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John Waters' 'Hairspray' keeps its hold on us
"Hairspray" is the product that just keeps giving. In 1988, John Waters added indelibly to his in-a-class-by-itself filmography with this tale of youth, love, race relations, and irrepressible dancing in early-1960s Baltimore. Fourteen years later,...
Tags: John Waters, Entertainment, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Television, Manhattan (New York City)
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Robert Chew, Proposition Joe of 'The Wire,' laid to rest in Baltimore after stirring service
The Baltimore SunIt was standing room only Thursday as family, friends and admirers of Robert Francell Chew said goodbye with a spirited and moving celebration of life ceremony for the actor known as Proposition Joe. More than 100 persons crowded into the chapel at...Tags: Morgan State University, Entertainment, Heart Failure, Celebrities, Teachers
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Kevin Spacey brings star power to 'House of Cards'
It was a steamy weeknight in July on Centre Street, and the extras in black tie were flagging. The $100 million series "House of Cards" was prepping a crowd scene outside the Peabody Institute, across from the Midtown BBQ & Brew. For more than two hours,...
Tags: American Beauty (movie), Robin Wright, Se7en (movie), Television, Media Industry
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Kevin Bacon, Poe and Sandy Hook -- 3 things you should know about 'The Following'
The Baltimore SunNo network midseason show has generated more buzz than "The Following," which premieres Monday night on Fox. There are three reasons for that: First, Kevin Bacon is the star, and he's better than most network television actors. Here he plays an angry,...Tags: Entertainment, Television, The Sopranos (tv program), The Following (tv program), Kevin Bacon
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PASSINGS: Robert F. Chew, Taiho
Robert F. Chew Baltimore-based actor on 'The Wire' Robert F. Chew, 52, an actor and teacher who portrayed the drug kingpin Proposition Joe on the HBO series "The Wire," died Thursday of apparent heart failure in his sleep at his Baltimore home,...
Tags: Morgan State University, Homicide: Life on the Street (tv program), Wrestling, Heart Disease, Sumo Wrestling
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Goldberg: Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their...
Tags: James Cameron, BBC, Cinema Industry, Elections, Norman Lear
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Baltimore-based Veteran Artist Program seeks to propel veterans into mainstream arts community
When bad luck struck, John Mann was all but certain that he'd have to abandon his dreams. In 2005, Mann was a 28-year-old film school graduate who was just starting to make inroads in the difficult East Coast television industry. He hoped to one day...
Tags: Fine Artists, U.S. Department of Defense, Annapolis, Arts, Artists
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Biblioracle: The outer limits of TV
I have a long love of television. Growing up in Chicago during the broadcast-only days of channels 2, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 32, I would be up early to watch the test pattern before the day's programming had even begun. After-school hours were reserved for...
Tags: Entertainment, Television, The Brady Bunch (tv program), Homeland (tv program), Downton Abbey (tv program)
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The world now knows Baltimore as a city of champions [Editorial]
"We won!" people around here shouted Sunday night as the Ravens took their second national championship in Super Bowl XLVIII. Those two words are significant. It wasn't just the Ravens who won. It was also "we," as in those who live and work in the...Tags: Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, Sports, Michael Phelps
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The Ravens won this Super Bowl for Baltimore, for all of us
"Baltimore!" It was the first thing Ray Lewis said as he stood on the field, Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand, confetti drifting down around him. He'd said it before, three times in a row, at the Ravens send-off the week before. "Baltimore! Baltimore!...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys, Bryant McKinnie, Sports
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Ravens fans blog their Super Bowl trips
Leading up to and after the Super Bowl, we'll be sharing dispatches sent to us by Ravens fans going to New Orleans. We hope that "Super Fans: A fan's-eye view of XLVII" allows the rest of Ravens Nation to share in their experience. Posts will be...
Tags: Pat O'Brien, Baltimore Ravens, Ray Lewis, National Football League, American Football Conference
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New Releases: 'Searching for Sugar Man' and more
Searching for Sugar Man Sony, $30.99; Blu-ray, $35.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Detroit-based singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodríguez couldn't get any airplay in the U.S. in the '70s with his soulful, political folk-rock, but his 1970 album,...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Blu-ray Discs, Errol Morris, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (movie)
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