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'All About Nina' Review | Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter Eva Vives' feature debut 'All About Nina' stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a stand-up comic with a fear of intimacy. |
Meet the man who wrote ‘Conjunction Junction’ and other ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ songs that stick in your head – Washington Post
Washington Post |
Meet the man who wrote 'Conjunction Junction' and other 'Schoolhouse Rock!' songs that stick in your head
Washington Post Anyone whose childhood began in or after the early 1970s probably knows at least one or two “Schoolhouse Rock!” songs, the ones that taught children multiplication tables, civics lessons and basic grammar. In fact, reading that sentence probably has … 'Schoolhouse Rock' composer and musician Bob Dorough dies at 94 RIP Bob Dorough, composer of "Conjunction Junction" and other Schoolhouse Rock! favorites Bob Dorough of 'Schoolhouse Rock!' fame dead at 94 |
Mack Williams: Endangered “old-time” candy – Salisbury Post
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Mack Williams: Endangered “old-time” candy
Salisbury Post We sat there, talking, when my writer friend's buddy suddenly pulled out a bag of marijuana (the other “mary jane”) and started puffing away. I was uneasy, remembering reading about the time Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif visited Lenny Bruce. Bruce … |
Free speech: ‘You either have it or you don’t’ – Fresno Bee
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Free speech: 'You either have it or you don't'
Fresno Bee “I disagree wholly with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” This is probably the most mis-attributed quote of all time, from Voltaire to the American Civil Liberties Union, but the thought contained is the heart of … |
Film reviews roundup: Funny Cow, The Guernsey Literary And … – The Independent
The Independent |
Film reviews roundup: Funny Cow, The Guernsey Literary And …
The Independent Funny Cow (15) Adrian Shergold, 103 mins, starring: Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Alun Armstrong, Stephen Graham, Kevin Eldon, Vic Reeves, John Bishop. |
California Today: When Skyscraper Was a Dirty Word – New York Times
New York Times |
California Today: When Skyscraper Was a Dirty Word
New York Times Today he speaks longingly of the days when rents were cheap and people came from all over the country to pursue careers as poets, authors and artists in San Francisco. He reminisces about ample parking and whiling away afternoons at cafes where friends … |
‘Mrs. Maisel’ Team Talks Bringing Modern Sensibility to Period … – Variety
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'Mrs. Maisel' Team Talks Bringing Modern Sensibility to Period …
Variety "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" creators and star talk about building the world of their Amazon period comedy at the streamer's FYC panel. |
The week ahead in LA theater, April 15-22: ‘Native Son,’ Laurie Anderson and more – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times |
The week ahead in LA theater, April 15-22: 'Native Son,' Laurie Anderson and more
Los Angeles Times I'm Lenny Bruce In this meticulously researched solo biography tracing the life and prosecution of the groundbreaking early 1960s comic provocateur, actor Ronnie Marmo and director Joe Mantegna offer subsequent generations not only a sense of who Bruce … |
The Sunday Conversation: Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times |
The Sunday Conversation: Andrew 'Dice' Clay
Los Angeles Times And Mitzi Shore that owned the Comedy Store, when she first met me — I'm not tooting my own horn — I was 21 years old and she said, "There's never been a comic other than Lenny Bruce who's a very handsome comic and you have that whole Travolta … |
Mitzi Shore’s Comedy Store legacy was inked long ago, as told to The Times – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times |
Mitzi Shore's Comedy Store legacy was inked long ago, as told to The Times
Los Angeles Times "When she first met me — I'm not tooting my own horn — I was 21 years old and she said, 'There's never been a comic other than Lenny Bruce who's a very handsome comic and you have that whole Travolta-Stallone look, and you're going to be a huge movie … Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore dies at 87 Pauly Shore on Twitter: "Mom/Mitzi passed Early in the morning at 4.42 am she was 87 years old my heart lays heavy" Comedy Store Owner Mitzi Shore Dead at 87 |