Name: Bryce Zabel
Dateline: Hollywood
Weblog: bztv.typepad.com/newsviews
Articles: 31
First Published: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Last Published: Saturday, November 19, 2005
Currently listing articles 31-1:
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The Poseidon Adventure on NBC— NBC sails a new POSEIDON ADVENTURE Sunday at 8pm. Links to some reviews.
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Movie Smackdown!: A History of Violence vs Straw Dogs— Two Reviews for the Price of One. One film now in theaters goes up against a classic on DVD — no ties allowed.
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O.J. Verdict: Where Were You?— It's been ten years this week since the verdict came down in the O.J. Simpson double-murder case here in Los Angeles.
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Movie Review: Serenity vs Star Wars— Movies-Squared: review one film out in theaters against a related film out on DVD...declare a winner...
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Miers and O'Connor Confirmations: A Re-Run?— Read TIME magazine's coverage of Reagan's announcement that Sandra Day O'Connor was his pick for the Supreme Court.
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John Lennon at 65— October 9, 1940 is John Lennon's birthday which means he would be turning 65 this year and it's 25 years since his death.
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Movie Review: Flightplan vs Panic Room— Movies-Squared: review a film out in theaters against a related film out on DVD... declare a winner...
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Brush Fire Aftermath: Welcome to My Neighborhood— On being evacuated in Los Angeles with zero notice in the middle of the night.
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Brush Fire! Welcome to My Neighborhood
— Maybe with all the Katrina backlash in the news you never even heard of the LA brush fires this week. We were evacuated...
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Time Magazine Predicts New Orleans Disaster in 2000 Issue— Back in 2000, a Time cover-article said New Orleans could become the next Atlantis...
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Newsweek on Sinatra: 40 Years Ago— As Frank Sinatra was about to turn 50, Newsweek put the Chairman of the Board on the cover...
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What's Next for New Orleans?— We can re-build New Orleans but will it last?
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Does Anybody Else Read This Way?— It's like having reading ADD, but it works for me.
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New Orleans: A U.S. Atlantis?
— Today our hearts are with the victims but we will soon have to make political decisions about what to re-build and how.
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Prison Break: Worth Watching— Fox starts the season early... and well...
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O.J.'s Last Run: A Tale of Two Covers— O.J.'s arrest marked the only moment in TIME magazine's history where they pulled a cover off the news stands. See both versions here in
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Blackbeard Mini-Series: Sail Ho!— Pirate fans have something else to look forward to besides the sequel to POTC... it's that scurvy bastard Blackbeard!
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The TIME Crouch: Ellen DeGeneres and Kanye West— If you got a feeling of deja-vu seeing Kanye West on the cover of TIME, there's good reason...
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) -versus- American Pie (1999)— Two movies about losing your viriginity — one's out in theaters, the other on DVD — which one is best?
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Wedding Crashers (2005) - versus - The Wedding Singer (1998)— Reviews one film out in theaters against a related film available on DVD... and declares a winner...
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Beatlemania! — Newsweek's First Cover Article— The mainstream media of its time just didn't get the Beatles. You won't believe this coverage...
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Review: Rome - HBO's Toga Party!— HBO has put the sex back in ancient Rome and, by the Gods, it works!
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Won't You Stay Home, Cindy Sheehan?— Whatever your feelings on Iraq, it's time for the Cindy Sheehan news cycle to end.
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Six Feet Under: Rest in Peace— Every once in a while a TV show ends on its own terms. How odd for this to happen to a show about death.
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The Great Raid (2005) versus The Great Escape (1963)— Two World War II movies — one in the theaters, the other on DVD — which was the better film?
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Review: Four Brothers (2005) - versus - Boyz N The Hood (1991)— Director John Singleton has traveled a long way in 14 years. Question is: which direction?
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Watts Riots: "Burn, Baby, Burn"— It's been 40 years since the Watts riots. Read how Newsweek covered them in 1965.
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Not So Wild About Harry Potter— Harry and I have traveled a long path together but our journey is over. The magic is gone...
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Occupational Hazards: From Tokyo to Baghdad— On the 60th anniversary of victory in Japan, excerpts from a Newsweek cover-issue from 1945 have something to say about the current occupation of Iraq.
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Broken Flowers -versus- Lost in Translation: Review— Compares movie in theaters (Broken Flowers) with related film out on DVD (Lost in Translation)
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Review: Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl— Jeremy Irons played King Arthur in a one-night only performance of Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl.
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