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Wednesday Dec 30 | The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn Today: Monday December 28, 2009

Good morning. Today is the 362nd day of the year. On this day in 1945, the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag was officially recognized by Congress.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Comedy Movies, California Suite, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Glory, Short, History Movies, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, War Movies, Biography Movies, Action Movies

Mon Dec 28, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Dame Maggie Smith

IMAGES Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.[Credits : Courtesy of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation] Other The following is a selection of items associated with "Dame Maggie Smith" ARTICLE British actress original name Margaret Natalie Smith born Dec.

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Related Topix: Othello, Comedy Movies, Music!, California Suite, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Sister Act, Animation Movies, The Secret Garden, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Family, Musical Movies

Sun Dec 27, 2009

The Honolulu Advertiser

Screening room

Full-price admission is listed; the * denotes discounts for students, seniors, military, members and/or children and advance purchases.

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Related Topix: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Fri Dec 25, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

Current Stars Recreate Classic Roles

The idols of the next decade pose as icons of the last... TotalFilm.com compiled a list of upcoming british stars posing as popular movie characters from the last decade.

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Related Topix: Moon, Harry Potter, Books, Clash of the Titans, Family, Action Movies, Adventure, Kick-Ass

Wed Dec 16, 2009

Hollywood.com

Watson crowned biggest-grossing female of last decade

The 19-year-old star, best-known for her co-starring role as Hermione Granger in the six Harry Potter films released so far, has clinched the win with $5.4 billion in global box office receipts.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Entertainment

Wed Nov 25, 2009

About.com

DVD Pick: Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

Famous for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie , A Room With a View and the Harry Potter series of films, Dame Maggie Smith is one of the greatest actresses of her generation.

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Related Topix: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Borders Today

Kath takes to prime role on the road

Formed Borders community theatre group hits the road this Saturday for a mini-tour of the region with their production, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

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Related Topix: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Marketing

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

What do you think of a Clash of the Titansa trailer?

Clash of the Titans - - the 1981 Geek mythology fantasy starring Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith, with memorable f/x from stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen - boasts a pretty hefty fan following, especially among Gen Xers for whom the movie is a geek pop touchstone.

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Related Topix: Clash of the Titans, Family, Action Movies, Adventure, Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Drama Movies, The Incredible Hulk, Science Fiction Movies, Terminator: Salvation

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

My House In Umbria -

On her monthly shopping trip to Milan, Emily Delahunty , an English romance novelist now living in Umbria, takes her seat on the train and observes her travelling companions: a young German couple, obviously smitten; an elderly English gentleman, his grown daughter and her husband; and an American husband and wife, with their disarmingly beautiful ...

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Related Topix: Explosion

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Zap2it.com

Smith heartbreaking in chilling 'Capturing Mary'

During her long career, Maggie Smith has been many things to her fans. Electrifying as a charismatic schoolmistress in her best actress Oscar-winning role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." Hilarious as the vain actress with a bisexual husband in "California Suite." Heartbreaking as a middle-aged Irish spinster in "The Lonely Passion of Judith ...

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Related Topix: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, California Suite, Little Britain, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Theater, Arts

Wed Oct 28, 2009

This is bath

REVIEW: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Next Stage, The Mission Theatre, Bath

Next Stage has done a remarkable thing in following on from a series of super successful film and TV versions of this play and staging a production under the direction of Ann Garner that is quite captivating.

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Related Topix: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Cabaret, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Liza Minnelli

Fri Oct 23, 2009

KQED

Between the Sheets-- Maggie Smith Drove Me to Drink.

When I was twelve, my father took me to see a little film called Evil Under the Sun -- the last in a trio of tony Agatha Christie whodunit films that somewhat shaped the person I am today.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Agatha Christie, Diana Rigg, Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov, Classical, Recipes

Wed Oct 21, 2009

This is bath

The creme de la creme for Next Stage

There is a rare chance to see the stage adaptation of Muriel Spark's novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in Bath next week.

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Related Topix: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies

Tue Oct 06, 2009

National Post

Maggie Smith recounts cancer battle

Emma Thompson, left, and Maggie Smith in the Harry Potter films. Smith recently went through a battle with breast cancer that left her bald during filming.

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Related Topix: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Emma Thompson, Harry Potter, Books, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Times Online

Maggie Smith: a bad case of stage fright

Double Oscar winner and titan of the stage, Dame Maggie Smith says that her fight with cancer may end her theatre career Once advising Michael Palin that sarcasm didn't suit him, Dame Maggie Smith described herself as "the acid queen". She rarely gives interviews and a mysterious, intimidating aura has long surrounded her.

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Related Topix: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, California Suite, Michael Palin, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Times Online

Dame Maggie Smith: cancer fight has left me too tired for the stage

Dame Maggie Smith is contemplating giving up theatre acting after being "knocked sideways" fighting breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Drama Movies, Breast Cancer

Basingstoke Gazette

Kingsclere

COFFEE morning in aid of St Michael's Hospice: Will be held at the Kingsclere Village Club on Saturday, from 10am to noon, where there will be lots of things on sale FILM club: On Saturday, in the Village Club.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

Fri Oct 02, 2009

DVD Verdict

Hook: Superbit Edition

Our review of Hook , published March 13th, 2000, is also available. What if Peter Pan grew up? Peter Banning is a successful mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a wife, two kids, and a fear of heights.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, Hook, Adventure, Short, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Jack, Robin Williams, Kids, Mystery Movies, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Lutterworth Today

Village hall to become cinema

THE SILVER screen is to make a return to Welford for the first time in 50 years.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Keeping Mum, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rowan Atkinson, Patrick Swayze

Wed Sep 09, 2009

DVD Verdict

Love And Pain And The Whole Damn Thing

No pain, no gain, for the frolicking twain in Spain. As a director, Alan J. Pakula was best known as the captain of commanding Hollywood vessels like Klute , All the President's Men , and Sophie's Choice - big honkin' entertainments that reaped respect, awards, and box office.

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Related Topix: Klute, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, History Movies, All the President's Men, The Devil's Own, Action Movies, Timothy Bottoms

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