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Saturday Jun 13 | Cool Hunting

Eric Yahnker: Naughty Teens/Garbanzo Beans

With his keen eye for pop culture and irreverent humor, Eric Yahnker 's current exhibition of highly-detailed pencil drawings and conceptual sculptures at Ambach & Rice Gallery taps into a zeitgeist also seen in the work of contemporaries like Mathew Cerletty and Karl Haendel .

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Comedy Movies, Waterfront (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Fri May 22, 2009

DVD Dungeon

Creepshow Brings the Scares to Blu-ray on September 8th

You can bring a 1982 horror classic to 1080p this September. Creepshow will be released in Blu-ray on September 8. We have no special features details as of yet, but the BD disc will be priced at $28.99 SRP and you can take a look at the cover art below.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Creepshow, Science Fiction Movies, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, Hal Holbrook, E.G. Marshall

Wed May 13, 2009

Boxoffice

Something Creepy This Way Comes

Long-time readers may recall our discussion -- back in June of last year -- of the interesting 1965 Lovecraftian horror flick Dark Intruder .

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Related Topix: Family, Harvey, Comedy Movies, Hackensack, NJ

Tue May 12, 2009

Best Week Ever Blog

Why Did I Not Know That Bea Arthur Marries Leslie Nielsen In The Golden Girls Series Finale?

Last weekend I happened to be sitting on my couch, unwilling to go to sleep, and clicked by an overnight Golden Girls Bea Arthur tribute marathon on WE, and set the remote down when a random cameo by Leslie Nielsen caught my attention.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Golden Girls

Mon May 04, 2009

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

'Brothers & Sisters' recap: Let's call the whole thing off

Brothers & Sisters knows how to turn on the fireworks for Sweeps, but last night's episode was more like the display you'd see at the local amusement park than at Disney.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy, Brothers & Sisters, Wedding

New York Post

Was 'Star Trek' Ripped Off From 'Forbidden Planet'?

Tonight's impending screening of J.J. Abrams ' reboot of "Star Trek rekindled my memories of a decades-ago interview interview with the esteemed Leslie Nielsen when he was promoting the first "Naked Gun'' movie.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Thriller, Drama Movies, Forbidden Planet, Science Fiction Movies, The Opposite Sex, Short, Nuts, Musical Movies, Movies

Fri May 01, 2009

Radio & Records

Conclave Welcomes Screenwriter Pat Proft

The Conclave has added noted screenwriter and humorist Pat Proft to the 2009 Learning Conference agenda, July 16-18 in Minneapolis.

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Comedy Movies, Horror Movies, Scary Movie 3

Fri Apr 17, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

We return to the age of pirates

LESLIE Nielsen is best known as Lt. Frank Drebin in the "Naked Gun" movies and "Police Squad" TV series .

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Related Topix: Virginia, Opinion

Wed Apr 15, 2009

Collider

Irreconcilable Differences & Repossessed DVD Reviews -- Harrison...

Lionsgate has acquired the home entertainment distribution rights to a number of eighties flicks never before seen on DVD and will be releasing them April 14th under the banner 'The Lost Collection: The Best Movies You Totally Forgot About.' Included in the eclectic mix are the Drew Barrymore marriage dramedy Irreconcilable Differences and the ...

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Related Topix: Irreconcilable Differences, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Audio and Video, Electronics, Wedding, Drew Barrymore

Tue Apr 14, 2009

DVD Verdict

Repossessed

Our review of Repossessed , published October 15th, 2003, is also available. The Devil's back.

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Related Topix: Linda Blair

Thu Apr 09, 2009

San Diego Reader

Naked Gun

Cop-film spoof from the Airplane team: a high-speed mix of the stupid and the clever -- into something either cleverly stupid or stupidly clever.

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Comedy Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Apr 06, 2009

MassLive.com

Southwick man's tattoos pay tribute to stars

Kyle J. Ligenza is having trouble making up his mind. The 24-year-old is on his way to Westfield's Nitemare Tattoo to set up an appointment to get his next tattoo - his eighth.

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Related Topix: Southwick, MA, Westfield, MA, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Thriller, Jack Nicholson

Sun Mar 29, 2009

The Morning Call

'Nielsen' rating soars at DeSales: Actor a hit with festival audience | PHOTOS, VIDEO & MORE

News flash: Leslie Nielsen came to Center Valley on Friday and no one got hurt. Translation: The actor famous for playing hilariously dangerous characters -- a disaster-prone detective, a fumbling exorcist, a batty vampire -- performed painlessly during a Q&A at DeSales University 's annual student film festival.

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Comedy Movies, Center Valley, PA, DeSales University

Sat Mar 28, 2009

Easton Express-Times

The 83-year-old star of films including "Forbidden Planet," "Naked...

At age 83, Leslie Nielsen moves a little slower than he did in his films, but his sense of comedic timing hasn't lagged one bit.

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Related Topix: Drama, Forbidden Planet, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Airplane!, Comedy Movies, DeSales University

Fri Mar 27, 2009

Easton Express-Times

Comedy star Leslie Nielsen visits DeSales University

Leslie Nielsen, the actor and comedian whose television and film career has spanned 50 years, visited with the students of DeSales University this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Drama, Forbidden Planet, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, DeSales University

Tue Mar 24, 2009

The Morning Call

Bumbling his way to stardom

Leslie Nielsen greets the Queen of England in The Naked Gun, From the Files of Police Squad, 1988.

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Comedy Movies, Elizabeth Ii, DeSales University, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Miami Metro, Entertainment

MergeDigital

Leslie Nielsen

AT DeSALES What: Veteran actor, well known for his deadpan, disaster-prone goofs in film spoofs , answers questions during the ninth student film festival at DeSales University .

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Related Topix: DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, Entertainment

Wed Mar 11, 2009

The Seattle Times

Hey! It's Enrico Pallazzo

Hey! It's Enrico Pallazzo! Today is the birthday of writer/director/producer Jerry Zucker, and that's all the excuse I need to toss in a clip from "Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad," the 1988 comedy ...

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Comedy Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Mar 10, 2009

The Morning Call

Veteran actor Leslie Nielsen visiting DeSales

Leslie Nielsen , who has raised deadpan, doofy comic acting to a box-office art, will appear during DeSales University 's ninth annual student film festival March 27 at the Center Valley school.

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Drama, Forbidden Planet, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, DeSales University, Entertainment

Mon Feb 16, 2009

Entertainment Insiders

Naked Gun, The: I Love the 80s Edition

" The Naked Gun " was the first feature film spin-off the of the short lived TV series " Police Squad ." Leslie Nielsen starred as police Lt.

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