Entertaining Cast News From MTV Spoof and Miniseries Plans
Jeno McCurris joins spoof Scream You Know What Did Last Halloween with Shawn and Marlon Wisans Chen Oter Jon Abmham and Keenen Iyon Watans directs. Sam Neill plays Thomas Jefferson in CBS miniseries The Memoirs of Sally Hemings detailing Jefferson’s years in France to his presidency and death. Carmen Ejogo portrays Hemings, alleged mother of five. Portrait Records relaunched with new studio sets from Pat Benatar Cinderella Damn Yankees Great White Ratt Iron Maiden. Jimmy Fallon joins Cameron Crowe rock project with Billy Crudup Frances McDormand. The Beach Boys 1976 NBC special The Beach Boys OK and Fingertips rise on Billboard charts. Dick Clark’s American Bandstand debuts 1957.
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Sirom
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Shawn
Marlon Wisans
Chen Oter
Jon Abmham
Keenen Iyon Watans
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Thomas Jefferson
Sally Hemings
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Jefferson
France
Carmen Ejogo
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Portrait Records
Pat Benatar
Cinderella
Damn Yankees
Great White
Ratt
Iron Maiden
Portrait
United States
Jimmy Fallon
Cameron Crowe
Fallon
Alanis Morissette
Harry Connick Jr
Crowe
Billy Crudup
Frances McDormand
Nbc-1v
Ars
The
Beach Boys
Irs OK
Stevie Wonder
Dick Clark
Rock sexism surges at Woodstock 99 and beyond
The piece condemns sexist behavior at Woodstock 99 and earlier tours, noting four reported rapes and pervasive male hostility toward women. It contrasts the era of girl power with persistent chauvinism, highlights female artists' strides and limits, and questions the industry’s handling of women in rock.
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Hanry Dino
Rome
Limp Bizkit
New York City
Mark Hoppus
Blink 82
Kid Rock
Hammerstein Ballroom
Get Wild with Lil Ed Williams energizes blues scene
Chicago blues group Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials unleash high energy on Get Wild from Alligator Records. Guitarist Lil Ed Williams says the music floods him with happiness and wildness. Call NewsLine at 472-2111 to hear a cut and access Mark Biliczak's Music Notes feature with Tune 8863.
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Lil’ Ed & the
Blues Imperials
Lil’ Ed Williams
Alligator Records
Mark Bialczak
AMC celebrates film preservation festival highlights Ford works
Doug Nye reports AMC's Film Preservation Festival showcasing restored classics led by John Ford films. The event features How Green Was My Valley revived from damaged negatives, Straight Shooting rediscovered in Czechoslovakia, My Darling Clementine variants, and The Grapes of Wrath and The Searchers. Notables like Scorsese and Eastwood discuss saving cinema.
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Perl
Green
My Valley
John Ford
Green Was
Ford
Harry Carey
Czechoslovakia
George Eastman House
Rochester
Clementine
O.K. Corral
American Film Institute
Martin Scorsese
Clint Eastwood
Steven Spielberg
Michael Friend
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Film Archive
Oe Hot
Maureen O'Hara
Walter Pidgeon
AMC Film Preservation Festival
Dick Caper Turns Scandal Into Sharp Comedy
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST JOAN E VADEBONCOEUR notes the film Dick blends satire and teen mischief as Betsy and Arlene stumble into Watergate intrigue. Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams lead with witty performances alongside Dan Hedaya as Nixon and Will Ferrell as Woodward. The spoof delivers laughs and a timely look at media and politics.
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Richard Nixon
U.S
Rose Mary Woods
Washington Post
Woodward
Bernstein
Betsy
Kirsten Dunst
Arlene
Michelle Williams
Bobby Sherman
White House
Oval Office
Leonid Brezhnev
H.R
Bob” Haldeman
Deep
Will Ferrell
Bruce McCulloch
Saul Rubinek
Henry Kissinger
Andrew Fleming
Dumtesy
Conannae
Talent Co remounts Grease at Empire Expo Center this fall
Talent Co announces the return of its popular Grease as the first post state fair attraction at the Empire Theater in the Empire Expo Center’s Art & Home Center. Performances run Oct 110 314 with a long history dating to 1980 in Civic Center and Sheraton Inns venues.
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Talent Co
Empire Theater
Empire Expo Center
Art & Home Center
Civic Center
Carrier Theater
Sheraton Inns
Watertown
Duca
Liverpool
Auburn
Springside Inn
Three Rivers Inn
Phoenix
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TLC
Backstreet Boys
Britey Spears
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Chrissie Hynde
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Kevin Rehac
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