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Richard Pryor News

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7 hrs ago | San Diego Reader

Critical Condition

Richard Pryor is a convicted con man who talks and shrieks and convulses his way into a psycho ward for observation and then has to impersonate a doctor after he escapes in the midst of a hurricane.

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Related Topix: Critical Condition, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Heat, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama, Action, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Hollywood.com

Chevy Chase

With the words, "Good evening - " I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not," Cornelius Crane Chase struck a chord with 1970's era television audiences who delighted each week as the handsome yet accident-prone goofball ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Saturday Night Live, Television, Chevy Chase, George Carlin, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Fri Sep 19, 2008

Tallahassee.com

Film Society takes a look at face of 'Evil'

Richard Pryor was a comic genius in the '70s and '80s when it came to his stand-up act.

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Related Topix: Mel Brooks, Black Entertainment, Gene Wilder, Comedy Movies, Another You, Stir Crazy, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action, Silver Streak

Mon Sep 15, 2008

New York Sun

Woman, Son Found Dead In Union Square

Police are investigating after an elderly woman and a man were found dead near Union Square yesterday with gunshot wounds to the head.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Gene Wilder, The Producers, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, New York, NY

Fri Sep 05, 2008

Journal Star

Mystique trivia answers

Only one person correctly answered the very difficult Hollywood connection trivia quiz in the August Mystique.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, East Peoria, IL, Chillicothe, IL, Susan Dey

Sun Aug 31, 2008

CW 15

Electra sues for exploitation

Life is not what it seems for Alison when she begins having odd visions that include a man other than her husband.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Gene Wilder, Comedy Movies, Another You, Mercedes Ruehl, Entertainment

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Esquire

Why Robert Downey Jr. Can Get Away with Blackface

Robert Downey Jr.'s chocolate complexion, kinky short hair, and "hot damn!" cadence in the Vietnam satire Tropic Thunder is blood kin to the shoe-polish-stained cheeks, Brillo-pad pompadours, and declarative ...

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Related Topix: Gene Wilder, Black Entertainment, African-American, Al Jolson, Vocal, Judy Garland, Jazz

Mon Aug 11, 2008

Radar Online

Sesame Street's notorious guest stars

This season will have all new parodies including: 30 Rocks , Pre-School Musical and Are You Smarter Than an Egg Layer.

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Related Topix: Jack Black, Black Entertainment

Fri Jul 25, 2008

ScrippsNews

A humble offering of forgotten films

Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 12:03. There are films the Hollywood studios haven't got around to releasing on DVD.

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Related Topix: Jerry Lewis, Black Entertainment, Marin County, CA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Hollywood.com

Lonette McKee

Dusky-voiced, elegantly beautiful leading lady of stage, screen and TV who frequently played doomed chanteuses or tragic mulattos.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Lonette McKee, Entertainment

Mon Jul 21, 2008

CANOE

Threequels better left alone

Can't wait for the third chapter in the Christian Bale-Christopher Nolan Bat-franchise? Not so fast.

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Related Topix: Christopher Reeve, Black Entertainment, Sofia Coppola, Action, Superman III, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Mon Jul 07, 2008

DVD Authority

Some Kind of Hero

Corporal Eddie Keller served his country in Vietnam, but in 1967, he was captured by Viet Cong forces and taken to a prison camp.

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Related Topix: Ray Sharkey, Black Entertainment, Some Kind of Hero, War Movies, Drama, Comedy Movies

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

"It's better than diggin' a ditch..."

Franklin Ajaye , Sully Boyer , Richard Brestoff , George Carlin , Prof. Irwin Corey , Ivan Dixon , Richard Pryor .

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Related Topix: Richard Brestoff, Pop/Rock, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Black Entertainment, Comedy Movies, Car Wash

Mon Jun 30, 2008

TiVo Lovers

This Weekend's Amazon Unbox Sale

This time they're offering Wedding Daze , A Guy Thing , Kiss the Bride , Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine , Beach Blanket Bingo , and Muscle Beach Party - each just $.99. Wow, Dr.

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Related Topix: Rob Zombie, Pop/Rock, Black Entertainment, Bad Boys II, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action, Stir Crazy, Men in Black II, Science Fiction Movies, Will Smith, Hip-Hop

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Portland's WB

George Carlin mourned by fellow comedians

Friends and colleagues today mourned George Carlin, the acerbic, Grammy-winning comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Ben Stiller, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, Saturday Night Live

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Desert Local News

George Carlin Dies In Los Angeles

The legendary comedian George Carlin has passed away after suffering from heart failure.

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Related Topix: Santa Monica, CA, Black Entertainment, Los Angeles Metro

Mon Jun 23, 2008

News Sun

Carlin was beloved for questioning authority - the highest authority

Let's be upfront about this. George Carlin might have been a comedy god to his disciples and fans.

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Related Topix: George Carlin, Pop/Rock, Black Entertainment, Entertainment

Sat Jun 21, 2008

TiVo Lovers

This Weekend's Amazon Unbox Sale

They're offering Diamond Dogs and First Sunday , both for $2.49. As well as Jerry Maguire , Groundhog Day , Ghostbusters , Men in Black , The Karate Kid , and Dogtown and Z-Boys all for $1.99 each.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Comedy Movies, Stir Crazy

Thu Jun 12, 2008

About.com

Happy Birthday, Gene Wilder

It's Gene Wilder's 75th birthday today, and I'll use any excuse to blog about one of the most original, surprising and enduring comic actors of our time.

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Related Topix: Gene Wilder, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, The Producers, Action, Stir Crazy, Silver Streak, Musical Movies, Black Entertainment

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Desert Local News

Eddie Griffin In The House At Spotlight 29

Eddie Griffin, star of stage and screen, came out to Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella for one comedic performance.

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Related Topix: Coachella, CA, Black Entertainment, Eddie Griffin, Comedy Movies, Thriller, The Meteor Man, Drama, Action, Armageddon, Science Fiction Movies, Palm Desert, CA

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