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Not long ago I reported of a Bob Marley documentary by the man who revolutionized documentary-making, Martin Scorsese. I was kinda excited and everything because Scorsese is known for his edgy style. Still, a documentary is no movie, for the ones tha...
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This has got to be one of the weirdest pieces of news I've written about so far this year. I mean, seriously, who would want to see a movie about George Bush? Would you? Would I? OK, I think I would go see it just so I can trash it later in my r...
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If ever there was a man that contributed more to good digestion, then that man is David Attenborrough. What does my digestion and one of the world's most renowned naturalists have in common? Well, everybody knows that I like to watch nature show...
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What do you get when your father is so famous that you could ask for the moon in the sky and, within half an hour, you would have it on a silver platter in front of you? Or when your daddy dearest is so concerned about your future (like any other fat...
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This is another story of Hollywood's leading ladies, one who managed to change the way in which we regard women in general (both on screen and in normal life) and who gave notable performances in roles that have since become legendary. Today we ...
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John Woo is not a name that everybody would know, mostly because his art is not meant for a very wide audience. For instance, a teenage girl will never appreciate a John Woo movie in its complex entirety, especially when there are so many soapy roman...
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Anyone who knows good music knows who Celine Dion is and how important her contribution is to it. While the general consensus seems to be that this Canadian-born singer's style is definitely not for everyone and that most of those who constitute...
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Sorry lads, today it's not about a bodacious babe or even a sultry vixen of the silver screen, it's about one of Scotland's sons, a "clansman", the other great name to come out of that country since Sean Connery. Does the nam...
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Few know today's stunning birthday lady as Lucy Lawless, and even fewer as Lucille Frances Ryan. But I strongly doubt there are too many of you who don't know who Xena, The Warrior Princess is, since the fandom of this character and the tel...
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There are a bunch of people today that fight against beauty pageants so ferociously you'd think that their lives depended on them, but the truth is that as long as girls continue to make it big following a victory into one of these contests, the...
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Hollywood has rarely seen such a rapid rise of a young star as it did with Keira Knightley, the British young lassie who, in just a matter of a couple of months, from an unknown actress became the number one 'It' girl. She is pretty, she is...
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When you want to watch a movie that will basically change your whole view on the world and leave you wondering what in the hell is wrong with some people, who's the man you turn to? That's right, the master of the uncommonly grizzly flicks,...
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Call him Jacob Rubestein, or Jack Ruby or 'Sparky', a mobster and a hustler or just a good businessman, or you can call him whatever you like because, either way, the name you use to refer to him is not going to change the fact that history...
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Who hasn't heard of Harry Houdini? Every man, woman or child on this planet who has a minimum interest in magic knows that Harry whipped the crowds into a frenzy with his uncanny talent of getting out of the most "sticky" situations. A...
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'Entre los individuos, come entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz' - 'Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace' Every once in a while, history gives birth to real heroe...
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Well, her name is quite a mouthful, there is no doubt about that, but the Southern belle is much more than a pretty name and a pretty face. In fact, today she is one of the best paid actresses in Hollywood with a couple of awards under her belt. The ...
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Americans, just like any other nation in this world, need their heroes, and in the early days of their history few names managed to stand out of what seems today to have been a true land of all opportunities. In a time when justice was made with gun ...
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A psychologist, philosopher, novelist and inventor, Skinner was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. The way he lived his life and his theories were often disputed, most of the times ridiculed and rarely accepted as irrefutable p...
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There are many talented black women out there, but when it comes to versatility and class, Vanessa Williams takes the cake (in fact, she steals the whole damn show). The cool thing is that she is aware of the influence she has on the younger generati...
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Today is another occasion to learn a lesson from history because, in all fairness, there is no better place to learn what not to do than from past mistakes. On March 16, 1911, Dr. Josef Mengele, later known as the Angel of Death or the Great Selector...
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I choose my favorite actors based on how strong their performances are and how believable their characters end up. Judging an intense performance by actor Gary Sinise in the Oscar-nominated "Forrest Gump" I immediately decided that this man...
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We often hear jokes about Tom Cruise or John Travolta and the Church of Scientology and Xenu and aliens but chances are that, so far, you have never realized how much truth there is to them. Yes, there is a Church of Scientology (duh!); and yes, it i...
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Guys, I know you're gonna enjoy this one, Eva Longoria has got to be one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood today and, wouldn't you know it?, she's Latina. It would seem that most of the women you drool after in your meaningless ...
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When you've been around the showbiz industry as long as this fellow, you're bound to pick up a few awards along the way, even if out of sympathy, except in the case of Billy Crystal it was cuz he's a talented... everything. I mean the ...
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It seems I get my wish today, because after all those actors and singers, I finally get another gangster bio ('bout time if you ask me!) and not just any wiseguy, but the well-known Sammy the Bull, reputed underboss of the Gambino crime family a...
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Before Rambo, Terminator or Universal Soldier were the legendary figures they are now, there was Chuck Norris. Before kickass movies became the hottest thing at the box-office, there were Chuck Norris movies. Some say that even before the world was c...
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It's a well-known fact that the end of the 90s spawned a new breed of teenage actors who would take Hollywood by storm so I guess the appropriate word would be a teen actor revolution. Among those teens we also find the shy-looking but talented ...
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Being the first man in space might not sound like too much of a difficult thing today but back in the 60s it seemed something out of science fiction movies. Yet, this man, Yuri Gagarin, had the courage and determination to be the first ever person pr...
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Before we start with today's biography, let me just send all my best wishes to every and any woman reading these lines as today is International Women's Day, you girls make this world go round, thank you for that! Right, now that we got tha...
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'El escritor escribe su libro para explicarse a sí mismo lo que no se puede explicar' (In rough translation: 'The author writes his book to explain to himself that which cannot be explained') - this is probably the best way in whi...
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