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Thursday Nov 19 | Encyclopaedia Britannica

Rock Hudson

Main American actor original name Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. , later Roy Fitzgerald born November 17, 1925, Winnetka, Ill., U.S. died October 2, 1985, Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Related Topix: Send Me No Flowers, Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, Comedy Movies, Music!, Man's Favorite Sport?, Entertainment, McMillan and Wife, Drama, Television

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Filmexperience.blogspot.com

Having a Laugh

One of the best "Best Original Screenplays" of all time and so much fun to watch.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Child of Television

This week in Television History: November 2009 PART 3

It's hard to say where the truth really lies. November 16, 1946 Television Screen Magazine launches.

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Related Topix: 60 Minutes, Entertainment, Television, Pillow Talk, Comedy Movies, Music!, McMillan and Wife, Soap Opera, Dynasty, Drama, Winnetka, IL

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Towleroad

London Cloud, Rock Hudson, United Airlines, Annise Parker

Architectural "cloud" proposed in London . America's Next Top Model 's Miss J is the father of a 7-year-old boy : "A French lesbian had asked if we would be sperm donors.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Wedding

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Village Voice

Marc Christian Has Passed

A source tells me that Marc Christian --the lover of Hollywood god Rock Hudson , who sued Rock's estate because he felt the star had unfairly made him potentially susceptible to AIDS--has died.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Hartford Courant

"Giant" Steps for Ashley Robinson After "R & J": Behind the Curtain | Frank Rizzo

Ashley Robinson , one of the four young men who make up Hartford TheaterWorks' production of "Shakespeare's R & J" recently had a major role in a hot property with New York aspirations.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Texas

Tue Oct 27, 2009

ChicagoMaroon

Siskel Center revisits tragic romance

All That Heaven Allows, Far from Heaven, and Ali:Fear Eats the Soul will all be showing at the Gene Siskel Film Center this November.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, All That Heaven Allows, Far from Heaven, Jane Wyman, Julianne Moore

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Hartford Courant

Legendary 'Giant' Playing At Avon Library

The Avon Free Public Library today, Oct. 15, will show one of the most beloved movie epics of the 1950s.

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Related Topix: Texas, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Boxoffice

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

So I was watching the latest episode of Mad Men last night and I had if not quite an epiphany than at least an interesting thought.

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Related Topix: Mad Men, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Pillow Talk, Comedy Movies, Music!, Easy-Listening, Doris Day, The Ed Sullivan Show

Tue Aug 04, 2009

International Herald Tribune

Critics' Picks: 'Lover Come Back'

For this week's Critics' Picks video, A. O. Scott looks back at the golden years of the romantic comedy with "Lover Come Back," starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Lover Come Back, Easy-Listening, Doris Day, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Advertising, 60 Minutes

Mon Aug 03, 2009

International Herald Tribune

Critics' Picks: 'Lover Come Back'

For this week's Critics' Picks video, A. O. Scott looks back at the golden years of the romantic comedy with "Lover Come Back," starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Lover Come Back, Easy-Listening, Doris Day, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Advertising, 60 Minutes

Sun Aug 02, 2009

Sunday Times

DStv Films

The Red Badge Of Courage Sunday, 08:55, TCM Audie Murphy plays a young recruit forced to master his cowardice when it has terrible consequences in this devastating war film.

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Related Topix: The Red Badge of Courage, Drama Movies, War Movies, Audie Murphy, Thriller, Ice Station Zebra, Action Movies, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan

Thu Jul 23, 2009

Hartford Courant

Library To Show, Discuss "Giant"

The final showing of the Books into Films program will be held Aug. 19, when participants can watch the classic film "Giant" and discuss the book.

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Related Topix: Texas, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Simsbury, CT

Mon Jul 13, 2009

Ararat.yourguide.com.au

Film societies on the up and up

President of the Federation of Victorian Film Societies Bryan Putt has reported that the Film Society movement is growing.

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Related Topix: Pillow Talk, Comedy Movies, Music!

Wed Jul 01, 2009

San Diego Weekly Reader

Your Week

So many places to shop, so few places to park. If you frequent Hillcrest and have any questions, comments, or complaints about the parking in the area, here's your chance to speak your mind before the Uptown Partnership's board of directors.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, Pillow Talk, Comedy Movies, Music!, Easy-Listening, Doris Day

Sun Jun 28, 2009

San Diego Reader

Tarnished Angels

Douglas Sirk's polished transcription of William Faulkner's Pylon , a tale of barnstorming pilots between world wars, might be easy to overlook among his Universal Studio melodramas of the Fifties: it's in ungaudy black-and-white, for starters, and the milieu is more that of Hawks and Wellman.

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Related Topix: Written on the Wind, Drama Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Jun 23, 2009

BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

QFest 2009 Hosts 'A Day with Doris' Featuring Brunch & Double-Features 7/12

Your day is sure to be filled with daisies and rainbows when you spend it with Doris Day .

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Related Topix: Pillow Talk, Comedy Movies, Music!, Easy-Listening, Doris Day

Mon Jun 22, 2009

KQED-TV San Francisco

Rock Hudson: Tall, Dark and Handsome

Duration: 57:02 CC TVPG When Rock Hudson first arrived in Hollywood in 1945, he was a shy, rugged and extraordinarily handsome young man with no job, no acting experience, no contacts in the film business and just a dream of becoming a movie star.

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Related Topix: A Farewell to Arms, War Movies, Drama Movies, Television

Sun May 17, 2009

City Paper

The world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's unevenly glorious musical.

Music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa; Book by Sybille Pearson; Based on the novel by Edna Ferber; Directed by Jonathan Butterell First thing: Forget the movie.

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Related Topix: Michael John Lachiusa, Texas, Sal Mineo, Theater, Arts

Fri May 15, 2009

Washington Times

THEATER: Ambitious 'Giant' lacks focus

Comments Sprawling, far-reaching, and nearly woozy with some of the most epic and stirring music composer Michael John LaChiusa has ever written, Signature Theatre's "Giant" lives up to its name.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Michael John Lachiusa, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Texas

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