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Why Should Brad and Britney's Issues Dwarf the Legacy of Richard Widmark and Jules Dassin?

John Farr | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Video, Judgment at Nuremberg, Panic in the Streets, Pellicano Trial, Britney Spears, Yellow Sky, The Bedford Incident, Clark Gable, Kiss of Death, Angelina Jolie, American Cinema, George Clooney, No Way Out, Amy Winehouse, Jules Dassin, Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Pick Up on South Street, John Adams, The Street With No Name, Richard Widmark, Night and the City, Kate Hudson, Broken Lance, Marlon Brando, Kim Morgan, Owen Wilson, Rififi, Entertainment News
John Farr

Whatever movie Richard Widmark was in, he projected a unique quality, an innocent smirk that could spell death, either for him or someone else.

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Straight Into Baghdad: Hillary's Campaign

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, Joan Didion, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Patrick Leahy, Nora Ephron, Florida 2000, George W. Bush, Baghdad, Hillary Clinton, Marlon Brando, David Copperfield, Politics News
Elizabeth Benedict

It's impossible to defend the Clintons in this losing quest. They are like drug addicts in your midst: at some point, the only choice you have is to kick them out of the house.

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I Want to Be a Comedian, But I'm Worried I Don't Loathe Myself Enough

Alex Remington | Posted 03.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Philip Roth, Robert De Niro, Tina Dupuy, Judaism, Stand-Up Comedy, Stand-Up, Rodney Dangerfield, Judy Carter, Marlon Brando, Lenny Bruce, Richard Lewis, Jackie Mason, Don Rickles, Henry Roth, Comedy, Comedians, Neurosis, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

Neuroses aren't funny in themselves unless you can sell them -- no one really likes to be around people who are cripplingly neurotic, unless the social and mental pratfalls caused by their painfully miswired brain also happen to be hilarious.

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Hillary's Tears

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Crying, Hillary Clinton, Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Method Acting, Hillary Clinton Cries, Hillary Clinton Tears, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton Crying, Politics News
Thomas de Zengotita

I can't believe that the debate over Hillary's crying moment is so often boiling down to whether it was staged or genuine. That is so oversimplified. In this mediated age that distinction is outdated.

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