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Manny, it wasn't a lot of bunk
Sun Movie CriticOn a couple of public occasions, I saw Manny Farber, the artist and critic who died Monday at age 91, deflect high-flown praise for his criticism and painting with the simple, emphatic words, "That's a lot of bunk." Even at his most challenging, as a...Tags: New York, Jean-Luc Godard, Movies, Samuel Fuller, Film Festivals
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Good wines for tough times
With the economy nose-diving and costs rising, what we all really need is a good, cheap, drink. Try an inexpensive white wine. Cool, crisp and refreshing, white wine may be the one thing that gets you through those hot nights when you've cut back on the...Tags: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Washington, Beverage Industry, California, Movies
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Moviebuzz: Mark Ruffalo to direct "Sympathy for Delicious"
rafer.guzman@newsday.comWHO Mark Ruffalo THE DEAL The star of "Zodiac" and "You Can Count on Me" will direct his first feature film, "Sympathy for Delicious," Variety reports. Newcomer Chris Thornton plays Dean "Delicious" O'Dwyer, a DJ confined to a wheelchair who mysteriously...Tags: Farmingdale, Halloween, Movies, Illnesses, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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'Attack Of The B Movies,' The Sequel
Get your lungs ready for some screaming. Or laughing. The B movies are back. Last autumn, National Amusements offered a series of Thursday night double features, "Attack of the B Movies," of cheesy creature features from the '50s and '60s. They're...Tags: Halloween, Roger Corman, Movies, Illnesses, Religious Festivals
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Fleming Skates Smoothly Into The Wine Business
Associated Press WriterAs a graceful Olympian, Peggy Fleming thrilled with her elegance on the ice. But these days, the gold-medal skater is making her mark in the world of wine. And she's not the only celebrity staking a second career in the vineyards. From golfer Greg Norman...Tags: Arnold Palmer, Sales, Beverage Industry, Peggy Fleming, Greg Norman
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Cuba B.C.*
McClatchy-Chicago Tribune newspapersCuban writer Jose Lezama Lima's description of Havana—"an unnameable feast"—fits the city's last great era like the flawless suits from Pepe Sastre fit the best-dressed mobsters of the glittering casino years. Here was a posh gambling scene...Tags: Crimes, Casino and Gambling, Frank Sinatra, Movies, Meyer Lansky
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Tim Roth gives clinics on how to be the villain
Special to The TimesWITH HIS 1982 film debut as a window-smashing skinhead teen in "Made in Britain" and his Oscar-nominated sadist fop in the Highlands period drama " Rob Roy," Tim Roth has routinely been considered one of film's most exciting performers. The actor, though,...Tags: Literature, People, Teen-agers, Movies, Rob Roy
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'Hulk' mines its comic-book roots
Sun movie critic(B) You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry," says Bruce Banner ( Edward Norton) near the start of The Incredible Hulk, comically mangling a signature line as he tries to speak Portuguese to some menacing co-workers at a soft-drink bottling plant in Brazil....Tags: People, Book, Teen-agers, Movies, Ang Lee
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'The Godfather': A restoration offer they couldn't refuse
Special to The TimesFans who pick up the recently announced "The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration," due out from Paramount Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on Sept. 23, are likely to see things in the 1972 Mafia saga and its two sequels they've never noticed before....Tags: Al Pacino, Steven Spielberg, Paramount, Robert Harris, Movies
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Ben Burtt: The man behind R2-D2 and WALLE's beeps
Chicago Tribune NewspapersIt's a risky move by anyone's standards. Pixar's delightfully adventurous robot-in-love story "WALLE" boldly unspools without any human dialogue for the first hour or so. This trick seems akin to having R2-D2 carry half of a "Star Wars" film, speaking...Tags: John Wayne, George Lucas, Movies, Film Festivals, Indiana Jones
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The many uses of a wood-fired oven
PHIL ROSENTHAL and Monica Horan have had a love affair with Italy and la cucina Italiana ever since they first flew there as couriers for DHL in the early '80s. They are especially enamored of the cooking done in the wood-fired ovens once found outside so... -
Fast Chat: Terri Garr
Teri Garr had a solid career in the 1970s and '80s playing ditsy blondes, housewives and the girlfriend of the leading man. Along the way she was Oscar-nominated (supporting actress for "Tootsie"), and appeared in a slew of high-profile pictures,...Tags: Cher, Diseases, David Letterman, Medical Specialization, Jean-Luc Godard
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