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Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana 02/10/2010 Genre: Satirical Comedy Directed by: Carol Reed Starring: Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Burl Ives, Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson Carol Reed's film of Graham Greene's novel Our Man in Havana is at once very much of its time - 1959 - and surprisingly modern and relevant to today.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Our Man in Havana, Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Feb 08, 2010

The Back Porch News

Brother Sonny and HisA Ukuleles

Todd B. loves his ukulele. Or make that ukuleles. He has gone so far as to write a song about his collection, as you can see and hear in this video.

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Related Topix: Folk

Thu Jan 14, 2010

San Diego News Network

'Book of Eli,' 'Lovely Bones' plus more movie reviews, news

Critic also spots 'Spy Next Door,' 'William Kunstler,' 'The General' Bible-carrier Eli faces a long road and many special effects in "The Book of Eli." "The Book of Eli" Hollywood loves an apocalypse, including dumb ones like "2012." "The Book of Eli" is a pulpy patching of "Fahrenheit 451" and "Mad Max" . Denzel Washington is Eli, a survivor ...

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Related Topix: The Book of Eli, The General, Country, Drama Movies, East of Eden, The Lovely Bones

Sun Dec 27, 2009

Albany Times Union

Capital Region names its No. 1 holiday song

So what's the Capital Region's favorite holiday song? Our Tournament of Carols, done in the spirit of basketball's March Madness, matched up 16 classic versions of favorite Christmas tunes in order to find out.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Latin, Jose Feliciano, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Comedy Movies, White Christmas, Bing Crosby, Jazz

Fri Dec 25, 2009

Atwater Signal

Herbert A. Opalek: Your own Christmas legend

More than any other holiday, Christmas has a melange of myth, legend, and tradition attached to it.

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Related Topix: Life, Christmas, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies

Tue Dec 22, 2009

WIBW-TV Topeka

What Are Your Favorite Christmas Songs?

There are so many things we could ask you.. and have on our blogs? What is your wish for Christmas? What would you LIKE for Christmas? I thought I'd ask what your favorite Christmas songs are every year.

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Related Topix: Folk

Mon Dec 21, 2009

Charleston City Paper

Funky Winter Wonderland

For me, the Christmas holiday season always brings up different rock 'n' roll sounds in my mind - from pop to country, heavy metal to jazz.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Brenda Lee, Country, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Gene Autry

Sun Dec 20, 2009

KHWB-TV Houston

Rudolph on the Radio

When you think of all the holiday traditions in Houston you likely think of the Uptown Lights, or the Christmas tree in front of City Hall.

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Related Topix: Houston Metro, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Folk

Fri Dec 18, 2009

The News-Review

Editorial: Roses & thorns

Evergreen giving Every year at about this time, Burl Ives warbles about silver and gold in the long-running TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." "How do you measure its worth? Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth," Ives intones in his purring baritone.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Roseburg, OR, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Philomath, OR, Opinion

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Associated Content

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Fascist Indoctrination as Animated Christmas Cartoon

If I had to hazard a supposition on the matter I would guess that the favorite animated Christmas special of Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin and their followers would be Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Aspen Times

CD reviews: Holiday music, from glorious to downright unholy

Sting has released "If On a Winter's Night." Long story short: I'm a Jew with discerning musical tastes - and a weird and inexplicable thing for Christmas music.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Folk, Roy Orbison, Pop/Rock, Bob Dylan

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Billboard

Jingle Bell Rock ... And Pop ... And R&B ... And...

Billboard's Holiday Songs chart ranks airplay of seasonal tracks on U.S. adult contemporary radio.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Brenda Lee, Country, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Mariah Carey, Comedy Movies, White Christmas

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Pierce County

CARLSON: Best and worst holiday movies ever

Once upon a time, you could tell when Christmas was coming because of the holiday-themed ads on TV.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Folk, Opinion

Sat Dec 05, 2009

News Press

Check out a schedule of holiday TV specials

Charlie Brown barely celebrated Thanksgiving when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer came knocking.

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Related Topix: Country, Charlie Brown, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Life, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Christmas, Andy Griffith

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Salon.com

Happy holidays! It's Baby Alive, the pooping doll

Charming young lady, with sharp tongue and vocabulary of a seasoned longshoreman, who carries in her handbag worn and tattered membership cards to the Mayflower Society and Daughters of the American Revolution, for which her dues are in arrears.

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Related Topix: Family, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Adventure, Musical Movies, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Globe and Mail

'Tis the season for cloying festive specials

Television 'Tis the season for cloying festive specials Let the reindeer games begin! This year marks the 45th anniversary of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, Life, Holidays, Christmas, 30 Rock

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Associated Content

Burl Ives; Snowman in Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Burl Ives name should sound familiar to you. His voice is heard throughout the 1964 movie "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." Burl Ives has been singing Have a Holy, Jolly Christmas longer than I have been alive, but I believe I have heard it every Christmas of my life.

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Related Topix: Family, Animation Movies, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Adventure, Musical Movies, Folk

Highlands Today

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For a second year in a row, the Heartland Young Professionals will present the annual Sebring Christmas parade, starting at 7 p.m. Friday in downtown Sebring, so bring your folding chairs and have fun.

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Related Topix: Sebring, FL, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Animation Movies, Folk, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Highlands County, FL

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Hook

Better than Up?: Clooney, Streep make Fox fantastic

The characters may be talking animal puppets, but director Wes Anderson has never made a movie more recognizably his own than Fantastic Mr.

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Related Topix: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Folk

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: The Power and the Prize

THE POWER AND THE PRIZE is a film about corporate warfare mixed with romance, in the tradition of other mid-'50s business-themed films such as EXECUTIVE SUITE and WOMAN'S WORLD .

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Related Topix: Robert Taylor, Mary Astor, Ben Wright

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