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Players Club Theater to present "The 39 Steps" this month
17+ hour, 9+ min ago (1297+ words) SWARTHMORE " What do you get when you mix a dashing but dreadfully bored gentleman, a mysterious spy with a suspiciously thick accent, and a shadowy organization with a flair for melodrama? PCS Theater invites audiences to find out in "The…...
Broadway and Hollywood songwriter Marc Shaiman looks back with pessimistic humor in memoir
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (878+ words) By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer "I'm not even happy with the glass," he says with a laugh. The award-winning Hollywood and Broadway composer and lyricist cheerfully likes to call himself an "Eeyore" and "a card-carrying pessimist" despite many of…...
Nikki Glaser takes swings at CBS and Leo, goes gentle on Julia in Golden Globes monologue
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (639+ words) By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press In her earliest jokes she suggested stars in the room might be in the Epstein Files and took a shot at CBS, the network airing the show. "There are so many A-listers, and by A-listers,…...
Doctor's orders? "Belly laugh at least two to five days a week'
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (873+ words) By ALBERT STUMM, Associated Press Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles "oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha" soon ripples into genuine…...
Anthony Jeselnik loves reading great books. So he's starting a book club.
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (2038+ words) Anthony Jeselnik is not like other comedians: He's created a dark onstage persona that gives him license to tell jokes about uncomfortable subjects with punchlines you never see coming. The comic, who will be doing a series of shows in…...
Talkin" "Bout My Generation: Meaning of Christmas in holiday films for each of our places in life
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (627+ words) If you are reading this, thanks. There are lots of other things you could be doing right after Thanksgiving: getting the kitchen back in order, preparing leftovers for lunch, gift shopping, decorating your home with holiday charm, or taking a…...
John Candy: I Like Me" review: Loving portrait predictable but potent
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (589+ words) An interview with Bill Murray opens "John Candy: I Like Me," director Colin Hanks" formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor. Murray apologizes for having nothing bad to say about the man he shared the…...
Taylor Swift's "The Official Release Party of a Show Girl' debuts at No. 1 with $33 million
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. The film played at all 540 AMC theaters in the U. S. for three days, ending after Sunday. AMC aired the show in Mexico, Canada and across Europe. It comes nearly two years after her "The Eras Tour" concert…...
Zoren: Sally Struthers is a long way from "All in the Family
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1886+ words) Say Sally Struthers, and everybody knows who she is. Or who she played: Gloria Bunker Stivic on the historic Norman Lear sitcom. "All in the Family" and next-door neighbor Babette Dell on "The Gilmore Girls." Those performances, 55 and 25 years in…...
As controversy swirls around late-night TV, here's what a new poll shows about who still watches
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (829+ words) By LINLEY SANDERS and ITZEL LUNA, Associated Press More people say they catch late-night TV segments online, through recirculated clips. In follow-up interviews, several Republicans said they used to enjoy late-night shows but now feel that they are too political....