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Big Changes in Mummery
January 31, 2009 Several String Bands are experiencing a change in the Captain's position this year and these changes are huge. Big names, big influences on the Mummers will give way to a new generation of leadership. These changes also occur as...Tags: Entertainment, Jon Runyan, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Heart Attack, Arts and Culture
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Lee Rich dies at 93; advertising executive became a top TV producer
He was a former advertising executive who became one of television's top producers, bringing powerhouse shows such as "Dallas," "Knots Landing" and "The Waltons" into American homes in the 1970s and '80s. Lee Rich, co-founder and former president of...
Tags: Advertising, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Drama (genre), Entertainment, The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program)
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A weekend to honor all of our real heroes
The Memorial Day weekend has always meant the start of summer to me. As Boy Scouts we carried the flag up Taylor Street from the old Rum Village American Legion building to Our Lady for a memorial Mass and a gun salute. I met my two best friends, Dave...Tags: Politics, Memorial Day, Abortion Issue, American Legion, Justice System
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Weekend TV Talk Shows: Newt Gingrich; Rudy Giuliani; Antonio Villaraigosa
Show TrackerSATURDAY The Chris Matthews Show 2012 campaign, Memorial Day. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC; 5:30 a.m. Sunday KNBC McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today 2012 election; the Black Dahlia murder; summer movie previews. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning...... -
TV This Week for May 27 - June 2: 'Hemingway and Gellhorn' on HBO
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of May 27 - June 2 in PDF format TV listings for the week of May 27 - June 2 in PDF format are also available here This week's TV Movies...... -
5/27/2012-Memorial Day
My father served in the Office of Strategic Services in World War II. The OSS was the forerunner to the CIA. When I was a kid, I'd ask the inevitable question, "What'd you do in the war, daddy." He'd say "Dodged bombs in London for three years," and...
Tags: Memorial Day, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central Intelligence Agency
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Best Movie War Heroes
Blogging with Bill WhiteOn this Memorial Day Weekend, it seems fitting to have some kind of movie list that salutes our war dead, so I decided to pull together a list of the Best 10 Movie War Heroes. If I were just choosing...... -
'Hemingway & Gellhorn' surpasses 'Hatfields & McCoys'
Staff writerIf you long for big, old-fashioned TV movies, HBO and History will try to please you with dueling productions at 9 p.m. Monday. HBO rolls out "Hemingway & Gellhorn." History starts "Hatfields & McCoys," a three-part, six-hour miniseries that continues at...Tags: History (tv network), Philip Kaufman, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Matt Barr
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Have a Memorial Day Sunday lunch with veterans at Mission BBQ
The gang at Mission BBQ is inviting the public to have lunch with a group of World War II veterans visting from California. You'll find no sunshine patriots at Mission BBQ, these guys stick to their mission of honoring Americans in uniform every day. So,...
Tags: Memorial Day
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Termites 101
WGNO NewsDid you know New Orleans is the termite capitol of North America? Entomologist Ed Martin says we have to contend with two species in the South. "Besides our regular native subterranean termites, we have the largest infestation of Formosan... -
He gave life by giving blood to hundreds in need
If one pint of blood can save three lives, as the America Red Cross says, then Ralph Golding might have saved 696 lives through his donations to the Central Florida Blood Bank. Since his first donation in 1956 to his last when he was 91 in 2009,...Tags: Charity, Television Industry, American Red Cross, Human Interest, Maitland
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Art Review: James Franco's 'Rebel' has cause but little effect
James Franco's "Rebel" fills a Hollywood furniture warehouse with movie and TV-style stage sets, sculptural installations and video projections — some made by Franco, many made by other artists. Inspired by "Rebel Without a Cause," the celebrated...
Tags: Arts, Artists, James Dean, Fine Artists, Harmony Korine
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