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TV critic's picks: Mask images

"Death Masks" follows the work of forensic science and anthropology experts who employ mirror images and impressions.

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Related Topix: Julius Caesar, Drama Movies, Music!, History Movies, Entertainment, Television

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Huffington Post

Kim Morgan: Words From the Saint, Eva Marie

In her first movie, she kissed Marlon Brando. And then she won an Oscar. How many actresses get that kind of a debut? But then, how many actresses are as wonderful as Eva Marie Saint? A performer of elegance, vulnerability, charm, beauty, intelligence and great wit, Miss Saint remains, not just a movie star, but a real actor, one of the innovators.

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Related Topix: On the Waterfront, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, North by Northwest, Adventure, Eva Marie Saint, Horror Movies, The Birds, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock

Newindpress

An ode to The Godfather

The first lines in the movie The Godfather christened a respectable trilogy. Two-and-a-half decades later, The Long Halloween found its way to bookstores with the protagonist, millionaire Bruce Wayne, opening the story saying, "I believe in Gotham City." Noir is at its peak in this graphic novel, because Wayne's listener, gangster Carmine Falcone, ...

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Related Topix: Al Pacino

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Nashville Scene

The Belcourt's Elia Kazan retro showcases a director who felt every...

Film history still thinks of Elia Kazan mostly as an actor's director. Not without good reason, of course, since the Greek-American director's movies gave us so many iconic performances, including Marlon Brando 's legendary turns in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront , as well as James Dean 's starring debut in East of Eden .

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Related Topix: Film Noir, Thriller, Panic in the Streets, On the Waterfront, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Music!, A Streetcar Named Desire, Elia Kazan, East of Eden, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Southwest Philadelphia Review

News, opinion, arts, food, real estate and sports in South Philadelphia

Every time I hear the name Stella a specific image comes to mind: A gorgeous, young Marlon Brando clad in an old-fashioned undershirt, muscles glistening, screaming "Stella!" in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." Stella also is the name Stephen Starr decided on when he opened his new pizzeria at Second and Lombard streets.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Drama Movies, A Streetcar Named Desire, Music!, Life, Food, Pizza, Vegetables

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australians wow the US with American classic

TONY EASTLEY: Cate Blanchett has taken a cast of Australians to the US to perform an American masterpiece - A Streetcar Named Desire.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, A Streetcar Named Desire, Music!

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Economist

Spain's political scandals: The problem with Don Vito's friends

HE OILED his hair, told employees to call him Don Vito and, according to Spanish investigators, allegedly kept politicians on his payroll.

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Related Topix: Europe, Spain, World News, People's Party (Spain), Wedding

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Hollywood.com

Steve Shagan

TV writer and producer who earned an Academy Award nomination for his first produced screenplay, the well-received melodrama, "Save the Tiger" , which starred Jack Lemmon in a tale of mobsters and reality in the.... TV writer and producer who earned an Academy Award nomination for his first produced screenplay, the well-received melodrama, "Save ...

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Related Topix: Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Vic Morrow

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Midwood Paper

March 31: Iss. 13

Through April 6, J Mandle Performance will present the stylish new production "Feast," a large-scale, interdisciplinary work blending architecture with choreography by Beppie Blankert, sound by Paul Geluso, Julia Mandle's expressive costumes and lighting by Aaron Copp.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Al Pacino

The Toronto Star

Lessons from The...

"Codes of the Underworld," a new book exploring how criminals communicate, suggests no event so rocked the Mafia as the release of "The Godfather" in 1972.

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Related Topix: Mafia, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Little Caesar

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Asbury Park Press

Brando-style leather jackets a family business

The earliest leather jackets to come out of the Schott NYC family factory in the late 1920s addressed the needs of motorcyclists by using pricey zippers and an asymmetrical flap front as protection from the wind.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Time

Curtains Up at the Dallas Performing Arts Center

The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, part of the new addition to the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, On the Waterfront, New York Metro

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Globe and Mail

The flawed character who made stars out of other flawed characters

STEPHEN COLE Published on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 12:00AM EDT Last updated on Friday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Splendor in the Grass, Crime Movies, A Streetcar Named Desire, Music!, On the Waterfront, Pinky, East of Eden

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Travel Weekly

Brando developer: Sustainability was part of actor's 'vision'

Marlon Brando's private atoll was once a playground for Tahitian royalty. Now, one of his friends, French Polynesian hotel developer Richard Bailey, is working to carry out the late actor's dream of turning the island into the ultimate sustainable, experiential luxury destination.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mutiny on the Bounty, History Movies, Adventure, Oceania, World News, French Polynesia, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

Joseph Wiseman: A tribute to the late Dr. No

Joseph Wiseman, the Canadian-born actor best known for his deliciously evil portrayal of the James Bond villain, Dr.

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Related Topix: Dr. No, Thriller, Action Movies, Adventure, Western, The Unforgiven, Drama Movies, Joseph Wiseman, Burt Lancaster, Sean Connery

Cigar Aficionado

Drinking and Dining: Zeppelin Hall Biergarten

If it seems like cigar smokers are getting pushed to the outer limits of the community then Zeppelin Hall will serve to confirm your perception-but this beirgarten in the Garden State proves that the outer limits can be a sweet respite.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Jersey City Metro, Jersey City, NJ, Hoboken, NJ, Beer

Mon Oct 19, 2009

This Is Money

Motorbike insurance premiums driven down

Forget the rebellious image of gang leader Marlon Brando in The Wild One. Today's motorcyclist is more likely to be a middle-aged family man or woman with a bike as a sedate weekend hobby.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies

Sun Oct 18, 2009

The Age

Crooner's life imitated art

A L MARTINO, the postwar Italian-American crooner who played the role of singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather , the 1972 hit movie starring Marlon Brando, has died at his childhood home in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Oldies, Al Martino, Springfield, PA, Mafia, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Examiner.com

Mens Fashion And Style Icons

Fashion has always been, and always will be dynamic. But style is timeless. The former is largely concerned with the what is cool, or what trends are at what time, etc.

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Related Topix: Vocal, The Rat Pack, Sex Scandal, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Legends of the Fall, Western, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Brad Pitt

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Sacramento Bee

'Godfather' singer Al Martino dies in Pa. at 82

The singer who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" has died at his childhood home in suburban Philadelphia.

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Related Topix: Oldies, Al Martino, Philadelphia, PA, Delaware County, PA

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