Peter McAlevey
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One Last ‘Lone Ranger’ Question: Does History Matter?
The “Ranger's" filmmakers took liberties with the true story of the West that are howlers — at least to anyone with a even a cursory, sixth-grade understanding of history.
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Before There Was ‘This Is The End,’ There Was ‘Naked Movie’
Guest blog: Seth Rogen and his pals weren't the first to conceive a movie about "Hollywood at home"
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‘Now You See Me’s’ Magic Box-Office Trick
Guest blog: Original movies can beat reboots and make money in summer
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The Ray Mancini Story You Didn’t Get
Guest Blog: Having worked with Ray over the years, I learned a few things that might shed light on what happened that tragic evening in 1982
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Déjà vu All Over Again: Massacres and the Olympics
Guest Blog: The McDonald’s attack, like the Colorado massacre, had nothing to do with the Olympics — but what a coincidence
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Hollywood, Obama and the Economy
Guest Blog: The perceived wisdom is that movies thrive when the economy tanks. Not so — although the “why” is more complex than you think
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‘I Will Always Love You’ — Whitney Houston’s Real Academy Award
Kevin Costner takes credit for getting Whitney Houston’s music into “The Bodyguard,” but Columbia music exec Maureen Crowe had plenty to do with it, too
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Leon Russell and Elton John: A ‘Union’ Made on Late-Night Radio
With his ground-breaking work on “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” in the 1970s, Leon Russell made a name for himself and later, a pop singer named Elton John
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‘War Horse,’ Steven Spielberg, the Golden Globes and John Ford
Spielberg channeled ‘Ford at War’ with his WWI tale, but given the historical possibilities, this is a missed opportunity
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What the Media’s Missing in Iowa: ‘Personhood’ Is No. 1 Issue
Candidates are succumbing to pressure from a religious right group to limit in-vitro fertilization and giving up control of the GOP in the process
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Wanna Buy a Watch? A How-to Guide for Christmas
Every good producer or hot new TV star needs a watch — just does he need a $50,000 Rolex?
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Fritz Manes Was a Friend of Mine
When Fritz said he could call in the Marines for a movie, he meant it
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After Pandora and Spotify, What Next?
If Pandora could go public for $2 billion (as my brother predicted, when Forbes was saying $1 billion!), then Radical.FM has to be worth more than the 30 cents (exaggerating, obviously) his seed-money people have invested
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Saving Ferris: My Charlie Sheen Years and Yours
It was only in watching Monday’s “Two and a Half Men” that I began to realize how intertwined all of our stories had become
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Peter McAlevey