Is Donald Trump’s hair real or not? That is a question several people have asked over the years, but one lucky person got to actually tousle those luscious blonde locks to see if they are real. “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon has the honor of messing up the presidential candidate’s hair. Last night’s episode […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe media has been wringing its hands for more than a year, trying to figure out how to challenge Donald Trump while still retaining journalistic integrity. Where does aggressive fact-checking end and bias begin? So far, reporters have for the most part played it safe, and now we’re less than two months away from the
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA“Snowden,” Oliver Stone’s biopic about the world’s most famous National Security Agency whistleblower, certainly deals with an urgent and important issue: state surveillance, and how far is too far for the government to go. Edward Snowden’s personal story — a hero to some, turncoat to others — is as compelling as they come, too. It’s
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By Sandra Silverstein SAN DIEGO– The San Diego Italian Film Festival will host a party Oct. 9 to celebrate the film Shores of Light: Salento 1945-1947 which tells the story of Holocaust survivors awaiting immigration to Palestine in displaced persons camps in Puglia – the closest point to Palestine by sea: The Aliyah Bet. The San Diego
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSan Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last name
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe opening scene of Sully, the new Tom Hanks/Clint Eastwood movie about the “Miracle on the Hudson,” takes place in a midtown Marriott, in the mind of U.S. Airways Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, and the image is pretty much what every New Yorker expects when they see an airplane flying way too low over Manhattan.
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Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez; Alfred E. Knopf publisher; ISBN 9781101-933329; 28 pages, including author’s note, $17.99. SAN DIEGO – With all the ongoing celebrations of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, the youngsters in your life may be wondering what all the hoopla is about. This short well-illustrated
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastFor today’s 50th anniversary of Star Trek, we could have compiled a list of best and worst episodes, but that’s kind of been done before. Instead, we wanted to pay tribute to the comic genius of the original Captain Kirk, who has been regaling fans with his Kaufmanesque style of humor for almost as long
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhen you grow up with Spock as your father, chances are your life will take some out-of-this-world turns. This Friday, cinemagoers will get a chance to see the life of the late Leonard Nimoy from the inside, as his son, Adam Nimoy, unveils “For the Love of Spock,” a documentary not only about his father’s
LOS ANGELES—The mission, from the day “Star Trek” premiered on America’s televisions on Sept. 8, 1966, was ambitious: “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Where did Gene Roddenberry’s TV series go to find that world? Often as not, it
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USAHugh O’Brian, the star of TV’s “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,” died Monday. He was 91. O’Brian died in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to a statement on the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation website. Handsome, square-jawed and athletically fit, the dark-haired O’Brian appeared in a string of movies and TV anthology series in
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The great Gene Wilder, star of such wonderful movies as Blazing Saddles, The Producers, The Frisco Kid, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Young Frankenstein, passed away last week. How did Wilder describe the role of Judaism in his life? A. I’m not at all religious, although I am certainly Jewish–which, to me, means that
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireAfter the New York Post leaked photos on Monday from yet another sexting scandal involving Anthony Weiner, his long-suffering wife Huma Abedin promptly announced their separation, leading some of the world to fly up in arms about the damaging effects of porn. Weiner’s sexting habit and porn might not appear to have an obvious correlation,
By Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel,” a documentary showing another side of World War II – that of a pacifistic German drafted into Hitler’s army—will be screened Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Village Theatres in Coronado. The 104-minute documentary will be one of the offerings of the G.I.
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