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3 hrs ago | Salt Lake Tribune

SLC honors 3 firefighters trapped in deadly 1943 blaze

The Salt Lake Tribune) On Sunday, May 19, 2013, Salt Lake City firefighters paid a special tribute to three firefighters who lost their lives 70 years earlier during the Victory Theater fire.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, Fire, Al Jolson

7 hrs ago | The Daily Beast

Zade Rosenthal/ParamountIs J.J. Abrams Lost in Space?The man behind...

The man behind the new Star Trek and Star Wars movies is mixing genres, botching continuity and ignoring solid science.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars

8 hrs ago | The Tennessean

Napa Valley: Five free things to do in California's wine country

Love the lush and lovely Napa Valley but hate how expensive it can be? You're not the first.

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Related Topix: Robert Louis Stevenson, Calistoga, CA, Napa, CA, St. Helena, CA, Yountville, CA

12 hrs ago | TheCelebrityCafe

Tumblr Tutorial: Movies

Movies are a big part of the Tumblr-verse. And Tumblr bloggers know how to use them to their hilarious advantage - referencing them for jokes and quoting them on irrelevant posts.

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Related Topix: Watches, Harry Potter

16 hrs ago | The Star Online

No chance for an Inferno

Hyped worldwid e: Dan Brown's Inferno was released with all sorts of gimmicks around the world last Tuesday; in Amsterdam, women dressed as 'plague doctors' presented the book at the Amsterdam Central Station.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Books, World News, India, Italy

20 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake

I'd seen the movies before reading the stories - Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" - so I thought I knew what to expect from Daphne du Maurier's fiction.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Donald Sutherland, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, The Birds, Thriller, Alfred Hitchcock, Julie Christie

21 hrs ago | Free Republic

19 Obvious Reasons Why 'Star Wars' Is Better Than 'Star Trek'

Navigation: use the links below to view more comments. first 1-50 , 51-100 , 101-124 next last Neat topic for sure.

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Related Topix: Star Wars, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Sat May 18, 2013

New York Daily News

When lyrics get lost in the song

The well overdue wakeup call, which struck me like a bolt last month, came courtesy of a surprising source - the smart and funny one-man show "Buyer & Cellar." The play by Jonathan Tolins, which wrapped its run at the Rattlestick and reopens at the Barrow Street Theatre June 18, is inspired by Barbra Streisand's meticulously curated shoppes - built ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Way We Were, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Barbra Streisand, Michael Urie, Entertainment

Examiner.com

Auditions: Deaf and hearing actors for Pennington Players's 'Big River'

The Pennington Players will hold auditions for the musical "Big River," Roger Miller and William Hauptman's Tony Award-winning adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Related Topix: Roger Miller, Country, Mark Twain

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

Ben Affleck hosts tonight's 'Saturday Night Live' finale: Talk about it here

There are so many talking points for SNL 's 38th season finale that I hardly know where to begin! Maybe it'll help to organize them as a list: 1. Tonight marks Ben Affleck's fifth time hosting Saturday Night Live , which grants him membership to SNL 's storied Five-Timers Club.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Steve Martin, Pop/Rock, Justin Timberlake

Mail on Sunday

National Geographic's 2013 Traveler Photo Contest: Stunning entries...

Every year National Geographic asks the world's adventurers to enter their epic photographs into its Traveler Photo Contest - and each year the submissions prove stunning.

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Related Topix: Tradewest, National Geographic, Video Games, Photography, Arts

YouBentMyWookie

Walt Disney World 2013 Star Wars Weekends Hyperspace Hoopla - Complete Video

Wookie southern HQ has been in Orlando for longer than the site has been alive. While we try to bring you some coverage from Disney's Star Wars Weekends every year, this is the first time that we've actually had a chance to visit ourselves.

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Related Topix: Star Wars

ScreenCrave

Reviewing Ebert's 'Greatest Films': Shadow of a Doubt

Compared to Alfred Hitchcock 's better-known films, Shadow of a Doubt may not claim as much suspense or plot perfection, but as an overall execution of storytelling, it's as effective as it gets.

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Related Topix: Shadow of a Doubt, Film Noir, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, Santa Rosa, CA, Teresa Wright

American Reporter

Market MoverFOR These Times, 'Threepenny Opera' is Timely

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., April 8, 2009 -- Halfway through the second act of an innovative Northern Arizona University production of "The Threepenny Opera" one demonstrator in a New York City crowd waves the sign: "AIG IS CRUEL !!!" Such is the topical and often humorous adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play and Kurt Weill's songs, as the realities of ... (more)

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Related Topix: Northern Arizona University, Bertolt Brecht, Classical, Kurt Weill, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Bobby Darin

Fri May 17, 2013

Ventura County Star

Bill O'Reilly: What happened, Mr. President?

Bill O'Reilly is a veteran news anchor, host of Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor," and co-author of the 2011 book "Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Chan Already subscribe to VCStar? Click below to activate your Premium Subscription and receive access to VCStar on the web, smartphone and tablet.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Bill O'reilly

BroadwayWorld.com

YA Author Eoin Colfer Headlines Children's Book Week at SLCL, Beg. Tonight

The St. Louis County Library Foundation will present a special Children's Book Week event with popular young adult author Eoin Colfer.

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680News

Vincent Kartheiser of a Mad Mena will play Mr. Darcy onstage at the Guthrie

This Oct. 22, 2012 file photo shows Vincent Kartheiser at the Paley Center LA Benefit in West Hollywood, Calif.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Untamed Heart, Drama Movies, The Indian in the Cupboard, Family, Adventure, Vincent Kartheiser, West Hollywood (West Hollywood, CA), Europress, Koch Media, Pride & Prejudice, Video Games, Jane Austen

Manila Bulletin

To hell and back

A Sure Bet - Publishers and booksellers already expect the latest Robert Langdon thriller to top bestseller lists all over the world.

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Related Topix: Angels & Demons, Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Books, Italy, World News

The Guardian

Cannes jewellery heist takes shine off stars on red carpet day

Police patrol outside a Chopard store in Cannes after a $1m jewellery heist at the Novotel hotel.

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Related Topix: Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles, CA, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Celebrities, Grace Kelly

BroadwayWorld.com

Vintage Theatre's and Then There Was Nun Continues Through 6/16

A parody of the great Agatha Christie thrillers of the 1940's, And Then There Was Nun is a vampy cross-dressing cocktail of humor and "whodunit" as actors emulate your favorite movie stars of the past.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Marilyn Monroe