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Thursday Oct 29 | Hollywood.com

Charles Martin Smith

A diminutive, generally bespectacled character player of film and TV, generally cast as scientists or accountants, Charles Martin Smith has also embarked on a secondary career as a director.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Hollywood.com

Richard Dreyfuss

At one time, the youngest actor ever to win the coveted Best Actor Oscar, Richard Dreyfuss - " at age 29 - " was propelled to stardom with his complex performance in "The Goodbye Girl" . Thanks to his uncanny ability.... At one time, the youngest actor ever to win the coveted Best Actor Oscar, Richard Dreyfuss - " at age 29 - " was propelled to ...

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

The Grand Junction Sentinel

Polanski and others spawn a bad '70s revival

If you woke up at some point in recent weeks with the disconcerting sense that you had pulled an extreme triple reverse Rip van Winkle and found yourself back in the Seventies, well, you'll find no comfort here.

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Wed Sep 30, 2009

Philly.com

Sideshow: Biel to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

How many of us will ever stand at its peak? Jessica Biel will. Jess has joined with singer Lupe Fiasco , creator of the hot debut CD Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor , and Aussie thesp Isabel Lucas , on an expedition to climb Mt.

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Mon Sep 28, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

'Lucky' Dreyfuss to see life flash by on screen

Richard Dreyfuss calls himself semiretired, which gives him a broader view of a career that includes "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and most recently a bit role as Dick Cheney in "W." Dreyfuss is in town for the grand opening of Hollywood Palms Cinema, a movie theater, bar and eatery with a two-story waterfall at 352 S. Illinois 59 in ...

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Popsicle's key role

Dear David Inman: I keep thinking about a scene in a movie that involved one character visiting another character out of the blue and finding the host eating a Popsicle.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

CNN

For Mackenzie Phillips, drugs sidelined career

Actress Mackenzie Phillips has said that she believes she had a "genetic predisposition" to the life of sex, drugs and rock and roll that have come to define her.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Comedy, One Day at a Time, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Mackenzie Phillips, Music

Associated Content

Mackenzie Phillips Spills All, but Does Anyone Care?

When you've hit bottom, why not make a buck with a lurid tale of how you got there? That seems to be Mackenzie Phillips' rationale for penning High on Arrival , a spill-all that, apparently, is one long tale of drugs, sex, incest and non-stop massive self-indulgence. There's just one problem, though: most of the celebrity-swooning audience that ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Comedy, One Day at a Time, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Mackenzie Phillips

Wed Sep 23, 2009

Associated Content

One Day at a Time's Mackenzie Phillips Claims Incestuous Affair with Her Father John

One Day at a Time's Mackenzie Phillips claims she had an incestuous affair with her father, John Phillips.

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Tue Sep 22, 2009

CNN

Mackenzie Phillips expected to drop bombshell

Mackenzie Phillips hid in her home, made compulsive purchases and struggled with personal issues, she tells Oprah Winfrey.

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Miami.com

Celebrity birthdays on Sept. 22

Actor Paul Le Mat is 63. Actress Shari Belafonte is 55. Singer Debby Boone is 53.

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Mon Sep 21, 2009

Hollywood.com

Paul Le Mat

A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas' "American Graffiti" and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who enjoys a fortunate.... A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas' "American Graffiti" and especially ...

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Sun Sep 20, 2009

Times Online

Harrison Ford ready for fifth Indiana Jones film

The Hollywood action hero, reduced to tears after a tribute at Deauville film festival, on his aircraft and bike collection Harrison Ford shows no sign of settling into a comfortable, sedentary retirement.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

Kalamazoo Gazette

Plenty to do this Weekend

Wines and wildlife. Classic cars and classic battles. Carnival rides and fair food.

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Mon Aug 31, 2009

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

Omarr's Daily Astrological Forecast for August 22, 2009

BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Cindy Williams was born in Van Nuys, Calif., on this date in 1947.

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Fri Aug 21, 2009

Hollywood.com

Cindy Williams

Cindy Williams will forever live in TV history as Shirley Feeney, the dreamer half of the brewery workers on the long-running hit ABC series "Laverne & Shirley" , although she left the show over alleged.... Cindy Williams will forever live in TV history as Shirley Feeney, the dreamer half of the brewery workers on the long-running hit ABC series ...

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Wed Aug 19, 2009

Torontoist

Urban Planner: August 18, 2009

Still from Akino Kondoh Ladybirds' Requiem , courtesy of Naomi Hocura of Film Fort.

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Mon Aug 10, 2009

KTVN Reno

'Happy Days' Stars Converge in Reno for Hot August Nights

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the popular 70's TV series Happy Days. Wednesday some of the stars paid a visit to the Biggest Little City.

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Sat Aug 08, 2009

Reno Gazette-Journal

Hot August Nights: Year One

The year was 1986, and it was the inaugural year of the Hot August Nights celebrations in Reno, Nevada.

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Related Topix: Reno Metro, Reno, NV, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies

Thu Aug 06, 2009

Globe and Mail

When you wish upon a Starman

Warren Clements Last updated on Thursday, Aug. 06, 2009 12:04PM EDT S tarman is a romantic road movie in science-fantasy clothing.

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