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From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Paul Newman DVD Collection

June 30, 2009

Thirteen movies, 17 discs, coming Sept. 22. Decent price, too, if you don't have the movies already. But if you're a movie fan, you should have at least some of them. Full announcement after the jump.

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Reality TV Nonsense

June 30, 2009

So Ed quits "The Bachelorette" to save his job, then decides that he needs love more, so he tries to un-quit, and Jillian (and the show's producers) let him. Speidi announce — more than once — they are leaving "I'm a Celebrity" and somehow they keep coming back.  Terrell Owens and Joanna Krupa get eliminated [...]

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Back on the Blog

June 29, 2009

 
 

And back to work. (Maynard G. Krebs, pictured, can tell you about how to react to work.)  Good to be home and among friends, but I am still thinking about those Hawaiian beaches. This will pass soon enough.
A few notes upon returning:
As I think I have said before, if you're flying Continental, leave your legs [...]

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Of Death, Famous and Not So

June 26, 2009

 
Before I took off on this vacation, I wrote a piece about Walter Cronkite, since there was talk he was near the end. I had also been thinking for some time about Farrah Fawcett, though I hadn't written anything down. (What I was thinking, though, is in the post below.) Since this vacation began, Ed [...]

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Michael Jackson, R.I.P.

June 25, 2009

Back when the celebratory special "Motown 25" aired, I made a recording of it with my enormous Betamax and put the tape on during a casual party we were having. As it went on, more and more of the party crowd gravitated toward the TV, and things pretty much stopped in their tracks while the [...]

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Farrah Fawcett, R.I.P.

June 25, 2009

As Farrah Fawcett moved inevitably toward death, I have thought a lot about how different her life might have been had she not fallen prey to a myth of show-business success.
That myth, of course, is that it is better to be a star in the movies than in TV. …

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Wednesday Notebook

June 24, 2009

Tuesday morning the bride and I were again energetic tourists. We went to the USS Arizona memorial early and were in the first tour group at 7:45 a.m. A short but very effective film preceded the tour itself. The monument is well designed, notably because it lets you see the stretch of remains of the [...]

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Monday Notebook

June 22, 2009

Still in Hawaii, and still in a more or less constant state of confusion re the time. But otherwise plenty interesting. …

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Sunday Notebook

June 21, 2009

(Cell-phone photo from hotel-room balcony)
Right now I am in the distant time zone of Hawaii, trying to adjust to the change and the effects of extended travel, as part of a long anticipated vacation. A few notes after the jump.
But first, a quick other note: You may be seeing some odd looking posts here, like [...]

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See steps to making 'Waltz'

June 21, 2009

Waltz With Bashir is one of those movies that grabs you with its images, haunts you with its words and stays with you long after the credits have rolled.

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A HeldenFiles Flashback

June 20, 2009

It was 15 years ago, late in June 1994, that I began working for the Beacon Journal as a TV critic. After the jump: My introductory column.

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The HeldenFiles

June 19, 2009

Game On. More Than a Game, the up-close documentary about the St. Vincent-St. Mary boys' basketball team in 2003, will finally hit local theaters in October.

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Jon & Kate: Special Ratings-Hyping Announcement on Monday

June 18, 2009

The audience for the show has dipped since the season premiere, which was heavily viewed; the decline has come even with boatloads of J&K coverage — paparazzi photos, magazine covers. It was as if people decided to believe the old PR cliche about respecting people's privacy by letting J&K go about their televised and untelevised [...]

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Closeted politicians fuel 'Outrage'

June 18, 2009

Kirby Dick is a deliberately provocative filmmaker, but also an effective one. His acclaimed documentary, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, not only pointed out the arbitrariness of the movie-rating system, it forced the people doing the ratings to make some changes in their process.

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How To Be An Expert for $3,995

June 18, 2009

The explanation is an e-mail I received from Sky Radio.

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EW.com: Knight Out at "Grey's"

June 17, 2009

The release and link follow the jump.

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CW Premiere Dates

June 17, 2009

"Gossip Girl" is Sept. 14., but moving to the 9 p.m. hour Full announcement with other shows after the jump.

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DTV Updates

June 17, 2009

New stats, and one suggestion for improving reception, after the jump.

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The HeldenFiles: Alec Baldwin talks

June 17, 2009

Baldwin Talking. 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin (you know, the Baldwin brother with a good enough career not to go on I'm a Celebrity) opened up to Playboy magazine about his admiration for the skills of Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise. He was less kind to NBC, which airs 30 Rock.

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The HeldenFiles: Alec Baldwin talks

June 17, 2009

Baldwin Talking. 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin (you know, the Baldwin brother with a good enough career not to go on I'm a Celebrity) opened up to Playboy magazine about his admiration for the skills of Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise. He was less kind to NBC, which airs 30 Rock.

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