By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California — Once upon a time, families huddled around wooden boxes in rapt attention. The radio gave us our news, music, comedy and drama. Sound effects planted pictures in our minds and our imaginations took it from there. This was the world of Walton Jones’ 1940s Radio Hour playing at […]
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIt’s not so easy for Saturday Night Live’s writers to satirize Donald Trump and the ultra-right government he is creating. The reality is more bizarre than any parody. This week’s SNL cold open began with CNN anchor Jake Tapper (Beck Bennett) greeting Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) to discuss the president-elect’s latest cabinet choices: for EPA
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAHours after a report in the Washington Post said that the CIA had confirmed the 2016 presidential election had been influenced by Russia, Donald Trump took to Twitter to dispel some rumors. Despite how big of news the Russia story may have been, Trump focused on reports that he was still going to be involved
Joseph Mascolo, the actor who famously played “Days of Our Lives” villain Stefano DiMera since 1982, died at 87, Variety reported. He had Alzheimer’s disease. “It is with great sorrow that we share the news of the passing of our dear friend and beloved member of the ‘Days of our Lives’ family, Joseph Mascolo,”
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastHe’s ruggedly handsome with his trademark cleft in his square chin, a Hollywood film legend: Issur Danielovitch Demsky. Who? The world knows him as Kirk Douglas. And on Friday he turns 100 years old. A look at Kirk Douglas and his only-in-America career Los Angeles (dpa) – At Thanksgiving, Kirk Douglas’s daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones posted
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe shock, grief and spotlight glare endured by Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, in the days following her husband’s 1963 assassination, was there for all to see. Yet who knows what she was truly thinking, feeling, screaming inside while wiping her husband’s dried blood off her famous pink dress, or watching Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANow his watch has ended. British actor Peter Vaughan — known to younger fans for his role on the HBO original series “Game of Thrones” — has died. After news broke early Tuesday morning, a number of fans took to Twitter to express their deep sadness. Many recalled his time on “Game of Thrones,” which
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON — Rocker Glenn Frey died before he could accept a Kennedy Center Honors award last year, but his Eagles bandmates and four other artists were feted Sunday at a bittersweet edition of the glitzy annual gala, the last of the Obama administration. Actor-director Al Pacino, singer-songwriter James Taylor, singer Mavis Staples and pianist Martha
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — If you are looking for something Jewish this holiday season, the Dybbuk for Hannah & Sam’s Wedding will feed your soul like pickled herring on rye. We walk into the reception hall for Hannah & Sam’s wedding complete with a gift table, guest book and a trio of
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDonald Trump really, really hates Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of him. The president-elect of the United States and the actor got into another tiff this weekend over Twitter after Trump again used his favorite micro-blogging site to criticize “Saturday Night Live’s” portrayal of him as a feckless, disinterested vulgarian. “Just tried watching Saturday Night Live—unwatchable! Totally
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAlec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” to reprise his role as Donald Trump, mocking the president-elect’s prolific Twitter habits in the show’s opening skit. It took just 45 minutes for Trump, on Twitter, to respond. “Just tried watching Saturday Night Live — unwatchable! Totally biased, not funny and the Baldwin impersonation just can’t get
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADon Calfa, the film, stage and television actor whose credits included “The Return of the Living Dead,” ”Weekend at Bernie’s” and “Barney Miller,” has died. His publicist Michael Perez tells The Associated Press that Calfa died Thursday in Palm Springs of natural causes. Calfa died two days before his 77th birthday. Watch the video RELATED:
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAs we stare headlong into the approaching holiday season, the 1946 James Stewart classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” is set to make its annual television appearance Saturday on NBC. It was the first movie Stewart made when he returned home after serving as a pilot in World War II, an experience that left him adrift
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California — At first he was seen as a joke. Then, as he continued his campaign of insults and threats, outrageous proposals, and the promise to make his country great again, his countrymen rallied around him and Hitler became the elected dictator of Germany. At the same time, one of the
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