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'Mr. Selfridge': The man who invented retail therapy
Until recently, the Vera Wang bridal shop in Singapore imposed a non-refundable $482 fee to try on dresses. And last month a health food retailer in Australia posted this notice on its door: “As of the first of February, this store will be...
Tags: Lana Wachowski, Meryl Streep, Television, Entourage (tv program), Jeremy Piven
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Mitzi Gaynor, cockeyed optimist
Mitzi Gaynor's opening line: "Call me Mitzi." Real name: Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber. "I'm a Hungarian by descent. And a Virgo. And a Catholic. So if you want guilt, talk to me, darling." Born: Chicago, Sept. 4, 1931. Credits: Films...
Tags: Mitzi Gaynor, Bing Crosby, Howard Hughes, Carmen Miranda, Frank Sinatra
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'Hava Nagila' a song that's a party in itself ★★★
Born in Ukraine, raised in Palestine, the toast of the Catskills and the inevitable guest star at countless Jewish celebrations the world over, the song "Hava Nagila" has pulled many a goy (and I'd like to thank Dave Fantle for letting me crash his...
Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Ukraine, Entertainment, Religion and Belief, Movies
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Follow-up a beautiful muddle by an interesting filmmaker
A movie on which to float, rather than park your easily expressed opinions, "Upstream Color" is a river conveying a kind of love story involving two lost souls. Comparisons to Terrence Malick and "The Tree of Life," among other Malicks, have abounded ever...Tags: Entertainment, Sundance Film Festival, The Tree of Life (movie), Movies, Music
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'It's in the hole!'
Let’s talk about the most famous call at The Masters. It did not occur this year at the recently completed tournament, although the way Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera played golf’s version of H-O-R-S-E for the last hour certainly lent itself...
Tags: Golf, Adam Scott, Angel Cabrera, Sports, Michael Phillips
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Shakespeare like you've never seen it in 'Caesar Must Die' ★★★ 1/2
To understand why "Caesar Must Die" is more intense than you might expect, why it ranks among the most involving adaptations of Shakespeare ever put on screen, you have to know exactly what it is and how it came into being. It started when veteran...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Entertainment, Celebrities, Prisons, Movies
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'War Witch': Child soldier's tale offers many surprises ★★★ 1/2
The powerful things we expect from "War Witch" are as advertised, but what we don't expect is even better. Given that the subject matter is two violent years in the life of an African child soldier, it's not surprising that the film's events are...
Tags: War Witch (movie), Entertainment, Celebrities, Wars and Interventions, Movies
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Broadway review: 'Pippin' pulls off a theatrical high-wire act
NEW YORK — There are shows that revive aging material through revisionism. And there are productions that prefer to celebrate the pull of nostalgia, especially when the songs are great. "Pippin," the brilliant Diane Paulus revival of the...
Tags: Entertainment, Terrence Mann, Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, Theater
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Kam Kardashian: Long-lost, totally made-up sister found in Chicago
Anyone with a cellphone and a laptop can make a Web series. But it's tough to pull off something that looks professionally made. Not when there's barely any money involved. There is a huge opportunity here for indie filmmakers, especially those...
Tags: The Kids Are All Right (movie), Sundance Film Festival, Literature, Mark Ruffalo, Movies
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Latin cinema comes to AMC 600 North
Watch enough new foreign films in a row, and certain things start to stand out. Like the incredible variety of cellphone ring tones used in other countries. They're familiar but just different enough to break your concentration for a moment, like a...Tags: Television, Back to the Future (movie), Al Capone, Michael Phillips, Movies
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Why should we watch Caddyshack?
It’s fun, that’s why. I’m here for the fun. The raucous, laugh-filled experience of the Tribune’s “Slap Shot" sparked it, and I’m still getting thanks for co-hosting that event. “Caddyshack" is the “Slap...
Tags: National Hockey League, Sports, U.S. Open (golf), Skype, Michael Phillips
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Oscar Micheaux: A legend's links
Leroy Collins never says anything about it. He never tells his neighbors he was once a movie star — once. Collins is 89 and lives by himself in the Montgomery Place retirement community in Hyde Park. Scientists who worked on the Manhattan...
Tags: Arthritis, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Earl, Literature, Newspaper and Magazine
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