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Spike Lee's Kobe Bryant film to premiere at Tribeca
WatchdogESPN announced the slate for its third annual portion of the Tribeca Film Festival late next month, headlined by the April 25 premiere of Spike Lee's "Kobe Doin' Work," in which he followed the Lakers star with cameras for a......Tags: Spike Lee, Auto Racing, Guillermo del Toro, Boston Red Sox, Sports
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Jets leave Hofstra, head to Jersey, turn right to Cortland
WatchdogBoland writes here that the Jets are moving their training camp to Cortland, which is the same state as Hofstra but considerably farther from Hofstra than their new training facility in Jersey. The cool news is the team will open......Tags: Kevin James, Entertainment, New York, Movies, Eric Mangini
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 1
WatchdogReviewing entries in the Tribeca/ESPN Film Festival that most readers never will see is a WatchDog tradition dating to the first full day of the blog's existence, May 3, 2007. This year is no exception. So, let's begin: "The Swimsuit......Tags: Entertainment, Swimming, Martin Short, Movies, Arts and Culture
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Closed captions, virtual ads and 'Kobe Doin' Work'
WatchdogIn addition to my MLB Network story, other items in my Friday newspaper column concern SNY's plans to add closed captioning for Mets games May 1 (I'm not going to gloat; I'm just happy my column on the subject might......Tags: Entertainment, Kobe Bryant, Spike Lee, Movies, Arts and Culture
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 6
Watchdog"Team Qatar," 90 minutes This documentary about the first ever national debate team from Qatar takes a multi-cultural group of teenagers to London, New York and eventually Washington, D.C., for the World Schools Debating Championship. Their travels in...Tags: Entertainment, New York, Movies, Film Festivals
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 5
Watchdog"A Matter of Size," 92 minutes. Well, this is different: A film about sumo wrestling whose main character is a chef in his mid-30s and lives with his mother. Did I mention he is Israeli, and the film in Hebrew,......Tags: Entertainment, Wrestling, Movies, Sports, Sumo Wrestling
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 4
Watchdog"Rudo y Cursi," 102 minutes. I experienced an only-in-New York moment Tuesday when I attended a public screening in a theater on Third Avenue that was far fuller than the seats behind home plate at Yankee Stadium . . .......Tags: Entertainment, New York, Movies, Mexico, Film Festivals
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 3
WatchdogThe showcase event of the Tribeca/ESPN Film Festival is Spike Lee's "Kobe Doin' Work." Three dozen or so cameras shot a miked-for-sound Kobe Bryant during a mid-April game against the Spurs last season, then Bryant sat with Lee and narrated......Tags: Basketball, Robert DeNiro, Spike Lee, National Football League, New York Knicks
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 2
Watchdog"Love the Beast," 92 minutes. Australian actor Eric Bana really, really loves cars in general and his 1974 Ford XB Falcon Coupe, nicknamed "The Beast,' in particular. If you really, really love cars, you might well enjoy this tale of......Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Eric Bana, Ford, Jay Leno
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 7
Watchdog"Lost Son of Havana," 102 minutes. Luis Tiant, the well-liked pitching star of the 1960s and '70s who is best known for his seasons with the Red Sox and his funky delivery, returns to his native Cuba for the first......Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Boston Red Sox, Lost (tv program), Film Festivals
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If Charles Wang had it to do all over again, he wouldn't
WatchdogTwo years ago at the Tribeca Film Festival's annual street fair, I saw Jon Stewart. My only brush with greatness this year was running into Sparky, the Islanders' mascot. If I had known about Jim Baumbach's story about Charles Wang......Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Jon Stewart, Film Festivals, Charles Wang
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Tribeca Film Festival Mini-Review No. 8
Watchdog"Racing Dreams," 95 minutes The final Tribeca/ESPN movie I screened was this documentary about three stars of the go-kart circuit - ages 11 to 13 - who aspire to NASCAR while testing their families' budgets and dedication. What makes it......Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Auto Racing, Academy Awards, Film Festivals
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