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The first trailer December 7, 2009

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Michael Jeter, 1952–2003 April 6, 2008

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From the Tony Award telecast of June 3, 1990, Brent Barrett and Michael Jeter perform “We’ll Take A Glass Together” from the musical Grand Hotel:


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What do you think of my dæmon? December 7, 2007

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I was hoping for a lamb named Binky …

You saw the original cast??!!” September 27, 2007

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“The Cell Block Tango” from the 2002 movie version of Chicago, featuring Renée Zellweger, Taye Diggs and the Six Merry Murderesses Of The Cook County Jail: Susan Misner (“pop”), Denise Faye (“six”), Deirdre Goodwin (“squish”), Ekaterina Chtchelkanova (“uh-uh”), Catherine Zeta Jones (“Cicero”) and Mýa Harrison (“Lipschitz”).

I can stop conversation at any conclave of Broadway musical fans with the following three facts:

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“Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix” July 11, 2007

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Plus: The actors playing the students are getting better. Especially Daniel Radcliffe.

Minus: The older she gets, the more I get really irritated by Emma Watson’s laugh.

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In Twilight’s Shadow June 29, 2007

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A trailer for a short film by Tina Scorzafava, a friend and fellow Twin Bridger.

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“Der Rosenkavalier” May 25, 2007

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Not what you think.


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That is one honkin’ big award April 29, 2007

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15-foot armadillo humping a rock, Goode Company Barbecue, Houston, Texas

How the hell am I getting this in my carry-on?

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Seventy-nine days to go … April 25, 2007

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Until this:

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Houston, we do not have a problem March 24, 2007

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Richard Carlson, Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon in White Cargo

I’m very pleased to report that my original screenplay, Eighty-Eight Frequencies, is a finalist in the 40th annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

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“I Wish” January 4, 2007

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Thanks to George Miller and the makers of Happy Feet, a new generation will learn that Will Smith’s theme to The Wild Wild West was not original music.

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Robert Altman, 1925-2006 November 29, 2006

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Truth be told (and I’ve never seen any reason to lie about it), I was and am not a huge Robert Altman fan. But it’s significant that I went to see Nashville four times, even though I really didn’t like it any better the fourth time than I did the first. Of course, it was the seventies, and even overrated movies from that era are more interesting than many universally acclaimed movies that come out nowadays.

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Two hundred and thirty-four days to go … November 20, 2006

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… until this.

The U.S. Versus John Lennon September 30, 2006

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Run, do not walk, to see this documentary when it hits your multiplex …

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