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'Newlywed Game' with Sherri Shepherd heads to Bounce TV
"The Newlywed Game" is renewing its TV vows. Episodes of the veteran game show that pits newly married couples against each other are being revived on Bounce TV, which is geared toward African Americans. The series, which first premiered on ABC in 1965,...
Tags: Sherri Shepherd, Game Shows, Television, The View (tv program), Mark Twain
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Review: 'Mel Brooks: Make a Noise' on PBS' 'American Masters'
Los Angeles Times Television Critic"Do I get paid for this?" says Mel Brooks at the end of Robert Trachtenberg's biographical documentary, "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise," premiering Monday as part of the PBS series "American Masters." "If this program was called 'Dutch Masters,' I'd have boxes...Tags: Anne Bancroft, Music Theater, TNT (tv network), Music, Theater
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Scorsese to present AFI Life Achievement Award to Mel Brooks
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese ("The Departed," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," "Hugo") will present the American Film Institute's 41st Life Achievement Award to comedy master Mel Brooks at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on June 6. Scorsese...
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Martin Scorsese to Present Mel Brooks with AFI Award
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - Martin Scorsese and Mel Brooks are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. Although both men are film legends, their styles and subject matter are worlds apart -- one is associated with gritty depictions of criminality while the...Tags: Robert De Niro, Broadway Theater, TNT (tv network), Entertainment Events, Harrison Ford
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Martin Scorsese to present Mel Brooks with AFI Award
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Martin Scorsese and Mel Brooks are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. Although both men are film legends, their styles and subject matter are worlds apart-- one is associated with gritty depictions of criminality while...Tags: Robert De Niro, Broadway Theater, TNT (tv network), Entertainment Events, Harrison Ford
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TV Picks: 'North America,' 'Ghost Army,' 'Mad Men,' Mel Brooks
Los Angeles Times Television Critic"North America" (Discovery Channel, Sunday). The latest blockbuster nature documentary to justify your purchase of an HDTV (see also "Planet Earth," "Life," "Frozen Planet," "Africa") is the seven-part "North America." There are some hectoring musical...Tags: January Jones, PBS (tv network), Linda Cardellini, AMC (tv network), Dwayne Johnson
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“American Masters: Mel Brooks — Make A Noise”: Review, with exclusive clip
Channel Guide MagazineAmerican Masters: Mel Brooks — Make a Noise Monday, May 20 PBS, 9pm ET (PBS programming varies regionally) Of all the anecdotes Mel Brooks shares in his American Masters special, it’s one that takes place back before he ever walked onto a film... -
Oscar outdoor summer screenings open with 'Much Ado About Nothing'
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will resume its summer screening series on June 5 with the showing of Joss Whedon's 2012 adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing." The screening will be one of 25 events scheduled from June to August at...
Tags: Much Ado About Nothing (movie), Sean Maher, Tom Hanks, Peter Pan (movie), Clark Gregg
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William Friedkin takes a high-speech chase through his career
Filmmaker William Friedkin, who's best known for such landmark films as "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" in the early '70s, looks back on a long career directing movies, opera and theater in his new memoir, "The Friedkin Connection." Why do...
Tags: Heart Attack, Music, Arts and Culture, Film Festivals, New York City
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Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival opens with the comedy 'Putzel'
The romantic comedy "Putzel," starring Melanie Lynskey and Susie Essman, will have its L.A. premiere as the opening night presentation at the eighth Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival on June 1 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. Other films...
Tags: Melanie Lynskey, Judaism, Movies, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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Guide to May 2013 TV premieres, finales, movies and specials
RedEyeThe May TV schedule is filled with finales, but don't think you won't have anything to watch. The Bluths are back! Yes, on May 26 Netflix with offer up all 15 episodes of the new "Arrested Development" with all the sitcom's original cast intact. Can't...Tags: Touch (tv program), OWN (tv network), CBS Corp., Elementary (tv program), Merlin (tv program)
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Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Judd Apatow kick off #Comedyfest
Los Angeles Times Television CriticMel Brooks and Carl Reiner, joined in comedy history as the 2,000-year-old man and his interviewer, and joined at the hip in life, made a tandem, two-headed appearance Monday afternoon at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. With Judd Apatow as...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Breaking Bad (tv program), The Good Wife (tv program), Social Media, 30 Rock (tv program)
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