a staggering list of performances he can be proud of. And the start of his most glorious decade in the movies is celebrated by a new collector's edition of...Tags: Butch Cassidy, Piper Laurie, Roger Moore, Jackie Gleason, Tom Cruise
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Female Oscar hosts
The EnvelopeHilary Clinton is running for president, and Ellen DeGeneres is hosting the Academy Awards. These two things are not exactly equivalent--after all, we've never had a female president, while the Academy Awards has had a female host. One. Whoopi...Tags: Liza Minnelli, National Government, Sammy Davis Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Martin Landau
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