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2 hrs ago | ScreenCrave

'Star Wars': Disney Announces Animated Series, Jonathan Rhys Meyers Rumored For 'Episode VII'

There are a few things happening on the Star Wars front, both concerning Episode VII and not.

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Related Topix: Star Wars, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Vocal, Entertainment, Television, The Tudors, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Music!, Elvis, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Harrison Ford

4 hrs ago | Real Clear Politics

Richard Milhous Obama

He's compared himself to Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, evoked nostalgia for John F. Kennedy, sought to emulate Ronald Reagan, praised George W. Bush, and enlisted the assistance of Bill Clinton in his 2012 re-election effort, but as his second term stumbles along, the president with whom Barack Obama finds himself being compared is Richard ... (more)

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Bill Clinton, History in the News, Barack Obama

8 hrs ago | Examiner.com

A college guy reviews: BioShock Infinite

Irrational Games latest installment in the BioShock series is BioShock Infinite .

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Related Topix: Irrational Games, 2K Games, BioShock, Video Games, BioShock Infinite, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln

Mon May 20, 2013

Chicago Reader

AfriCOBRA when it was poised to strike

"Into the sixties a word was born . . . BLACK." The poet Haki R. Madhubuti composed this line for a poem he wrote decades ago, but when he read it aloud at the South Side Community Art Center recently, the words still reverberated.

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Related Topix: African-American, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Painting, Arts, Chicago, IL

BroadwayWorld.com

Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 17

Legendary American actress, director, singer, producer, composer, philanthropist and activist Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Barbra Streisand, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Hello, Dolly!, Funny Girl, Celebrities, Activism, Israel, World News, Middle East

WJZW-FM Washington

The Doors' Ray Manzarek Dead at Age 74 After Battle with Cancer

Ray Manzarek , founding keyboardist of The Doors , died Monday at age 74 at a medical clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile-duct cancer.

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Related Topix: The Doors, Pop/Rock, Music!, Drama Movies, Ray Manzarek, World News, Germany, John Densmore

The Miami Herald

'Cleopatra' feted at 50 with restoration, Cannes screening, theatrical re-release and Blu-ray

There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Drama Movies, Cleopatra, Rome, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Celebrities, Martin Landau, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, R-N-B

Patch.com

Classic Musical Graces the Baldwin's Stage

Stagecrafters doesn't repeat their productions very often with the exception of the classics such as The Sound of Music.

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Related Topix: The Sound of Music, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Chorus, Trapp Family Singers, Popular, Royal Oak, MI, Clawson, MI, Sterling Heights, MI

The Sydney Morning Herald

Hurt teases Doctor Who fans in series finale

Veteran star John Hurt has been unveiled as an incarnation of The Doctor as the latest series of Doctor Who reached its climax last night.

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Related Topix: Science Fiction TV, Doctor Who, Entertainment, Television, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, The Naked Civil Servant, Celebrities, John Hurt

WTLV

Obama speaks at Morehouse graduation

President Obama on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College, the country's pre-eminent historically black college, there is "no time for excuses" for this generation of African-American men and that it was time for their generation to step up professionally and in their personal lives.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Morehouse College, African-American, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln

Sun May 19, 2013

CNN

What Jolie forgot to mention

Known for her humanitarian works and action movies, Angelina Jolie is an actress who has been in the spotlight since she was a child.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Thriller, Action Movies, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Gone in 60 Seconds, Girl, Interrupted, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles, CA, Opinion

Examiner.com

The Garden State's favorite president

A few weeks ago, a Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press poll was taken to gauge whom New Jerseyans view as their favorite president.

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Related Topix: New Jersey, Monmouth University, Asbury Park, NJ, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Bill Clinton, History in the News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

WTMA-AM North Charleston

'Scandal' Star Kerry Washington Shares Memories From Her College Years

Kerry Washington may have taken television by storm, playing crisis manager Olivia Pope on ABC's Scandal , but she joked Sunday that she is still haunted by being cast as a frog in a college musical.

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Related Topix: Scandal, Entertainment, Ray, Short, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Kerry Washington, George Washington University

IcNetwork

Graham Young on The Great Gatsb

Is Baz Luhrmann's take on the 1925 novel a stunning visual feast for the eyes, or a case of style over substance? Graham Young finds out... Opening in 1922 and based on the 1925 novel by American author F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby has already been adapted for the silver screen three times.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Comedy Movies, Moulin Rouge, Musical Movies, Room at the Top, Celebrities, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern

BBC News

Frears: Ali film 'isn't about Ali'

The twice Oscar-nominated filmmaker's latest project, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which is being screened out of competition, is the only feature-length film by a major UK director at this year's event.

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Related Topix: The Greatest, Sport Movies, Celebrities, Muhammad Ali, Drama Movies, Will Smith, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, US News, US Supreme Court

Daily Star

Baz Luhrmann rues Harry Potter snub

Pregnant reality star KIM KARDASHIAN has fuelled rumours she's expecting a daughter with rapper KANYE WEST - the invitations to her baby shower feature a dancing ballerina.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Moulin Rouge, Musical Movies, Harry Potter, Books

Sat May 18, 2013

BBC News

Malcolm X grandson suspects remanded

Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, have been remanded in custody in Mexico.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Prison, World News, Mexico

The Morning Call

Lehigh Valley Civil War Days in Whitehall

Battles and skirmishes. Living history scenarios. Confederate and Union camp life displays.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Lincoln, Drama Movies, Entertainment

Examiner.com

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is a illustrious piece of art

Baz Luhrmann's film The Great Gatsby has the turbulent emotions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Australia, Comedy Movies, Moulin Rouge, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Baz Luhrmann, F. Scott Fitzgerald

BroadwayWorld.com

BWW Interviews: Julie Andrews is Practically Perfect on Her First Trip to Australia

For so many of us, Julie Andrews loomed large in our childhoods, a constant presence through repeated viewings of those two iconic films, MARY POPPINS, and THE SOUND of MUSIC.

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Related Topix: The Sound of Music, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Mary Poppins, Comedy Movies, S.O.B., Celebrities, Easy-Listening, Julie Andrews, Australia, Oceania, World News