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Bill Persky, that guy from 'That Girl'
Emmy Award-winning sitcom writer-producer-director Bill Persky was recently giving a lecture at New York University's film school when the topic of role models came up. Someone in the class wanted to know why he believed only women needed role models in...
Tags: Jane Curtin, ABC (tv network), Carl Reiner, The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program), Entertainment
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Interview: Comedian Carlos Mencia swears he has changed -- for better
Carlos Mencia was faced with the difficult task of trying to make people laugh just hours after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings Dec. 14, but the 45-year-old standup comedian said before his show at Governor's Comedy Club in Levittown, NY, fewer...
Tags: F-bomb Dropping, Carlos Mencia, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Levittown, Diabetes
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Ring in the new year with classic comedies
The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre has the perfect antidote for holiday blues -- a series of classic comedies from the golden age of Hollywood. "Screwball Comedy Classics for the 2013 New Year" serves up 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"...
Tags: Shirley Temple, Academy Awards, Celebrities, Sean Connery, Louis Jourdan
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Charles Durning dies at 89; Tony winner also got Oscar, Emmy nods
Charles Durning, a Tony Award-winning actor whose prolific work in films and television included supporting roles in the classic comedy "Tootsie" and the TV sitcom "Evening Shade," died Monday. He was 89. Durning, a decorated veteran of World War II,...Tags: Academy Awards, Celebrities, Manhattan (New York City), Paul Newman, Screen Actors Guild
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Dick Van Dyke to accept SAG Life Achievement Award
On Jan. 27, the Screen Actors Guild will give veteran entertainer Dick Van Dyke its Life Achievement Award, honoring his storied career and humanitarian work, simulcast live on TNT and TBS at 5 p.m. PST. And if that isn't enough to celebrate, at 86 Van...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Celebrities, Carl Reiner, Screen Actors Guild, The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program)
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'Django' an unsettling experience for many blacks
Tracey White's initial impression of "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's new slave-era shoot-'em-up extravaganza, could be summed up in three words: smart, funny and ugly. Sitting through a recent screening in Beverly Hills, the L.A. costume...
Tags: Culture, Social Issues, Pulp Fiction (movie), Inglourious Basterds (movie), Movies
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Torrington's Warner Theatre Hosts a Downton Abbey-Themed Party For the Premiere of Season 3
And there was much rejoicing by British-TV obsessives: Connecticut's own CPTV celebrates its 50th year of existence with a gala of Edwardian proportions at Torrington's Warner Theatre on Saturday, starting at 5:30 p.m. For $60 a head, participants...
Tags: Litchfield (Litchfield, Connecticut), BRIT Awards, Middletown, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lenny Bruce
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SAK Comedy Lab debuts 'Better Days,' a monthly scripted 'sitcom'
Here's a nifty concept from the funny brains at SAK Comedy Lab: A live, ongoing sitcom. Called "Better Days," the show will be scripted, unlike SAK's usual improvisational nights. "Better Days," which is written by John Valines and Tod Kimbro, draws...
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Who Are They? Stories About The Victims Of Friday's Shootings
Killed in Friday's horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults. The shooter's mother was also killed Friday. Stories of the adult heroes of this tragedy and tributes to the children who lost their...
Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, University of Connecticut, Barbie (fictional character), Celebrities, Students
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Like/Dislike with Mike Storck, Baltimore comedian
Though he confidently calls his act "intelligently warped," Mike Storck wasn't always sure a comedian's life was for him. He bounced between several jobs before realizing stand-up was his "true calling." "I've been able to turn my love of laughter...
Tags: Eddie Izzard, Parkville, Entertainment, Timonium
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Next Up at the Yale Rep: Stones in His Pockets
The next Yale Repertory Theater show, beginning previews Thursday, January 25 and having its opening night on January 31, is Stones in His Pockets. The show plays through Feb. 16. (These are the correct dates, changed from an earlier version of this...Tags: Music, William Shakespeare, Yale Repertory Theatre, Blue Man Group, Entertainment
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Alan Sepinwall touts the newfound legitimacy of TV
When Alan Sepinwall was hired as a TV critic just out of college in 1996, he had no way of knowing he was about to witness “a big bang of sorts,” as he puts it in his new book "The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and...
Tags: Lost (tv program), Netflix Inc., The Wire (tv program), The O.C. (tv program), AMC (tv network)
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