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War of the Worlds

It’s the 71st anniversary of Orson Welles’ airing of "War of the Worlds" when Americans were so gullible they thought we were being attacked by Martians. No one’s that gullible today. Look, there’s a boy in a balloon… - Jimmy Fallon

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Timothy Bateson obituary

British character actor whose role in Waiting for Godot led to more than 50 years on stage, television and film Timothy Bateson, who has died aged 83, was a character actor of boundless versatility and great warmth of personality who will always be remembered for playing Lucky in the controversial British premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Arts Theatre, London, in 1955. The production,...

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Great Movie Speeches and Scenes

Danny DeVito in Other People's Money . Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman . Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons . John Belushi in Animal House . Jeff Daniels in Gettysburg . Orson Welles in The Third Man .

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Citizen Kane: the greatest film ever made?

I wouldn't blame you if you were put off by the title of this post. After all, it's a pretty moot point which people will continue to argue over, disagree about and use as a subject for television documentaries probably for decades to come. And whenever these discussions kick off, Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane always gets mentioned, much to the annoyance of those people who don't rate it very...

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Mark your calendars: The Downfall of Osen

Japanese film director Kenji Mizoguchi was admired by the likes of Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard and Akira Kurosawa for his work. He began his career with remakes of German Expressionistic films and adaptations of O’Neill and Tolstoy. Later he moved towards realism, spending much time documenting Japan’s change from feudalism into modernism [...]

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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes

"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list! AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Gone with the Wind (1939) “Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara. The Godfather (1972) “I’m...

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The Fourth Kind: Milla Jovovich Is a Doctor? May We Check Her Credentials?

Seventy-one years after Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast snookered a gullible American public with its real-time alien-invasion scenario, writer-director Olatunde Osunsanmi tries a similar gambit, albeit with less showmanship than Welles had in his pinky finger. Likely rus...

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McKay's Welles---witty, charming, bombastic and mercurial--an Oscar?

Yes, Christian McKay looks a lot like Orson Welles in the utterly charming holiday comedy Me and Orson Welles, also starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes and Ben Chapin. He's tall and a little beefy, as Welles was during his Mercury...

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Cinema's most enduring citizen

Twenty-five years after his death, Orson Welles still holds an almost magical grip on cinema buffs’ imaginations

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Trek: War of the Worlds

For a Halloween treat you can listen to many Star Trek actors do War of the Worlds on radio. I am a huge Trek fan, so this should be fun This Halloween (Saturday, October 31) from 10 pm - midnight on 89.3 KPCC , L.A. Theatre Works will air a sci- fi double bill: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells was adapted by Howard Koch and stars John de Lancie , Meagan Fay, Jerry Hardin, Gates McFadden, Leonard...

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War of the Worlds as told by Star Trek actors

Leonard Nimoy and other actors from Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation recreate the classic radio thriller War of The Worlds by Orson Welles. You can listen to it here . (Thanks Sir Thomas)

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Friday, October 30, 2009

tenebrous \TEN-uh-bruhs\, adjective: Dark; gloomy. Tenebrous derives from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae, "darkness." mantrum when a grown man throws a tantrum when he can't have his way. Rick had a mantrum when he found out he couldn't have McDonald's for dinner Trivia When it comes to animal life, what’s a pumpkinseed? A small, speckled freshwater fish with an orangish breast and...

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Paralyzed in Paradise

El sueño del Día de los Muertos “Italy is falling apart from within and they cannot even see it.” I dreamt that I awoke in my bed at 4:00 AM, as the parrots outside were screeching from the bitter wind and cold that was driving them insane. At 8:30 there would be a meeting I had to be at, and the month was finishing up disappointingly. “There is too much wine. It is...

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Daily Chat 30/10/09

Guangzhou was sacked by Arab and Persian pirates in 758. Prince Wilhelm of Denmark became George I, King of the Hellenes, in 1863. Orson Welles's radio broadcast of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds created panic in several locations across the United States in 1938, as listeners thought they were hearing a real news broadcast. Jackie Robinson, of the Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs, signed a contract...

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Halloween Tricks and Costumes

by Jo Robertson Halloween isn’t really an official “holiday,” but you wouldn’t know that by the antics of high school and elementary students during the week of the big event. They come to school dressed in all kinds of getups and engage in all sorts of antics as they prepare for the Big Day. I always got a kick out of my seniors getting in the spirit. Since they were high on...

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"The War of the Worlds" by Josep Maria Subirachs

 The War of the Worlds  by Josep Maria Subirachs - worldgallery

On October 30th 1938, Orson Welles (1915-1985), under the seal of CBS, adapted the classic " The War of the Worlds " to a radio script, based upon the science fiction novel by HG Wells. The introduction of the program explained that this was a dramatization of the novel by H. G. Wells. Those listeners who tuned in the broadcast and did not hear the introduction thought it was a real news broadcast,