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  1. The Verdict: BD ReviewRead the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | DVDfile.com

    ... odds makes were agog over the race for Best Actor. The nominees were: Ben Kingsley in Gandhi , Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie , Jack Lemmon in Missing , Paul Newman in The Verdict and Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year . Even if you throw away O'Toole in ...

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  2. Book Excerpt: Steven Pinker: Words Don't Mean What They MeanRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday May 13 | Time

    In the Movie Tootsie, The character played by Dustin Hoffman is disguised as a woman and is speaking to a beautiful young actress played by Jessica Lange.

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  3. Putin on Victory Day: Russia a security guarantorRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 9 | The Daily Star

    ... Charles Durning, a World War Two hero who became one of Hollywood's top character actors in films like "The Sting," "Tootsie" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," has died, a New York City funeral home said on Tuesday. He was 89. Russia will ...

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  4. Marlo Thomas: The Curious History of Women Who 'Passed' As Men In Pursuit of a DreamRead the original story

    Friday May 3 | The Huffington Post

    ... would be pretty difficult for me. And who'd believe it? I'd make such a tiny little guy. Before Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie , Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria and Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot -- throughout history and in almost ...

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  5. Dustin Hoffman a " Latest Jew to Give Israel-Hater an AwardRead the original story

    Friday Apr 26 | The Jewish Press

    ... (1979), and was nominated for an Oscar for playing the opportunistically gender-bending actor/actress title role in "Tootsie!" (1982). Hoffman's stature as a great actor continued into the late 1980's - he was riveting as an autistic man, Raymond ...

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  6. TV Q&a: Jessica Lange deserves awardsRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Apr 20 | The Papillion Times

    ... been nominated for major awards, she has won a bunch. Lange has two Academy Awards, as best supporting actress (for "Tootsie") and lead actress ("Blue Sky") and four other nominations as a lead actress ("Frances," "Sweet Dreams," "Country" and ...

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  7. 2013 Breygent American Horror Story Trading CardsRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Apr 19 | The Cardboard Connection

    ... any specifics on signers yet. First season cast include Connie Britton (TV's Friday Night Lights ), Jessica Lange ( Tootsie, Cape Fear ), Denis O'Hare (Milk), Dylan McDermott ( In the Line of Fire ) and Taissa Farmiga. This could lead to a strong ...

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  8. New head for Greek communist party after 22 yearsRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 14, 2013 | The Daily Star

    ... Charles Durning, a World War Two hero who became one of Hollywood's top character actors in films like "The Sting," "Tootsie" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," has died, a New York City funeral home said on Tuesday. He was 89.

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  9. Caddyshack's Lacy Underall guest at Haggin Oaks Golf Expos on April 26-28Read the original story

    Apr 12, 2013 | Examiner.com

    ... Nashville's Summerlin Road, and Renegade Radio Nashville's very own Lindsay Lawler, who headlined the famed Tootsie's Orchid Lounge for two years! Learn the Secrets of LDA National Long Drive Champion Ryan Winther Learn from the longest hitter in ...

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  10. 'Little Prince' celebrates 70th anniversaryRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 11, 2013 | The Daily Star

    ... Charles Durning, a World War Two hero who became one of Hollywood's top character actors in films like "The Sting," "Tootsie" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," has died, a New York City funeral home said on Tuesday. He was 89.

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  11. Bill F---ing Murray: The Video EssayRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 4, 2013 | Cinema Blend News

    ... Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day , of course, but not necessarily the most famous lines, plus scenes from movies like Tootsie and Little Shop of Horrors that are rarely remembered for Murray's roles in them. Then there's movies like Where The Buffalo ...

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  12. Crazy love: Actress Jessica Lange triumphs playing off-kilter charactersRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 3, 2013 | The Straits Times

    ... of rage for 12 to 18 hours a day." 1983 turned out to be quite a year for Lange: Her role as a soap opera actress in Tootsie made her the first performer to receive two Oscar nominations within the same year. She ended up nabbing the statuette for ...

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  13. WWII bomb found near Berlin's main train stationRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 3, 2013 | The Daily Star

    ... Charles Durning, a World War Two hero who became one of Hollywood's top character actors in films like "The Sting," "Tootsie" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," has died, a New York City funeral home said on Tuesday. He was 89. An unexploded ...

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  14. Alexander Skarsgard being preciousRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 24, 2013 | OhNoTheyDidnt

    ... in which technology can make us feel even lonelier. ELLE: Who was your childhood crush? Alexander Skarsgrd: I saw Tootsie with Jessica Lange when I was eight or nine. I remember feeling something in my stomach. [Laughs] I didn't know what it was, ...

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  15. Know It AllRead the original story

    Mar 20, 2013 | smdailyjournal.com

    ... himself as a woman named Dorothy Michaels, and lands a role on a soap opera. The story is from the 1982 movie "Tootsie." The state song of Illinois is "Illinois." Oklahoma's state song is "Oklahoma." The state song of Wyoming is "Wyoming." In the ...

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  16. 'Taxi Driver' character actor Switkes diesRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 12, 2013 | go.com

    ... "The French Connection" and "Bananas." His characters often were unidentified, such as his "man at cab" credit for "Tootsie," in which he's thrown from a taxi after trying to cut in front of title character Dustin Hoffman.

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  17. Free Movie WeekendRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 17, 2013 | cbslocal.com

    ... scene. A $10 donation is requested to support Bloombars, where the film will be screened. 3222 11st St. NW. 10am: Tootsie (1982), the classic starring Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor who finds success on a soap opera when he pretends to be an ...

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  18. Greek Jews commemorate 70th anniversary of Auschwitz deportationRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 16, 2013 | com.lb

    ... Charles Durning, a World War Two hero who became one of Hollywood's top character actors in films like "The Sting," "Tootsie" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," has died, a New York City funeral home said on Tuesday. He was 89.

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  19. Dustin Hoffman Saturday night on TCMRead the original story

    Mar 15, 2013 | examiner.com

    ... or set your recorder for these must-see films. Hoffman's brilliant Oscar nominated cross-dressing performance in " Tootsie " kicks off the evening. This smash hit comedy from 1982 plays just as great now as it did then and is better than you might ...

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  20. Retired classical set makes sweet music in Hoffman’s ‘Quartet’Read the original story w/Photo

    Mar 15, 2013 | centredaily.com

    ... Abbey.” For another, going by the history of his roles as Ratso Rizzo (“Midnight Cowboy”), Tootsie (“Tootsie”) and Papa Focker (“Meet the Fockers”), the only quality the 75-year-old Hoffman shares with these ...

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