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It’s Oscar time! The 87th annual Academy Awards will be shown on ABC Sunday night. I haven’t missed an Oscar presentation since 1991. So, this will keep my current streak alive at 24 straight years — and 43 shows out of the last 45 years. I’m not really that old, but I can still recall my very first Academy Award memory — which was John Wayne winning Best Actor in 1970 for “True Grit.”
Read More“I’ve never read anything so badly written that got published. It made Twilight look like War and Peace.”
— Salman Rushdie
Read MoreNew York City’s masterful crime dramas of the 1970’s weren’t just epic battles between the forces of good and evil. The very best movies of that genre were poetic morality tales played out on the big screen. In between sporadic scenes of bloodshed — godfathers, gangsters, policemen, and prosecutors paused to soliloquize about personal honor and so-called sacred codes of conduct. Cops weren’t always the good guys, and criminals were necessarily bad. Perpetually clashing worlds were a murky shade of gray. The clouds never cleared.
Read MoreI admit it, I’m an awards show junkie. Tonight’s annual Golden Globes Awards had its share of hits and misses. What follows is my list of the best and worst of the telecast:
Read MoreJames Woods says, “deal me in.” The renowned actor and three-time Emmy winner will participate in “Poker Night in America’s” upcoming high-stakes cash game, taking place at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, January 16-19.
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