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Amazon pilots (Part 3): The comedies
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn two previous posts, I discussed the Amazon pilots, a slate of proposed series by the cyberspace bookseller turned virtual moving-picture studio, now streaming online for viewer comment and ratings. (Thousands have already chimed in.) The first post was...Tags: Onions, Demographics, Parks and Recreation (tv program), Charlie Saxton, 30 Rock (tv program)
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'The Walking Dead' recruits Larry Gilliard Jr. of 'The Wire'
AMC's "The Walking Dead" is adding another cast member from HBO's acclaimed "The Wire" series to the zombie apocalypse drama. Larry Gilliard Jr. will play Bob Stookie, a former Army medic deeply haunted by his past--both before and after the apocalypse....
Tags: George W. Bush, AMC (tv network)
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Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore
Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...
Tags: Jhumpa Lahiri, Ghana, Johns Hopkins University, Authors, Rome (Italy)
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Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through...
Tags: Mitt Romney, BBC, Abortion, Abortion Issue, Avatar (movie)
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Kevin Spacey brings star power to 'House of Cards'
It was a steamy weeknight in July on Centre Street, and the extras in black tie were flagging. The $100 million series "House of Cards" was prepping a crowd scene outside the Peabody Institute, across from the Midtown BBQ & Brew. For more than two hours,...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Entertainment Events, Eugene O'Neill, Music, The Social Network (movie)
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The boldness and brilliance of one-star reviews on Amazon.com
A couple of weeks ago at a Tribune-hosted cocktail party in the Loop, I found myself in a conversation with novelist Richard Ford. I was wearing the baseball hat I'm wearing in the photo that runs with this column, and from the corner of my eye I...
Tags: Times Square, Music, Today (tv program), The Godfather: Part II (movie), Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Robert F. Chew, Taiho
Robert F. Chew Baltimore-based actor on 'The Wire' Robert F. Chew, 52, an actor and teacher who portrayed the drug kingpin Proposition Joe on the HBO series "The Wire," died Thursday of apparent heart failure in his sleep at his Baltimore home,...
Tags: Sports, Homicide: Life on the Street (tv program), Sumo Wrestling, Celebrities, Heart Disease
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Goldberg: Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their...
Tags: Mitt Romney, BBC, Abortion, Avatar (movie), Abortion Issue
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Baltimore-based Veteran Artist Program seeks to propel veterans into mainstream arts community
When bad luck struck, John Mann was all but certain that he'd have to abandon his dreams. In 2005, Mann was a 28-year-old film school graduate who was just starting to make inroads in the difficult East Coast television industry. He hoped to one day...
Tags: Iraq, U.S. Army, Arts, Television Industry, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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Biblioracle: The outer limits of TV
I have a long love of television. Growing up in Chicago during the broadcast-only days of channels 2, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 32, I would be up early to watch the test pattern before the day's programming had even begun. After-school hours were reserved for...Tags: Homeland (tv program), Game of Thrones (tv program), Dynasty (tv program), Television, Chicago Tribune
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The world now knows Baltimore as a city of champions [Editorial]
"We won!" people around here shouted Sunday night as the Ravens took their second national championship in Super Bowl XLVIII. Those two words are significant. It wasn't just the Ravens who won. It was also "we," as in those who live and work in the...Tags: Sports, New England Patriots, Super Bowl, Football, National Football League
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The Ravens won this Super Bowl for Baltimore, for all of us
"Baltimore!" It was the first thing Ray Lewis said as he stood on the field, Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand, confetti drifting down around him. He'd said it before, three times in a row, at the Ravens send-off the week before. "Baltimore! Baltimore!...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Vince Lombardi, Cam Cameron, Colin Kaepernick, Football
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