Naomi Serviss
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Et Tu, Rosebud? Let’s Send More Great, Classic Films to Broadway
Guest blog: Forget about "Animal House" and "Rocky" — what about some intellectually challenging yet wonderfully classic films like” Now, Voyager,” “Citizen Kane,” “On the Waterfront"?
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Does It Really Matter if Natalie Portman Did Her Own Dancing in ‘Black Swan’?
Granted, the tiny thespian had ballet training as a young sprite, and managed to transform her body into ballerina perfection. But why is it necessary to deconstruct the wonderful fable that is “Black Swan”?
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A Goofball in the Movies, But a Grownup in Real Life
Charlie Sheen could learn a thing or two from the actor best known as Stifler
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Now More Than Ever, It’s Time for a Three Stooges Movie
With the Mideast roiling, parts of Africa in chaos and even Wisconsin stealing front-page real estate, it’s time for a feel-good flick to distract the hoi polloi from the terror of reality
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Sorry, Lindsay Lohan, Inebriation Plays Bigger Than Kleptomania
But now that Charlie Sheen is making nice with baseball players and saying no to drugs, maybe it’s time to throw more klieg lights on Lady Lohan and her latest courtroom drama
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Why Are We Shocked By Charlie Sheen … and Why Do We Care?
While Egypt burns and the Oscar race sizzles, all tweets point to Sheen’s alleged adventure with cocaine, porn stars and vodka
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A LaLanne Change Was Always the Best Kind
He talked to the audience as if friends were watching, never chastising or condescending
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Olbermann’s Ouster Isn’t Shocking, Just Disappointing
Don’t feel sorry for Olbermann; feel bad for the millions of viewers who feel shafted by yet another corporate Goliath
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Michael Douglas: Golden Globes’ Real Winner
Amidst a night of stars at the Hollywood Foreign Press’ award show, one stands in a different league
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Television Pundits Should Shed Light, Not Heat
Not even Jon Stewart could explain this latest tragedy, and he’s known for expertly explaining or at least delineating the Right’s talking points
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Barbra Streisand — Color Her Gypsy
Just imagine La Streisand cloaked under the mantle of a foreboding, larger-than-real-life drama queen
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Lindsay Lohan, Now a Made-for-TV Movie
Not much has changed since they chased and mowed down the British royalty
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‘Baby June’ Havoc: Forever Young
Leaving aside her mother of all stage mothers, June made her career her own
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William Hurt’s Journey to Portland Stage
More than a movie actor, Hurt keeps in acting trim by returning to live theater
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Naomi Serviss