04/24/12

We Need a Girls of Our Own

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Sometimes, I get annoyed at HBO. It reinforces the notion that you have to pay extra money on top of the outrageous cable fees to get better television shows. But I can't really argue, because those shows are just so good.

During the spring and summer, most network TV series are winding down, but HBO is just ramping up with a slate of new shows—and they're getting killer reviews. Take

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04/17/12

What Archie and Goodnight Moon Have in Common

While courtroom dramas often make for great TV and movies, in real life, legal wrangling can be a snooze. Sometimes, though, they're even better than television and movies—or at least stranger. Recently, two such cases came to mind in our area: one at Archie Comics and one with the beloved children's book Goodnight Moon.

Right now, a huge dispute going on for control of Archie Comics in Mamaroneck. I know we most often associate Archie with Riverdale, but, in the early 1980s, the office was moved to Westchester by two lifelong pals, Richard Goldwater and Michael Silberkleit, the sons of the original...

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04/10/12

Zip it! Local Filmmakers Premiere Documentary at Tribeca

Quick: Do you know who sat in Rush Limbaugh's radio-host chair before the big dittohead? Three local filmmakers—Seth Kramer of Red Hook, New York; Daniel A. Miller of Cold Spring, New York; and Jeremy Newberger of Yorktown Heights, all from the Garrison, New York-based Ironbound Films—certainly do. The three were fans of the controversial Morton Downey, Jr. long before they knew each other. Recently, they made a documentary about the firebrand talk show host. Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie will have its premiere on April 19 at the Tribeca Film Festival, which will also host three other screenings of the movie.

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04/03/12

Theater Review: Legally Blonde at the Westchester Broadway Theatre

Photo by John Vecchiolla

Legally Blonde is what Grease would be if Sandy demanded that Danny meet her more than halfway—then proved that she was tougher than his greaser friends anyway.

The musical follows the same basic plot as the 2001 film, which starred Reese Witherspoon. Elle, a driven ditz from Malibu, gets dumped by her college sweetheart, who insists he needs someone more serious as he embarks on the next...

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