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Tuesday Oct 27 | Hollywood.com

Jake Kasdan

Writer, director and producer Jake Kasdan may be the progeny of renowned Hollywood writer, director, producer Lawrence Kasdan, but stylistically, the apple fell far from the tree in this family.

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Related Topix: The Accidental Tourist, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Zero Effect, Drama Movies, The TV Set, Music!, Wyatt Earp, Western, Los Angeles, CA, Biography Movies, Entertainment

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Hollywood.com

Kevin Kline

Perhaps one of the most prolific and versatile performers of his generation, actor Kevin Kline oscillated easily between stage and screen, while deftly playing for laughs or tears regardless of the medium.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Western, Action Movies, Silverado, The Time of Your Life, Life as a House, The Pirates of Penzance, Musical Movies, Entertainment, Search for Tomorrow, Television

Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Victoria Star

Bathurst native lands big movie role

Bathurst native Gary Levert, in character as Peth the blacksmith on the set of the new miniseries adaptation of the classic novel Moby Dick.

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Related Topix: The Shipping News, Drama Movies, Gary Levert, Herman Melville, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, A History of Violence, Crime Movies, William Hurt

Fri Oct 16, 2009

The Victoria Star

North journal

The Nepisiguit Solid Waste Commission is waiting for results from a feasibility study into a centralized recycling program for Northern New Brunswick.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Klute, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Donald Sutherland, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, The X-Files

Wed Oct 14, 2009

The Victoria Star

Bathurst actor part of all-star cast on a whale of a tale mini-series

Bathurst native Gary Levert, in character as Perth the blacksmith on the set of a new mini-series adaptation of the classic novel Moby Dick.

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Related Topix: The Shipping News, Drama Movies, Gary Levert, Herman Melville, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, A History of Violence, Crime Movies, William Hurt

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Canada.com

Not all old Porsche 911s were created equal

There's one thing you need to know about buying a used Porsche -- the only ones worth owning are the rear-engine 911s.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!

Fri Sep 25, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Q&A: What's behind 'bald' eagle?

The bald eagle has been the national bird of the United States since 1782. [Times ] A little bald eagle history I am wondering how the "bald" eagle got that name, since it does have feathers or hair on its head.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drop Dead Fred, Drama Movies, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Phoebe Cates, Music!

Tue Sep 22, 2009

Hollywood.com

Mary Kay Place

An endearing supporting player of film and TV, Mary Kay Place secured an Emmy Award and a special place in the hearts of fans of Norman Lear's nightly soap spoof "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" . As.... An endearing supporting player of film and TV, Mary Kay Place secured an Emmy Award and a special place in the hearts of fans of Norman Lear's nightly ...

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Related Topix: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards, Drama Movies, Captain Ron, Comedy Movies, Citizen Ruth, Adventure, New York, New York, Music!, Musical Movies

Thu Sep 17, 2009

Nashua Telegraph

September: On the other side of summer

Many people consider Labor Day to be the unofficial end of summer. The kids are back to school, the pools begin closing, lawn furniture is relegated to a winter stint in the garage, balmy turns to brisk, sunsets are at 7 p.m. and quickly dip earlier, and we all start getting out our fall sweaters.

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Related Topix: Life, Labor Day, Holidays, Wedding, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Opinion

Mon Sep 14, 2009

DVD Verdict

Silverado

Our review of Silverado , published January 13th, 2000, is also available. A dangerous place, in a lawless time'Til four friends risked all to make things right.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Silverado, Western, Action Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Thriller, Body Heat, Crime Movies, Vocal, Star Wars, The Right Stuff, History Movies, Adventure, Scott Glenn

Mon Aug 31, 2009

Montreal Gazette

kevin kline montreal film festival 2009.jpg

" When it was announced that Kevin Kline would be doing only one collective photo shoot during his time at the World Film Festival Monday, there was mild trepidation we were about to go Hollywood.

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Related Topix: The Ice Storm, In & Out, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Kevin Kline, St. Louis, MO

Fri Aug 28, 2009

Pasadena Star-News

Exploring loss and hope: JoBeth Williams to star in Playhouse production

Bia, played by Sybyl Walker, left, and Harriet Easton, played by JoBeth Williams, in a scene of "The Night is a Child" at the Pasadena Playhouse Wednesday night, August 26, 2009.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Guiding Light, Music!, Thriller, Kramer vs. Kramer, Drama Movies, Soap Opera, Poltergeist, Entertainment, Drama, Television, JoBeth Williams, Brown University

Sat Aug 15, 2009

Buy.com

Body Heat-Deluxe Edition

Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled William Hurt and Kathleen Turner strike sparks in Lawrence Kasdan 's Body Heat , a sexy, haunting tale of desire and skullduggery that echoes 1940s film noirs but is charged with an energy and passion that could only flare in the '80s. Aided by a sultry John Barry score, Kasdan's ...

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Related Topix: Body Heat, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, The Accidental Tourist, Comedy Movies, Music!, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Grand Canyon

Gardner Writes

OpenEd 2009

I'm way too tired to write anything coherent besides "wow" and "whoa!" and "thanks," but I will thrown caution aside for a moment and forge ahead.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Meg Tilly

Wed Aug 12, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Lawrence Kasdan comes to Hebrew Center

Lawrence Kasdan talks Baby Boomers tonight, Thursday, August 6, at the M.V. Hebrew Center.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Body Heat, Crime Movies, The Accidental Tourist, Western, Wyatt Earp, Grand Canyon, Biography Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Silverado

Sun Aug 09, 2009

Hollywood.com

John Bailey

A superior color cinematographer, John Bailey has enjoyed multi-film associations with directors Lawrence Kasdan and Paul Schrader and Paul Schrader .

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Related Topix: The Accidental Tourist, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Horror Movies, Cat People, Thriller, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Biography Movies, Ordinary People, Entertainment

Thu Aug 06, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Lawrence Kasdan comes to Hebrew Center

Lawrence Kasdan talks Baby Boomers tonight, Thursday, August 6, at the M.V. Hebrew Center.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Body Heat, Crime Movies, The Accidental Tourist, Western, Wyatt Earp, Grand Canyon, Biography Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Silverado

Mon Aug 03, 2009

WTTV Indianapolis

Give Glenn Close a juicy role, and just sit back

"I'm a sucker for good material, and I didn't allow myself to be snobbish about it," Close says.

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Related Topix: Damages, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Shield, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Glenn Close, Emmy Awards, Theater, Arts

Mon Jul 27, 2009

WSB-TV

Catch Up With 'Big Chill' Stars

There have been plenty of class reunion movies over the years, but in 1983, moviegoers heard about one through the grapevine that became an instant classic.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Marvin Gaye, Soul, South Carolina

Effingham Herald

a Roberta s Picksa brings affordable entertainment to Statesboro

The Averitt Center for the Arts offers relief from both the summer heat and high movie ticket prices with "Robert's Picks" film series.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!

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