May 25, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Gilligans Island

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The Beatles Make a Comeback Again and Again and Again and Again and...

Michael Rosenblum | Posted 05.14.2013 | Media

Read More: Gilligan's Island, Barnes and Noble, Beatles, Alzheimer's, Rembrandt, Double White Album, Internet, Media News

As the world goes to digital and infinite, it is the content that will survive long after we are gone. Or certainly past the time that we can remember that we actually already saw that movie. Or did we?

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Happy Mother's Day From The Annoying Moms Club!

Christina Pesoli | Posted 05.08.2013 | Parents

Read More: Troy Polamalu, Scooby Doo, Montessori, Alternative Parenting, Mother's Day, Social Responsibility, Annoying, Nutrition, Gilligan's Island, Parenting, Fat Albert, Social Ethics, Parents-Moms, Parents News

I look forward to the day when I am not so annoying to Hannah anymore -- either because I earn my cool card back or because she herself ends up in the Annoying Moms Club thanks to the actions of her own children. But until then, I'll enjoy the company of all the other moms who are members.

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Congress Rebukes IRS For Wasting Taxpayer Money

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 03.23.2013 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Nobody's going to win an Emmy for a parody of the TV show "Star Trek" filmed by Internal Revenue Service employees at an agency studio i...

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James Bond? Dallas? 'Reboots' My Foot!

Mark Juddery | Posted 03.24.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: Chris Pine, Reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, Skyfall, Superman, Jack Ryan, James Bond, Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes, Elementary, Sherlock, 2 Broke Girls, Gilligan's Island, Back to the Future, Laverne and Shirley, Entertainment News

As 2012 drew to a close, people were talking (as usual) about the trends of the year's films and TV shows. The word "reboot" was oft mentioned -- wrongly, most of the time.

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'Gilligan's Island' Star To National Enquirer: 'Leave Us Alone!'

Posted 12.12.2012 | HuffPost Live 321

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Dawn Wells, known to the world as Mary Ann from the famed sitcom "Gilligan's Island," stopped by HuffPost Live Tuesday to discuss her time on the show...

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LOOK: 'Gilligan's Island' Boat Event Raises $10,000 (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2012 | DC

Read More: DC News, Washington Marina, Video, Dc Impact, Easter Seals, Gilligan's Island, Dc Around Town, Esypc, Easter Seals Young Professionals Council, Potomac River, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The Easter Seals Young Professionals Council hosted a “Gilligan’s Island Cruise on the Potomac” on Thursday evening. The ESYPC din...

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Titanic Miniseries, Ahoy: The Most Famous Small Screen Ships

The Huffington Post | HuffPost TV Staff | Posted 05.15.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Video, The Sopranos, Titanic, Titanic Anniversary, Gilligan's Island, Slidepollajax, Titanic Miniseries, Lost, TV News

Celine Dion's timeless "Titanic" theme song told us that the heart will go on (and on), but she never mentioned anything about the tributes to that il...

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Where Do the Huxtables Poop?

Evan Shapiro | Posted 05.01.2012 | TV

Read More: Dr. Huxtable, Friends, New Girl, The Cosby Show, The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, Gossip Girl, The Love Boat, Batman, Nikita, Hogan's Heroes, South Park, Video, TV News

Much is made of the unrealistic body image expectations created by the media. However, much less attention has been given to unrealistic real estate expectations. To cast a spotlight on this issue, here are the Top 11 Most Outrageous Real Estate Deals in TV History.

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Dawn Wells: 'Gilligan's Island' Actors Got No Syndication Royalties

Posted 02.16.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Good Day New York, Russell Johnson, Video, Dawn Wells, Gilligan's Island, Tv Replay, Rosanna Scotto, The Professor, Mary Ann, TV News

The TV classic "Gilligan's Island" aired for three seasons and for decades after that in syndication. But as Dawn Wells, the actress who played the bu...

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Shock! 8 Classic Films To Be Remade

Posted 01.10.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Ghostbusters 3, Warriors, Escape From New York, My Fair Lady, Remakes, Gilligan's Island, Meatballs, My Fair Lady Remake, Red Dawn, Poltergeist, Hollywood Remakes, Fifty News

In the last month and a half, two Hollywood remakes -- Screen Gems' "Straw Dogs" and Universal's "The Thing" -- tanked at the box office, earning back...

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4 Appreciations For Sherwood Schwartz's Work And Career

Danny Groner | Posted 09.16.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: The Brady Bunch, Robert Lloyd, Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe, Jeffrey Lee Puckett, Louisville Courier Journal, Gilligan's Island, Obituaries, Sherwood Schwartz, Obituary, Los Angeles Times, Obit, Washington Post, Brady Bunch, Calgary Herald, Death, Entertainment News

After Sherwood Schwartz, the man who created and produced Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch, died on Tuesday, fans flocked to the internet to express their appreciations for the fallen TV icon.

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TV Legend Leaves Emotional Goodbye Post-Humous Note To Family

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 09.11.2011 | Entertainment

Following the death of Sherwood Schwartz on Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter has been given a farewell letter titled "A Conversation at the Gates" from...

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'Brady Bunch' Creator Dies At 94

Posted 09.11.2011 | Celebrity

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AP Text/Video: LOS ANGELES -- Sherwood Schwartz, writer-creator of two of the best-remembered TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, "Gilligan's Island...

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'A Vast Wasteland': 50th Anniversary Of A Classic Speech

The New York Times | JAMES WARREN | Posted 07.07.2011 | Media

Sitting high above the Loop with Newton Minow, I realized that history buried his lede -- to his everlasting good fortune....

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A Caribbean castaway's New Year's adventure

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

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When we finally reached the island - when it became clear we were going to be castaways on land, rather than adrift in the dark on the Caribbean for t...

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New TV Sit-Com A$PEN the Series Coming From the Writers of Seinfeld Roseanne and King of Queens

Edward Lozzi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

A fun and comically witty TV series set in Aspen, America's winter playground for the rich and famous, has been developing in the mind of it's creator Greg Simmons for a number of years.

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Enough of comic-book movies

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

There are a lot of elements of modern cinema on which I'd like to see a moratorium declared. Let's start with remakes - particularly remakes of reall...

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Lost Creators Admit Entire Show Is a Prank

Roy Rivenburg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Gilligan's Island, Comedy News, Lost, Lost Season 6, Lost Premiere, Comedy News

Memo to fans of ABC's Lost: You've been punked. Executive producer Damon Lindelof revealed the prank at a Season 6 press conference today.

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Pernell Roberts, 1928-2010

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: The Big Valley, Carousel, Universal Studios, Robert Conrad, Robert Goulet, Bonanza, Paul Newman, It's About Time, Hollywood, Los Angeles, The Lucy Show, The Secret War of Harry Frigg, The Wild Wild West, Gilligan's Island, Paul Bogart, Gunsmoke, Lucille Ball, Entertainment News

A Broadway actor, Pernell had a commanding presence. He was charismatic, intelligent, and well read. Hence, he could speak with great authority on many subjects. He was energetic, curious, and had a booming laugh.

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Moby-Sick

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Gilligan's Island, Boat, Seasickness, Herman Melville, Atlantic Ocean, Whales, Humor, Japan, Healthy Living News

"Seasickness is mostly mind over matter," said Capt. Joe, adding that he used to get sick as a boy when he went on fishing trips with his father and uncles. "You grow out of it."

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