Romero earns film icon praise in Pittsburgh focus
AP reports George Romero, creator of Night of the Living Dead, is hailed on a magazine cover as the man who got us into the movies. The 50yearold filmmaker invested $600 in 1968 and led a costly color remake this year, with both shot around Pittsburgh. He directs The Dark Half in nearby Wash County while nine films shot in 1990 brought $3 million to the area, boosting local industry and solidifying Pittsburgh as a filming hub.
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Sheen seeks autograph from Pulitzer winner during set
In Dallas actor Martin Sheen, 50, asked Pulitzer winner David Hanners for an autograph while filming Touch and Die. Hanners wrote: To Martin: Don't fly when it rains. Sheen stars in the international co production about a presidential candidate tainted by funds.
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Graves Quits Smoking After Near Fatal Fall
Special to the Daily Times actor Peter Graves describes a near fatal skiing accident in the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe. He recalls traveling from Los Angeles to 6000 feet in one day and the after dinner collapse that led to a life changing decision to quit smoking.
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Turning Point Moment Ends In Hospital and Healing
A man recounts a near fatal fall after wandering at night in slippery slippers. He sustained a fractured jaw with 100 stitches and five weeks wired shut, enduring claustrophobia yet later quitting smoking after a dramatic recovery and attributing the change to fate and the accident.
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