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You can tell it's the holiday season and for films released in the modern era that means it's also awards season. The Oscars deadline wasn't always the end of the year but that's what it became and studios reserved their ...
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With the Christmas holiday rapidly approaching, neither the broadcast or cable networks are interested in dropping new series at a time when TV viewers are busy decorating and shopping. ABC, however, did sneak two new scripted series onto the airwaves ...
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It was a mostly underwhelming week for new theatrical releases, but one decade in particular -- 1983 -- really showed up this week. 1923 is notable in that all three films released are still in existence. 1943 had the second ...
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In the Summer of 2001, director Baz Luhrmann and 20th Century Fox took a huge gamble on a movie musical like no other, Moulin Rouge!, the third and final act in Luhrmann's 'Red Curtain Trilogy'. The film was set in ...
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It's another slow week with just three decades producing new series, but one of the most notable premieres this week was a 1993 TV movie musical based on a hit Broadway show, starring The Divine Miss M. The other big ...
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Everyone must be familiar with the tale of Cinderella at this point in history. The story has been around since at least the early 17th century -- at least that's when the first published version came into existence -- with ...
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The holiday season is upon us once again and Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia, MD has kept to its tradition of a classic holiday offering, this year reviving the musical version of Miracle on 34th Street, which was last presented ...
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A lot of new films premiered this week heading into December, but quantity does not equal quality as relatively few of this week's films are remembered with any fondness today. One 1923 film is notable for the introduction of a ...
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With the Fall season coming to an end and as the networks begin to move into the holidays -- which are usually dominated by specials and reruns so as not to waste new episodes while viewership is low -- three ...
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Contemporary circus producer Cirque du Soleil, founded in 1984, has been entertaining audiences worldwide since the 1990s with daring feats of gymnastics, acrobatics and aerial work turned up to 11. The troupe collectively has been revered and beloved by audiences ...
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It was a big week for new film releases across the decades, especially in 2013 when the Thanksgiving holiday weekend occurred in the US, a time when studios release some of their bigger blockbusters ... or hoped for blockbusters, as ...
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With Thanksgiving falling on Thursday this week in some decades the pickings for new TV series premieres is pretty slim. 2013 had the bulk of the premieres and all were on cable networks. November is traditionally a ratings 'sweeps' month, ...
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