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A little slice of New York culture
St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Great Performances" brings Broadway to television with a straight-from-the-stage version of Edmond Rostand's 1897 classic "Cyrano de Bergerac." The play, which ended a sold-out New York run last January, is the story of a swashbuckling philosopher,...Tags: Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner, Music Theater, Movies, Theater
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Economy may affect theater greats' historic home
Associated Press WriterTours and programs at the former home of theater greats Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt have gained in popularity in the past two years. But donations are falling short at Ten Chimneys, and the president of foundation that runs the home said it may not...Tags: Campaign Finance, Charity, Carol Channing, Katharine Hepburn, National Government
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company takes London with 'Osage County'
Tribune criticLONDON—When the Steppenwolf Theatre Company arrived here Nov. 18, Nicholas Hytner described the famous acting ensemble at a meet-and-greet event as "the second-best thing to come out of Chicago." Before this month, one might reasonably have...Tags: Culture, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre, John Gielgud, The White House
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Catherine Hardwicke will not direct 'Twilight' sequels
Los Angeles TimesDespite introducing America's most successful new movie franchise, Catherine Hardwicke will not direct the sequels to " Twilight." Summit Entertainment Co-Chairman/Chief Executive Rob Friedman tells Nikki Finke of DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com: "Catherine...Tags: Twilight (movie), George Cukor, Greta Garbo, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Movies
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Box Of Soap With Trading Card Inside Sells For $1,955
Look in the basement. Sometimes the old boxes of soap near the laundry tubs can be valuable. This summer, a full, sealed box of Rinso Blue soap powder from the 1950s, which originally cost less than 50 cents, sold online at Mastro Auctions of Illinois...Tags: Toys, Floral Design, Toy Industry, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Jackman claws his way to top
Hugh Jackman has achieved legendary success on stages in his native Australia as well as America and England, playing everyone from Curly the singing cowboy in Oklahoma! togay entertainer Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. On screen, he's taken a shot at...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Culture, John Wayne, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (movie), Ethics
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First, you learn to scrub out the pots
Chef Rock Harper told a roomful of aspiring chefs - no doubt a few of them aspiring celebrity chefs - not to expect instant success. The winner of TV's Hell's Kitchen, who addressed students at the National Academy Foundation High School in Federal...Tags: Gore Vidal, Federal Hill, Virginia, Maryland, Theater
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Review: 'Twilight'
I am not now nor have I ever been a 13-year-old girl, but "Twilight" made me wish I could be, at least for a couple of hours, the better to appreciate a movie that has been targeted to that demographic with the delicious specificity of a laser weapon.
In...Tags: Twilight (movie), Sean Penn, Vampires, Teen-agers, People
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Releases this week
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $26.99). Attorney Mickey Haller gets his biggest case yet: the defense of a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire (HarperCollins,...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Billy Wilder, National Security Agency, Michael Connelly, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Less than a 'Masterpiece' this time around
Chicago Tribune criticIn certain scenes, Laurence Olivier took more time sipping his tea in the 1981 British television adaptation of " Brideshead Revisited" than it takes to watch the entirety of the brisk, rather disheveled film version of the Evelyn Waugh novel now in...Tags: Greta Scacchi, Venice, Jane Austen, Brideshead Revisited (movie, 2008), Movies
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'Tropic Thunder' brings issues about cinema and race back to the fore
Special to The TimesWHAT IS going on in the zeitgeist when an African American is poised to become president and Robert Downey Jr. is in blackface? In the new comedy " Tropic Thunder," Downey plays actor Kirk Lazarus, a Russell Crowe-ish Aussie who is cast as a black soldier...Tags: Culture, Film Festivals, Denzel Washington, Fred Astaire, Justice and Rights
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Heath Ledger in 'Dark Knight': Bravo!
Times Theater CriticGreat actors, even those who have been blessed with longevity, often bear a tragic mark. It's not just the ups and downs of stardom that can make for a cruel career. Rough inner seas are typically the very reason someone seeks to be among what William...Tags: Tim Burton, Ethics, Jack Nicholson, Judy Garland, Values
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