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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!
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...
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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