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‘The Weight' of our ears: Take a load off … who?
The late Levon Helm, who died Thursday, had a wonderfully distinctive voice, but his drawling delivery didn’t always make it easy to discern the words of The Band’s songs – which only added to the...
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The Throwback: 'In Living Color' honored as 'groundbreaking'
"In the early days, TV was in black and white," Whoopi Goldberg said as she presented the Groundbreaking Award to the cast of "In Living Color" at the TV Land Awards earlier this month. "But let's be...
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The Throwback: Ray Harryhausen's 'Fantasy Scrapbook'
It's hard to think of today's action-packed blockbusters or fantasy/science-fiction films being made without computer-generated visual effects. Can you imagine Andy Serkis performing as Gollum in the...
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The Throwback: A return to the world of 'Dark Shadows'
It seems to go without saying that at this point, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have a lot in common - not least of which being the eight movies they've worked on together. Yet we can add another item to...
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The Throwback: Ooh! Ooh! Remember 'Car 54, Where Are You?'
If the lyrics "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights..." mean anything to you, then you're one of the original fans of "Car 54, Where Are You?" (And/or one of its loyal viewers...
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The Throwback: 'Jaws' the 'Quint'-essential summer blockbuster
Memorial Day weekend signals the unofficial start of summer, and one tradition that's up there with barbecues, beaches and camping trips is the summer blockbuster. And while "The Avengers," "The Dark...
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The Throwback: 30th anniversary of Care Bears
The Care Bears turn 30 this year, and they're also preparing for a TV comeback. Initially created as a greeting card line at American Greetings in 1982, the lovable, pastel-colored bears hit it big...
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The Throwback: Sheriff Andy Taylor's many women
Without much crime to solve in North Carolina’s fictional Mayberry, Sheriff Andy Taylor had plenty of time to woo the ladies on “The Andy Griffith Show.” From the widowed father’s first girlfriend,...
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The Throwback: Hitchcock's 'Frenzy' at 40
Alfred Hitchcock, one of the few film directors equally adored by critics, film scholars and the box office, was notorious for his explanation of the difference between surprise and suspense: A bomb...
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The Throwback: Furby returns
With 95 shopping days left till Christmas, this news may or may not alleviate your shopping woes: Hasbro this week released a revamped version of the classic toy Furby. In 1998, Furby (short for fur...
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