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‘Gilligan’s Island’ Actress Dawn Wells Writes About Values In ‘What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide To Life’

‘Gilligan’s Island’ Actress Dawn Wells Writes About Values In ‘What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide To Life’

September 30, 2014

By Susan King Los Angeles Times (MCT) Ever since the premiere of the CBS sitcom “Gilligan’s Island” 50 years ago, people have been asking the burning question: Ginger or Mary Ann? While some...

Coltranes Live Offering Shakes The Room

Coltrane’s Live ‘Offering’ Shakes The Room

Chris Barton September 29, 2014

By Chris Barton Los Angeles Times (MCT) John Coltrane "Offering: Live at Temple University" 4 stars (Resonance/Impulse) The two-disc "Offering" practically begins mid-sentence, with John Coltrane...

Pink Floyd’s New ‘Old’ Album, ‘The Endless River,’ Arrives No. 10

Pink Floyd’s New ‘Old’ Album, ‘The Endless River,’ Arrives No. 10

Randall Roberts September 23, 2014

By Randall Roberts Los Angeles Times (MCT) The new Pink Floyd album, called “The Endless River,” will be released Nov. 10, and the band has offered more details on its creation. Recorded by the...

Study: Women Underrepresented In Film Industry

Study: Women Underrepresented In Film Industry

September 23, 2014

By Rebecca Keegan Los Angeles Times (MCT) As film becomes an increasingly global business, a new study suggests that women are underrepresented both in front of and behind cameras worldwide. The study,...

Rob Owen: Sesame Street Turns 45, Expands

Rob Owen: ‘Sesame Street’ Turns 45, Expands

September 16, 2014

By Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (MCT) PASADENA, Calif. — Hard to believe it has been 45 years of Sunny Days and Everything’s A-OKs, but PBS stalwart “Sesame Street” indeed turned 45 this...

The Riff Report: New Music This Week

The Riff Report: New Music This Week

PopMatters.com September 10, 2014

PopMatters.com (MCT) Interpol – “El Pintor” If you’re still waiting for another “Turn on the Bright Lights,” you’ll most likely be waiting for some time, but you might as well take “El...

Quality May Be Casualty Of Film Fest War

Quality May Be Casualty Of Film Fest War

September 9, 2014

By Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune (MCT) TORONTO — Has TIFF, North America’s largest film festival, become the middlebrow blob that ate cinema? It’s ungracious, I suppose, to ask. But has the...

‘Young Frankenstein’ Has New Life On 40th Anniversary

‘Young Frankenstein’ Has New Life On 40th Anniversary

September 9, 2014

By Susan King Los Angeles Times (MCT) Director Mel Brooks spent a lot of money on white handkerchiefs while making his 1974 tour de farce, “Young Frankenstein.” “I gave everybody in the crew...

Jason Mraz in Portugal 2009

Jason Mraz, A 31-Date Concert Tour Ahead, Insists He’s Retiring Type

August 28, 2014

By Amy Kaufman Los Angeles Times (MCT) SAN DIEGO — “I have a gift for you,” Jason Mraz said, arms outstretched. Cupped in his palms was an avocado, bumpy and green. It came from a tree on his...

‘Divergent’ Doesn’t Diverge From The YA Formula

‘Divergent’ Doesn’t Diverge From The YA Formula

March 19, 2014

By Barbara Vancheri Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (MCT) In the futuristic world of “Divergent,” the notion that you can do anything, be anyone and go anywhere does not apply. At age 16, Chicagoans...

Tom Wolfe’s ‘Back to Blood’ revels in excess — just like Miami

September 5, 2013

By Connie Ogle The Miami Herald “Back to Blood” by Tom Wolfe; Little, Brown ($30) ——— Sprawling, messy, maddening, exhilarating, exhausting, over-caffeinated and hyper-punctuated, Tom Wolfe’s...

Cosmic BINGO 2013 was a successful night!

Blacklight BINGO 2013

Elizabeth Cornett, Reporter August 21, 2013

The Welcome Week activity for Tuesday was Blacklight BINGO at Hawk's Landing. It was a great turn out as the Student Activities Council (SAC) had to bring in more chairs and the BINGO cards had to be re-dispersed....

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