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news from me (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
We've been tracking the saga here of a touring stage production of A Christmas Carol, which was to have starred F. Murray Abraham, George Wendt, Wayne Knight and James Garner. It was announced by the same folks who mounted the...
The Composed Gentleman (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Here is your daily TV guide for tonight, Friday, November 20, 2009.House on Haunted Hill 8 p.m., 11:45 p.m. (AMC) Party-goers try to spend the night in a haunted asylum. Gore mixed with campy humor. Geoffrey Rush. R (1999)How Green Was My Valley 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. (FXM) Life in a Welsh mining community. Walter Pidgeon. NR (1941)The Notebook 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. (OXY) Old man (James Garner) tells a
Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
My mother and I were talking about Daniel Day-Lewis the other day, and I was surprised to learn that she doesn’t find him sexy. My mom’s favorites are men like James Garner, Jack Nicholson, and George Clooney, if, in my mom’s words, “he’s not being so boring and artsy-fartsy like he was in Solaris”. [...]
Slice (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
From the Slice inbox: "Waiting for your review of Mozza and Antica. Please get to it soon. Thanks. — Pizzafreak " OK. Here you go, Pizzafreak. My blathering about "Pizza Madness 2009" continues ... — The Mgmt. [ Photographs: Adam Kuban ] Until I touched down at LAX on Thursday, October 29, most of my knowledge of Los Angeles came from CHiPs, The Rockford Files, the...
DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Read it. As part of its plan to comply with a federal desegregation order now decades old, Tucson’s school district adopted racial quotas in school discipline this summer. Schools that suspend or expel Hispanic and black students at higher rates than white students will now get a visit from a district “Equity Team” and will be [...]
Reality TV Website (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will pay tribute to five actors who have received one of the highest honors any film performer can achieve: the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. TCM's four-film presentation will take place in primetime Friday, Jan. 22, the night before sister networks TNT and TBS present a live simulcast of the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Reverse Mortgage Daily (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Reverse mortgage lenders have a history with celebrities ranging from James Garner, Robert Wagner, and most recently the addition of Peter Graves from American Advisors Group. However, a recent AdweekMedia/Harris Poll found wide variations in the likelihood viewers will find different kinds of celebs convincing in the role of endorser. Respondents were asked to say [...]
Limbo (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Hard to believe, isn’t it. TV.com has put together a list called “Our 10 Favorite TV Cars.” Selections include Starsky and Hutch’s Gran Torino, The A-Team’s “badass” GMC van (can a van ever reasonably be called “badass”?), The Green Hornet’s Chrysler Crown Imperial, and Batman’s winged Lincoln Futura concept car ... but there’s...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Hard to believe, isn’t it. TV.com has put together a list called “ Our 10 Favorite TV Cars .” Selections include Starsky and Hutch ’s Gran Torino, The A-Team ’s “badass” GMC van (can a van ever reasonably be called “badass”?), The Green Hornet ’s Chrysler Crown Imperial, and Batman ’s Lincoln Futura concept car ... but there’s...
PaniSphere (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A New Orleans jury on Monday ordered Dell Inc. to pay $12.8 million in damages in connection with a lawsuit filed by two companies for the alleged dysfunctional crime camera surveillance system used by the city. It will be recalled that the Active Solutions LLC and Southern Electronics Supply Inc. has filed for a $3.6 million [...] Related posts: US Gov’t Pushes for More Rigorous Cyber Crime...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
* The Rockford Files: Movie Collection, Vol. 1: It’s like I said in my review: if these movies aren’t necessarily up to the standards of the original series – and let’s face it: they often aren’t – it’s so good to see James Garner, Stuart Margolin, and Joe Santos back in their familiar roles that [...]
Physorg (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
(AP) -- A jury found Dell Inc. liable Monday for $12.8 million in damages over unfair competition and conspiracy claims in a lawsuit involving the city's problematic crime camera surveillance program.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A jury found Dell Inc. liable Monday for $12.8 million in damages over unfair competition and conspiracy claims in a lawsuit involving the city's problematic crime camera surveillance program.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A jury found Dell Inc. liable Monday for $12.8 million in damages over unfair competition and conspiracy claims in a lawsuit involving the city's problematic crime camera surveillance program.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A jury found Dell Inc. liable Monday for $12.8 million in damages over unfair competition and conspiracy claims in a lawsuit involving the city's problematic crime camera surveillance program.
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