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One of the great classic movies of all time, "Marty," starred Ernest Borgnine and gave birth to the lines often quoted by friends who can't figure out how they want to spend their evening: "What do you want to do, Marty?" "I don't know, Angie , what do you want to do?" That can often apply to restaurants as well: "Where do you want to go?" "I don't ...

DVDs will almost certainly be high on holiday shopping lists, especially in the box set format; and perhaps in Blu-ray . First, a brief warning to unknowledgeable shoppers.

David Byrne of Talking Heads in the concert film "Stop Making Sense." 'Tis the season for holiday DVDs.

This week we start in the 1950s: The Golden Age of Television The Criterion Collection has assembled a new three-disc set qualifying as the year's most entertaining collection, with Marty , No Time for Sergeants , Patterns , A Wind From the South , Bang the Drum Slowly , The Comedian , Days of Wine and Roses and Requiem For a Heavyweight .

'The Golden Age of Television' Discuss this story now Several of the most classic plays staged live on the home screen in the 1950s - most of which became feature films later - are compiled in this Criterion Collection set.

Eight classic productions from television's "golden age," the 1950s. These teleplays were performed live and featured the work of writers like Rod Serling, Paddy Chayefsky, and Ira Levin, directors like John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, and Ralph Nelson, and actors like Paul Newman, Julie Harris, Jack Palance, and Rod Steiger.

The endless, fragment world of viral videos has made the moving image commonplace, if not bastardized.

The Golden Age of Television - A Criterion release, that I believe was also released on laserdisc, of several TV dramas from the 1950's. It is a must see, if only for Rod Steiger's performance in the original TV version of MARTY.

Once, there was a golden time in the infancy of television, when there were just three channels.

Got hot tips, pics or just want something posted send an e-mail to tips@celebdirtylaundry.com and we will be glad to post it! November 17, 2009 Nonagenarian Ernest Borgnine Academy Award-winning actor of television and the big screen, whose career has spanned for over five decades.

November 08, 2009, 8:29 AM / Q: Is Ernest Borgnine still alive and still acting? - Kevin Swales, Columbus, Ohio A: The 92-year-old "Marty" Oscar winner is staying quite active professionally, having done two episodes of "ER" just before it ended its NBC run as well as a Turner Classic Movies "Private Screenings" interview special this year.

He could be a senior citizen living in Naperville. He's friendly, down to earth and the type of person you might find in a downtown coffee shop sipping his favorite hot brew.

OK music fans, here's one for you. Faced with the prospect of seeing two rock 'n' roll performers in concert, which one would you go and see; Reginald Leonard Smith or Marty Wilde? Chances are you'd pick the latter, because, as any agent worth his salt will tell you, having the right name is essential to a successful career in the music industry.

JAMES Stewart, Lord of the Rings and the selfishness of Marty McFly, in the movie guide that's in for one last big job.

Ernest Borgnine has been working in Hollywood for more than a half a century, in roles ranging from hard-edged soldiers to an Emmy-nominated turn on the medical drama 'ER' to an animated geriatric superhero known as Mermaid Man.

Inside ad agency Sterling Cooper, three operators connect calls and listen in. One of them Lois, played by Crista Flanagan has developed a crush on Salvatore Romano , the firm's closeted art director.

Oscar-winner and Navy man Ernest Borgnine, 92, pauses in front of an American flag at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept.

Jobs: Terry Gross conducted an interesting interview with Quentin Tarantino in which he explained how he originally wanted to be an actor.

He won the Oscar for the movie 'Marty' in 1952, then went on to star in the hit TV show Mchale's Navy.

In this Thursday, Oct. 21, 1988 file photo, Ernest Borgnine is pictured in New York.