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Oscar 2012—An Abundance of Riches
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Billy Crystal is back and so is the excitement. There were so many wonderful films and performances this year, that the 2012 Academy Awards will
An Iron Lady Weighed Down with a Leaden Script
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Meryl Streep, 1, Margaret Thatcher, 0 Meryl Streep may very well win a third Oscar for her performance in The Iron Lady, a biopic that
Kevin Kline—Much Ado About an Extraordinary Actor
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
by Stephani E. D. McDow on Living Around
I was too young to understand Harold Cooper (The Big Chill) or Otto West (A Fish Called Wanda), but the hazy memory of both characters
Theatre World Awards—Welcome to the Family
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The proliferation of entertainment awards makes it difficult to figure out which ones truly count. On June 7, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of
Who Doesn’t Love Movies?!
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Eric Michael Gillett watched MGM change its billboard outside his bedroom window starting at age seven. He always loved the movies. There were two twenty-five-cent
Woman Around Town: Karen Akers—The Ultimate Chantoozie
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
By Alix Cohen One Out Of Twenty-One Equals Nine “There was a night when the universe was somehow in beautiful sync at The 46th Street
Made in America: Madame Paulette’s Couture Cleaners
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
by Carol Toscano on Living Around
What you see from the outside is a series of window displays which rival those of the most fashionable department stores and boutiques in New
Oscar 2010—The Good Guys—And The Bad Guys—Win
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
by Woman Around Town on Playing Around
So many movies. So little time. Watching the Academy Awards is always more fun when you’ve seen most or all of the nominated films and
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