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Anita O'Day - The Life of a Jazz Singer - Film Opening
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CSP-Media
A film about the jazz singer Anita O'Day may be opening near you. Anita O'Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer won the “2008 SATELLITE Award winner for Best Documentary – International Press Academy".
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About Anita O'Day
Born Anita Belle Colton in Chicago, Illinois on October 18, 1919, O’Day got her start as a teen. She eventually changed her name to O’Day and ...
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Tomei and Winslet: Nudity = Oscar Glory?
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Michael Ricci
There's more than art for actresses like Marisa Tomei and Kate Winslet to consider when they take on nude scenes. Take 26!
That's the shot that director Darren Aronofsky used of Marisa Tomei in one of The Wrestler's pivotal dance sequences, one in which the 44-year-old Academy Award nominee gyrates and prances, flaunts and slinks -- largely in the nude -- across a real New Jersey club called Cheeques.
That combination of Aronofsky's persistence paired with the time ...
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Life and Times of Jack Sheldon Tonight on PBS Between the Lines
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All About Jazz
Very exciting news.....tonight The Life and Times of Jack Sheldon will be the topic on the PBS show Between The Lines as host, Barry Kibrick interviews Doug McIntyre and Penny Peyser.
Tonight February 14, 2009 8:00p (PST) PBS
That's channel 28 in L.A.(no cable)....and channel 6 for TimeWarner Cable in L.A. Check your local PBS station for correct channel and air time in your area.
Thanks for all your support last night at Cafe 322! was ...
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Don't Call Me A Jazz Musician: Gary Bartz on Miles Davis
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All About Jazz
Bret Primack, the Jazz Video Guy, has just posted “Don't Call Me A Jazz Musician" featuring Gary Bartz discussing his tenure with Miles Davis. The episode also includes some rare video of the 1971 incarnation of the Miles Davis band that includes Mr. Bartz, Keith Jarrett and Grammy winner Jack DeJohnette. “Trying to answer the age-old question 'What Is Jazz?' is like pondering a zen koan," Bret explains. What started as the creation of former slaves in New Orleans has ...
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'American Idol' Putting Away the Chair
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Michael Ricci
Two hours' worth of teasing, and all we got was one legitimate surprise. I'm talking about Jamar Rogers getting booted off, not Tatiana Del Toro, who's already water-cooler conversation gold, being granted a stay. As anyone who's seen “Dead Man Walking" well knows, executions make for higher drama when they're drawn out.
Tonight's American Idol was a long way from reality television at its best. Here's what was missing: actual suspense; any real insight into the judges' decisions (though most ...
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'American Idol' Reveals Top 36
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Michael Ricci
The season of tears and atonement behind us, at last we know whose names have been written in the Book of Life. After half a year of wandering the desert, Idol Nation has at last found the 36 warriors who will lead us forward.
In the Shinto religion, the afterlife is a process of the soul losing its individuality, merging with a common ancestor god. For the past five weeks (of TV time -- six months offscreen time), these 36 ...
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Paula Abdul Predicts a Guy Will Win 'American Idol?'
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Michael Ricci
The Dish Rag caught up with American Idol judge Paula Abdul last night at Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy bash.
We got the scoop on her strapless satin printed cocktail dress, who she's wearing to tonight's Grammy Awards and some hints about the new season of American Idol.
Paula predicts a guy will win this season! You read it here first. Oh, and she also revealed how Dr. Evil, er, Simon Cowell, really felt about the show's new judge. ...
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Stones on Film
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All About Jazz
More than 40 years of the Rolling Stones' cinematic appearances -- from the classic rock documentary “Gimme Shelter" to 2008's Shine a Light, will be screened during a two-day film festival at USC.
Saturday's highlights include panel discussions with USC associate professor Josh Kun and “rock anthropologist" and filmmaker Penelope Spheeris.
Norris Cinema Theater/Frank Sinatra Hall, USC 900 W. 34th St., L.A. 7-11 p.m. Fri., 1-9 p.m. Sat. Free, but RSVP suggested due to ...
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