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A Tribute to Berry Berenson, aka (Mrs. Tony) Perkins
To me, Berry was pure sunshine. She loved many, even those who to me seemed unlovable. She was my friend. And 10 years after 9/11, I still miss her
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Carole Mallory -
TV Academy CEO Remembers 9/11 — and the Emmys That Almost Weren’t
Hollyblog: Since the Emmys came into existence in 1949, they had never been postponed or canceled until 2001 — in that year it happened twice
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Look Again ? Why A-List Actors Should Do a Double Take
Few actors actually give distinctive, or original performances — just follow a few flat-screens side by side of any given actor’s past work and you’ll discover they’re merely playing on their famously known alter-egos
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Martin Luther King Memorial Has Asian Eyes — Just Like Meryl Streep
The memorial’s outsourcing to a Chinese artist creates a firestorm — and is reminiscent of the Asianization of some Hollywood stars
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Dan Bloom -
Charts: Streisand, The Game Are Both Off Their Sales Game
Game was off his game with a still-charttopping 98,000 in album sales, while Streisand’s Bergman-esque tribute sold 66,000 to bow at No. 4
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Review: Lil Wayne Still Crazy After All These Jail Sentences on ‘Tha Carter IV’
On what’s expected to be the year’s biggest hip-hop blockbuster, the self-admittedly crazed rapper threatens women, other rappers and, um, ibuprofen
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How Sitcom/Drama/Feature Writers Can Adapt to Reality TV
The good news is that just about everything you know about story applies to reality television
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Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers Leave Hot New Guitarist Stewing in ‘I’m With You’
New guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has no problem fitting in, but isn’t featured nearly enough in the band’s 10th album
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Review: Glen Campbell’s ‘Ghost’ a Moving — But Not Entirely Satisfying — Farewell
The Alzheimer’s-diagnosed star remembers the arrangements that made “Wichita Lineman” soar but falls a bit short lyrically
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Translating ‘Colombiana’: How Not to Include ‘Penis’ in Your Movie Title Overseas
In Taiwan, the local translation team innocently decided to call “Colombiana” “Hei-lan-jiao” — the local pronunciation for penis!
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Dan Bloom -
Disney, Please Take ‘Beyond Scared Straight’ Off the Air
If you think screaming at kids until it gets your stomach churning is inspiration to make a lasting change, then you have a problem
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Leonard Witt -
Review: Jake Owen’s ‘Blue Jean Night’ Revels in Ordinary — and Not in a Good Way
The country hunk can’t rise above the idealized clichés of backroads romance on his determinedly upbeat third album
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‘Cary Grant Is on Line 2’
“There is a buzz going around both the 32nd and 33rd floors, I could feel it, people gathering outside my little office. Lucy returns and sees that the phone call is real and now all the secretaries and assistants are walking by…”
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Arthur Axelman -
New Steve Jobs Fake Surfaces — as a Taiwan Bestseller
A whole legion of young Jobs fans in Taiwan have read a book that he never wrote
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Dan Bloom -
The Digital Revolution’s ‘Citizen Journalists’ Are Ruining Our Film Experience
If they were bona fide movie fans, they would truly understand the pleasure of being teased with trailers instead of shaky YouTube footage captured on a lunch break from half-a-mile away