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AT WEST BABYLON DELI: Toons and toys - and food, too
chau.lam@newsday.comFor a quarter-century, Dina Cianciulli has been searching for a vintage car - a 12-inch Batmobile made by Corgi. Cianciulli, a sales representative for an asphalt company, found her 1968 plastic vehicle in its original box at Food & Fun, a West Babylon...Tags: Toys, Batman, Game Playing, Passenger Cars, Long Beach (Nassau, New York)
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Illinois manages to make Albany look a bit better
E-mail ellis@henican.comThank you, Illinois. With that greedy governor of yours and his eBay Theory of Politics, you've managed to do what no one in New York ever could: make our woeful state government look a little less embarrassing. Albany's often paralyzed. Our legislature...Tags: Health Organizations, Petroleum Industry, Long Island, Brooke Shields, Rod Blagojevich
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'Twilight' Star to Play Joan Jett
Zap2It.comKristen Stewart loved a vampire in " Twilight." Next, she'll love rock 'n' roll. Stewart will play rocker Joan Jett, famous for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" among numerous other hits, in "The Runaways." According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will...Tags: Twilight (movie), Lita Ford, Missing Persons
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'Twilight' star plays Joan Jett in upcoming film
Apparently, she loves vampires and rock 'n' roll. Kristen Stewart, star of the teenage vampire movie " Twilight," has signed on to play Joan Jett in the upcoming biopic "The Runaways," according to The Hollywood Reporter. "The Runaways," which tells the...Tags: Twilight (movie), Folklore and Mythology, Vampires, Movies, Monsters
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In 'JCVD,' Jean-Claude Van Damme is being himself
On the face of it, these stars are just being themselves 'Put him with the others," says a bank robber, as Jean-Claude Van Damme enters a bank and stumbles upon a heist-in-progress. "Are you nuts?" asks another robber. "It's Jean-Claude Van Damme!"...Tags: Music, Sean Penn, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie), Hamlet 2 (movie), Ashlee Simpson
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How convenient: Los Angeles' new park 'n' meet bars
THE EVENINGS are a little nippier (despite the Santa Anas), the holidays are around the corner, and meeting up with friends for a good brew is a brilliant idea. Fortunately, a smattering of bars and wine bars have opened that are ideal meet-up spots, with...Tags: California, Hotels and Accommodations, Petroleum Industry, Culver City, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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'What We Do Is Secret'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comThe rise and fall of the Germs, the seminal Los Angeles punk band, were nearly simultaneous: Their first and only LP, "(GI)," came out in 1979; their singer, Darby Crash, committed suicide in 1980. His death didn't exactly make headlines ( John Lennon was...Tags: Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Music, Bijou Phillips, Transportation Accidents, Los Angeles
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Your tween idol cheat sheet
Tween idol cheat sheet Put together your teen pop sampler using this cheat sheet featuring emblematic songs from the hottest acts on the scene, with notes on where they came from and what messages they impart to young listeners. THE JONAS BROTHERS...Tags: Music, Rugby League, Television, Faith Hill, Jonas Brothers
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Thanks for the memories: Readers share their Shea concert stories
THE BEATLES I was just two months shy of my 10th birthday when older cousins took me to the Beatles concert at Shea. I thought I was so cool in my polka-dot bell-bottoms, screaming along with all the teenage girls, almost getting arrested when a group of...Tags: Music, Tickets, Batman, Music Industry, Moving and Storage
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Summer fests add spark to vacations
Special to the TribuneThe sun might not be shining any time soon on prices at the gas pumps, but Memorial Day to Labor Day is prime vacation time for most of us. If our Big Summer Trip must be shrunk to fit a leaner budget, at least we can fatten our getaway by selecting a...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Stevie Wonder, NASA, Culture, Black Hills Corporation
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Florida native Desmond Child hits the hall of fame
Sun SentinelHere's Gainesville-born songwriter Desmond Child on the talent that just got him inducted into his trade's hall of fame: "I never go into a writing session prepared. I completely wing it every time. "Luckily, I've never been stumped," he adds. "Not yet....Tags: Music, Music Industry, Alice Cooper, Florida, Meat Loaf
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Artscape returns, bigger and greener
Sun pop music criticArtscape expands and becomes a little "greener" this year. But the 27-year-old arts festival, the largest, free public event of its kind in the country, maintains a flavorful and eclectic musical lineup. In a news conference at Penn Station yesterday,...Tags: Music, Bolton Hill, Station North, Sheila Dixon, Artscape
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