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SAG award nominations: Cable dramas and network sitcoms dominate
Cable dramas and network comedies were in the spotlight Wednesday morning as the nominees for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced. In the drama category, cable favorites like “Homeland,” “Mad Men,” “...
Tags: Alec Baldwin, Entertainment Events, Cosmology, Amy Poehler, Health and Medical Professionals
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Golden Globes nominations 2013: 'Lincoln' leads the pack
Spreading its praise between accessible, star-driven movies and a handful of challenging films, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. bestowed a leading seven Golden Globe nominations on Steven Spielberg's biography "Lincoln" while handing five nods apiece to...Tags: Entertainment Events, Hitchcock (movie), Amy Poehler, The Impossible (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012)
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'1600 Penn' inherits 'Modern Family' comedic DNA
NBC is promoting "1600 Penn," a midseason sitcom from Baltimore native Jason Winer, as " 'Modern Family' meets 'The West Wing.' " Forget "The West Wing" part. After seeing three episodes, including the pilot that premieres with a sneak preview at 9:30...Tags: The Book of Mormon (musical), NBC (tv network), Benjamin Stockham, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Cop transporting movie shooting victims says blood sloshed in car
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Two veteran police officers broke down on the stand Monday morning as they described the horrific crime scene at a suburban movie theater where a gunman opened fire on spectators, leaving a bloody trail of bodies. Aurora...Tags: Lawyers, Shootings, James Holmes, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Water Water Everywhere
The comedian Louis Black does a comedy bit on water that should resonate with every Baby Boomer. When we were kids, water was available everywhere and we drank it. We drank it from garden hoses, from fountains, from outside spigots and, in some cases,...
Tags: Natural Resources Defense Council, W.C. Fields, Giardiasis , Arts and Culture, USA Today
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Bill Persky, that guy from 'That Girl'
Emmy Award-winning sitcom writer-producer-director Bill Persky was recently giving a lecture at New York University's film school when the topic of role models came up. Someone in the class wanted to know why he believed only women needed role models in...
Tags: Marlo Thomas, New York University, ABC (tv network), Jane Curtin, New York City
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Interview: Comedian Carlos Mencia swears he has changed -- for better
Carlos Mencia was faced with the difficult task of trying to make people laugh just hours after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings Dec. 14, but the 45-year-old standup comedian said before his show at Governor's Comedy Club in Levittown, NY, fewer...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Comedy Central (tv network), Carlos Mencia, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Levittown
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Ring in the new year with classic comedies
The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre has the perfect antidote for holiday blues -- a series of classic comedies from the golden age of Hollywood. "Screwball Comedy Classics for the 2013 New Year" serves up 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Louis Jourdan, David Bennent, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea
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Charles Durning dies at 89; Tony winner also got Oscar, Emmy nods
Charles Durning, a Tony Award-winning actor whose prolific work in films and television included supporting roles in the classic comedy "Tootsie" and the TV sitcom "Evening Shade," died Monday. He was 89. Durning, a decorated veteran of World War II,...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Discovery Communications, Inc., U.S. Army, Burt Reynolds, Rescue Me (tv program)
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Dick Van Dyke to accept SAG Life Achievement Award
On Jan. 27, the Screen Actors Guild will give veteran entertainer Dick Van Dyke its Life Achievement Award, honoring his storied career and humanitarian work, simulcast live on TNT and TBS at 5 p.m. PST. And if that isn't enough to celebrate, at 86 Van...
Tags: Entertainment Events, TBS (tv network), Murder, Screen Actors Guild, Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Omar Sy of 'The Intouchables' hits his stride
"The Intouchables" can justifiably be called an international sensation. Having taken in more than $414 million worldwide, including some $13 million in the U.S., is impressive enough. That the film is a French comedy-drama based on a simple story of...
Tags: Entertainment Events, The Intouchables (movie), France, Drama (genre), The Artist (movie)
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Edward Burns returns to his roots
About halfway through writing the script for "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas" (which opens at the Wilmette Theatre next week), Edward Burns says he found himself at a crossroad. "Do I want to make the big, crazy, funny, holly-jolly Christmas Irish family...
Tags: Judd Apatow, Entourage (tv program), Tyler Perry, Chicago Reader, Michael McGlone
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