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Review: "Somebody," a Brando biography, by Stefan Kanfer
Special to NewsdaySOMEBODY: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando, by Stefan Kanfer. Knopf. $26.95. 384 pages. The year 1947 was the 20th century's point of no return. Everything that came before was irrevocably transformed afterward. The sound...Tags: Celebrity Mothers, Celebrity, Literature, Groucho Marx, Montgomery Clift
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Jackman claws his way to top
Hugh Jackman has achieved legendary success on stages in his native Australia as well as America and England, playing everyone from Curly the singing cowboy in Oklahoma! togay entertainer Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. On screen, he's taken a shot at...Tags: Music, John Wayne, Laurence Olivier, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (movie), Oklahoma
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Jay Fiondella dies at 82; flamboyant owner of Chez Jay made the restaurant a Santa Monica landmark
Jay Fiondella, the flamboyant owner of Chez Jay, the scruffy restaurant-bar he opened almost 50 years ago that became a Santa Monica landmark and something of a shrine to his exploits as an adventurer, has died. He was 82.
Fiondella died Nov. 6 at a...Tags: East Haven, Diseases, World War II, Celebrity Mothers, Steve McQueen
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Meyer humbles Spurrier in a way once thought unimaginable
Sentinel ColumnistCome on, Florida fans, how can you not feel a little sorry for Steve Spurrier after mean ol' Urban Meyer swamped him worse than he'd ever been swamped before -- and in a stadium Spurrier himself nicknamed The Swamp? This was dog abuse pure and simple....Tags: Music, Wetlands, Florida Gators, Urban Meyer, Bob Dole
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TODAY'S PICKS
THE CLASH LIVE: REVOLUTION ROCK (10 p.m., WLIW/21) - Documentary of the influential British punk band includes interviews with band members and clips of live performances. MOVIES THE GODFATHER (8 p.m., AMC) (Drama, 1972) - Francis Ford Coppola'...Tags: Al Pacino, Judy Garland, Christopher Walken, Theater, Literature
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An offer you can't refuse
It's rare, indeed, that a Hollywood sequel is as good, or better than, the original film - rarer still when the original is one of the greatest American films ever. All the more reason to cherish The Godfather: Part II, which airs tonight, immediately...Tags: Al Pacino, Kirk Douglas, Auto Trends, Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick
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Holly Golightly continues to enchant 50 years after Capote published 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The scene that made it excusable to wear a tiara to breakfast: Audrey Hepburn, gowned in Givenchy black with long gloves, fat pearls and oversized sunglasses. She peers through a Tiffany's window with Danish and coffee in hand. Having...Tags: Celebrity Mothers, Celebrity, Mia Farrow, Death and Dying, Movies
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Bikers and beyond
Marlon Brando wore one in "The Wild One." James Dean's rebel without a cause perfected his slouch while chain-smoking in one. The black leather motorcycle jacket, with its sharp collar and industrial-looking zippers, is generally associated with...Tags: Vehicles, James Dean, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Motorcycling
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Today's TV Highlights
6 p.m. AMC "Hondo" John Wayne met 3-D when this 1953 Western played in theaters, but even without that process, it stands as one of the Duke's more solid offerings. Directed by John Farrow, the saga makes Wayne's title character the guardian of a widow...Tags: John Wayne, Television Industry, Adolf Hitler, Bruce Willis, Robert Rodriguez
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Sports on TV
Somebody Up There Likes Me 8 p.m. [Turner Classic Movies] TCM is running several Paul Newman movies, including this biopic of boxer Rocky Graziano. The Time magazine review in 1956 said: "Paul Newman brings to awesome life the jungle qualities implicit...Tags: New York Times, Paul Newman
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A Picture of Health: A Stroke in Prime Time
It started that morning with a headache—-an agonizing sensation of crushing pressure, just short of bone shattering—-along one entire side of my skull. My husband, Larry, suggested calling the doctor; I opted for two aspirin. My logic was perfect in...Tags: Diseases, Medicine, Television Industry, Theater, Pediatrics
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Nov 12, 2008
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