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Tag Archives: Video

Lucas/Ain’t It Cool Imbroglio

Do not mess with George Lucas, or he will fry your ass: A 30-year-old former employee of “Star Wars” creator George Lucas’ northern California facility has been arrested for allegedly stealing images, storyboards and video files from “Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones,” including, according to the …

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Sex, Death and Videotape

The sordid, bifurcated life of Bob Crane comes to the big screen. I loved Hogan’s Heroes as a kid: I didn’t much care that a comedy about prisoners of war in WWll was in preposterous bad taste. The fantasy that the prisoners were actually empowered by their situation was the …

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Dell Dumping Dude?

You know you’ve reached a certain level of cultural penetraton when you are parodied on SNL. I vaguely remember a sketch from last Saturday’s show taking on Dell’s “Steven” character, their relentlessly cheerful and insistent pitchman. Well now the dude may be getting dumped: Dell Computer Corp.’s sales of personal …

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Kelly Sells

American Idol’s Kelly Clarkson has answered the first question of the rest of her life: can she sell records? The answer so far is a resounding “yes,” made all the more impressive by the overwhelming banality of her single: utterly generic pop/R&B balladeering. Perhaps the very blandness of the recording …

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Political Reporter: Heal Thyself

ABC’s daily political semi-blog, The Note, written by Mark Halperin, Elizabeth Wilner and Marc Ambinder, has some interesting rules for political coverage as the November elections creep closer: We are writing on the ABCNEWS blackboard 1,000 times each the rules of political journalism that we hope to follow assiduously for …

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NY Mayor Quits Parade Over Sopranos Flap

NY mayor Michael Bloomberg, told he couldn’t march with cast members from The Sopranos in the annual NY Columbus Day Parade, is staying home: The mayor even slipped in a little mob-speak about the tempest in a cappuccino cup caused by his invitations to Monday’s event. “I’m sort of walking …

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Hack

Michael Olshansky is a cabbie, the likes of which you only see in old movies. Played by David Morse, he of the perpetual hangdog expression, “O” (any similarities to the high school Othello are purely accidental) is a canned Philly cop with a penchant for helping passengers in trouble. This …

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Faith Hill on SNL

Faith Hill will make her SNL debut this Saturday, October 12 – Sarah Michelle Gellar will host: The singer will perform the title track and one other song from her upcoming album, Cry, which hits retail outlets Tuesday (October 15). LAUNCH spoke with Hill about appearing on the show. “I …

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ChAg to Sing at MTV Europe Video Awards

As if the appearance of P. Diddy wasn’t enough to suck me into the show!! Singer Christina Aguilera will perform alongside some of the biggest names in pop music at the MTV Europe Music Awards next month, MTV said Wednesday. Aguilera will join Coldplay, Enrique Iglesias, Robbie Williams, and Pink …

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