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4 hrs ago | 24dash

Was Richard III a benevolent king or a murderous tyrant?

Experts are set to debate one of the most contentious questions in English History - was King Richard III a good king or a murderous tyrant? The University of Leicester is holding a free public debate on " Richard III: Benevolent King or Murderous Tyrant? " on Thursday, June 6. The event follows on from the University's momentous discovery of the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, History Movies, Richard III

10 hrs ago | Independent.ie

I'm glad Richard found connection to Vincent - Irons

HOLLYWOOD star Jeremy Irons regrets that Dublin TD Richard Boyd Barrett didn't get to spend longer with his biological father, Irish theatre director Vincent Dowling.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Mission, Comedy Movies, Reversal of Fortune, Lolita, Celebrities, Jeremy Irons, Ireland, Europe, World News

Mon May 20, 2013

Broadway

Tony Winner Christian Borle Joins Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis in Cyber Crime Thriller

Tony winner and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Christian Borle will go from Smash to cyberspace, as the actor has just landed a role in writer-director Michael Mann's upcoming cyber crime thriller, reports Deadline .

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Related Topix: Smash, Entertainment, Television, Christian Borle, Public Enemies, Western, Drama Movies, Action Movies, The Last of the Mohicans, Adventure

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater

Mel Brooks' Top 10 Jewy Jewish scenes

Monday night marks the national premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks.

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Related Topix: To Be or Not to Be, Drama Movies, Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Celebrities, Mel Brooks, Best of 2007, American Masters, Entertainment, Television

Rome News

Ga. town to mark date it was burned in Civil War

As the 150th anniversary of the burning of Darien approaches, historian Buddy Sullivan wants to clear up what he considers a misconception about the south Georgia town's Civil War history.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Glory, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Matthew Broderick

WTVF Nashville

NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island

6, 2010 file photo, people on a tour of Plum Island, N.Y., off the coast of Long Island, watch seals relaxing on the rocky shore.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, us Travel, Travel, Drama Movies, Homeland Security, Boston College

BroadwayWorld.com

AFI to Honor Mel Brooks with Lifetime Achievement Award

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the American Film Institute will honor Mel B rooks with the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest accolade for a career in film.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, The Producers, Musical Movies, To Be or Not to Be, Animation Movies, Short, Drama Movies, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Spaceballs, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities, Mel Brooks, Los Angeles, CA

Examiner.com

Christine White dies: 'Twilight Zone' co-star Shatner tweets, obituary published

Christine White died at the age of 86 and her former " Twilight Zone " co-star William Shatner tweeted after Christine White's obituary was published.

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Related Topix: James Dean, Magnum Force, Thriller, Vice Squad, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Action Movies, Celebrities, William Shatner, Pop/Rock, China

Sun May 19, 2013

People

Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft Shared Love and Laughs

On the surface it seemed one of the stranger matches of the 20th century: the serious, award-winning dramatic actress Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, and the man whose fertile imagination introduced both flatulence around an Old West campfire and a singing-dancing Adolf Hitler to the silver screen, Melvin Kaminsky.

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Related Topix: To Be or Not to Be, Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, The Producers, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Mel Brooks, The Graduate, The Elephant Man, Biography Movies, The Miracle Worker

The Papillion Times

TV Q&a: What's the deal with that Robert J. Wilke?

Question: I watch Encore's Westerns channel a lot. Robert J. Wilke is not a well-known name, but his face is very recognizable.

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Related Topix: High Noon, Thriller, Western, Drama Movies, Stripes, Short, Comedy Movies, Lee Van Cleef, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Wagon Train, Emergency!

Playbill

the DVD Shelf: Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux," Olivier's "Richard III"...

This month's column looks at Blu-ray releases of the Chaplin classic, "Monsieur Verdoux"; Laurence Olivier 's stunning "Richard III"; and the Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckler, "The Thief of Bagdad." Charles Chaplin, in his later years and later films, struggled with the old Charlie; both the character, and the style of filmmaking that had made him ... (more)

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Monsieur Verdoux, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Richard III, History Movies, Celebrities, Laurence Olivier, The Thief of Bagdad, Family, Action Movies, Adventure, Douglas Fairbanks, City Lights

BroadwayWorld.com

Robert Picardo and Lee Wilkof to Appear in the Sunshine Boys at Totem Pole Playhouse, 7/9-21

Famous funny men Robert Picardo and Lee Wilkof will appear in Neil Simon 's THE SUNSHINE BOYS for director JOHN PUTCH at Totem Pole Playhouse, for its 63rd summer season.

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Related Topix: Stargate Atlantis, Drama Movies, Science Fiction TV, China Beach, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Celebrities, Robert Picardo, Short, Comedy Movies, Sweet Charity, Musical Movies, John Putch

Sat May 18, 2013

Film School Rejects

Cannes 2013 Review: 'Miele' is a Virtuoso Masterpiece...

Miele is directed by Valeria Golino , best known to English-speaking audiences as Topper Harley's sexy, exotic girlfriend in the popular Hot Shots duology.

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Related Topix: Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Hot Shots!, Valeria Golino, Jasmine Trinca

Spokane 7

a oeTo the Wondera virtually drips with art

One difficult thing for a film critic to do can be captured in a two-part question: How do you review a film that, 1, is more of a mood piece than an example of narrative storytelling and, 2, resists your every effort to describe it without giving too much away? Faced with that challenge, I came up with the following for my review of Terrence ... (more)

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Related Topix: To the Wonder, The Tree of Life, Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thriller, History Movies, Crime Movies, The Thin Red Line, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Biography Movies, The New World, Adventure

PennLive.com

What you need to know to vote in Tuesday's primary

Machine operators Mike Good, left, and John Williams wait to help voters at the Hummelstown Fire Co.

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Related Topix: Thriller, The Patriot, Drama Movies, Action Movies

New Yorker

An Exclusive Outtake from "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise"

This exclusive outtake from the latest entry in PBS's "American Masters" series, "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" , tells a classic story that's also a real-life version of a classic joke, the one about the stressed-out movie producer who, when asked why he doesn't change jobs, answers, "It beats working." In the broadcast, Brooks - who is eighty-six - ... (more)

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Related Topix: To Be or Not to Be, Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, The Producers, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Mel Brooks, American Masters, Entertainment, Television, Anything Goes, Ethel Merman, Movies

Fri May 17, 2013

The Daily Breeze

Things To Do This Weekend

FILE PHOTO: A Marine of the Mounted Color Guard salutes as he and Old Glory pass by the grand marshal in the 51st Annual Armed Forces Day Parade in Torrance May 15, 2010.

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Related Topix: Camp Pendleton, CA, Torrance, CA, Events, Hermosa Beach, CA, Wings, Drama Movies, Action Movies

The Star Online

Selling history'

Historic Webbley - a Cleveland County landmark, long the home of well-known Gardner and Webb family members and a former bed-and-breakfast - is for sale with a list price of $1.6 million.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Cleveland County, NC, Shelby, NC, Casar, NC, The Birth of a Nation, Drama Movies

Salt Lake Tribune

Movie review: - Angels' Share'

The caper comedy "The Angels' Share" may be the closest Ken Loach, the rabidly left-wing British filmmaker, has ever gotten to a mainstream Hollywood movie - and that's a good thing and a bad thing.

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Related Topix: The Angels' Share, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Drama Movies, Drink, Whiskey, Liquor

Broadway

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike's Kristine Nielsen and The...

K ristine Nielsen and Lewis J. Stadlen have won the Actors' Equity Foundation's Richard Seff Award for their respective performances in V anya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and The Nance .

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Related Topix: To Be or Not to Be, Short, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Animation Movies