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38 min ago | The Morning Call

'Mame' struts into Bucks County Playhouse

The Bucks County Playhouse will open its second season since its revival Thursday with Jerry Herman's beloved 1966 Broadway musical, "Mame." The production stars Andrea McArdle as Mame and off-Broadway star Lea DeLaria as her bosom buddy, Vera Charles.

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Related Topix: Bucks County, PA, Family, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Annie, Recreational Vehicle, Award, Theater, Arts, York, PA, Entertainment

3 hrs ago | Zap2it.com

'Anna Nicole' TV movie gets summer premiere date on Lifetime

"Anna Nicole," Lifetime's TV movie about the weird and tragic life of model and sometimes actress Anna Nicole Smith , is set for a June 29 premiere.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Anna Nicole Smith, Crime Movies, Smith!, Western, Family, Drama Movies, Smith, Action TV, Entertainment, Television

4 hrs ago | CBS Local

No Trip To Hollywood Would be Complete Without A Visit To This Theater

Are you a movie fan? A devotee of the stars? If so, then chances are you've paid a visit to Hollywood a time or two in your life.

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Related Topix: Hollywood, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies

8 hrs ago | Billboard

Vampire Weekend Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

As forecast , Vampire Weekend notches its second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as "Modern Vampires of the City" debuts atop the list this week.

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Related Topix: 9, Music!, Jason Aldean, Country, Willie Nelson

10 hrs ago | BollywoodLife.com

Cannes International Film Festival 2013

After getting a terrific response at Cannes last year for his film Gangs Of Wasseypur , the talented director has impressed everyone once again with his latest directorial venture Anurag Kashyap is on a roll.

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Related Topix: Dev D, Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Black Friday, History Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Movies, Entertainment

11 hrs ago | Congleton Guardian

About Time to premiere in London

The time-travelling romantic comedy, which is written and directed by Love Actually's Richard Curtis, will open the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House on August 8. "I'm tremendously excited about the premiere of About Time happening at Somerset House.

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Related Topix: London, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies

13 hrs ago | Daily Star

Michael Gove approves deal for free schools

UKIP leader Nigel Farage made his boldest bid to recruit Tory supporters yesterday as David Cameron faced a mounting crisis.

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Related Topix: Music!, Celebrities, Paul McCartney

15 hrs ago | CNN

The real "Gatsby" women?

Actresses Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki as they arrive for the screening of "The Great Gatsby" at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, London, Documentary Movies, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Movies, Entertainment, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pop/Rock

16 hrs ago | Town Topics

Whistling in the Dark on Wagner's 200th Birthday

I'm looking at a photograph of my father when he was a graduate student at Indiana University.

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Related Topix: Wagner, SD, Wagner, Opera, Arts, Animation Movies, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies

19 hrs ago | Joystiq

Dying: Sinner Escape absconding to Vita, iOS

The Vita and iOS devices are set to receive a new dose of horror courtesy of Dying: Sinner Escape .

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Thriller, Saw, Mystery Movies, Leigh Whannell

Tue May 21, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Brynn O'Malley to Join Rob McClure in Honeymoon in Vegas at Paper Mill Playhouse

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that ANNIE star Brynn O'Malley will join previously announced Rob McClure in Jason Robert Brown 's Honeymoon in Vegas at Paper Mill Playhouse .

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy Movies, Honeymoon in Vegas, Thriller, Sport Movies, Crime Movies, The Freshman, Family, Comedy, Taxi, Celebrities, Tony Danza

The Winnipeg Free Press

Doc's memoir portrays ERs as frantic, funny, frightening ... but never dull

Medical dramas like the classics St. Elsewhere and ER, and the more recent House and Nurse Jackie, have done a lot to de-romanticize the image of doctors as warmly pleasant, always calm and ever-composed miracle workers that was created in the 1960s by shows such as Marcus Welby, M.D. Yet in the process of humanizing the healers, these ... (more)

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Er, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Soap Opera, Comedy, ER, Medicine

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Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize

The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as " A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" is being awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music in a concert Tuesday.

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Related Topix: A Natural Woman, Books, Pop/Rock, Carole King, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Music!, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, The Beatles

Dark Horizons News

Chris Evans Joins "Ten O'Clock People"

Chris Evans is said to be circling "Fright Night" director Tom Holland's "The Ten O'Clock People" for Dead Rabbit Films and Conquistador Entertainment.

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Related Topix: Captain America: The First Avenger, Pop/Rock, Chris Evans, Horror Movies, Fright Night, Comedy Movies, Thriller

ScreenCrave

DVD and Blu-ray Picks for May 21 - 27

This week offers a number of this year's earlier films, most of which failed to make much of an impression at the box office.

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Related Topix: The Last Stand, Celebrities, Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Governors, Parker, Side Effects, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Stand Up Guys

Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Indian Director Anurag Kashyap on His Five Films on the Croisette

As Cannes celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, the auteur also discusses the use of Bollywood stars in Hollywood films.

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Related Topix: Arts, Cinema, Horror Movies, History Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Black Friday, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Bollywood, World News, India,

The Guardian

Speed, rage, and Fast & Furious 6

Without superheroes or aliens, the F&F franchise has made speed, laced with rage, one of film's most beloved intoxicants The reason for the burgeoning success of the Fast & Furious films eludes some people.

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Related Topix: Speed, Comedy Movies, Thriller, History Movies, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Fast & Furious 6, Fast & Furious

Mon May 20, 2013

EDGE

National Lampoon's Vacation

The Griswold family is back in high-definition! Yes, another Blu-ray edition of National Lampoon's Vacation is here.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Vacation, Drama Movies, Adventure, Christmas Vacation, Celebrities, Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo

EDGE

Side Effects

Steven Soderberg's alleged last big screen directorial effort, "Side Effects" is a throwback thriller with a clever script and some neato twists.

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Related Topix: Side Effects, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Channing Tatum, Rooney Mara, Health, Depression, Jude Law, Celebrities, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Dark Horizons News

Casting: Meyers, Hopkins, Li, Penn

Star Wars: Episode VII "The Tudors" and "Dracula" star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is supposedly having his "name thrown around a lot" in connection to J.J. Abrams' upcoming "Star Wars: Episode VII". Meyers previously worked with Abrams on "Mission: Impossible III". No word on what role it will be.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, The Tudors, Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Celebrities, Anthony Hopkins, Joe Johnston