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...referred to people like Woody Allen and Ricky Gervais as comic influences. What is it about them? How would you characterize your particular comedy? I really like just super dry comedy. Obviously Ricky Gervais is the master of that, that's why I use that reference. Right now, that show Eastbound & Down by Jody Hill on HBO I think is genius. I like comedy that makes you cringe because it's uncomfortable, but at the same time you're laughing your ass off. (Read a Q&A with Eastbound & Down's Danny McBride...
...made money from his TBS superstation and the Atlanta Braves, bought MGM/UA, a blending of two legendary film companies - one the dominant and most glamorous studio from the '20s to the '50s, the other a kind of filmmakers' cooperative that nurtured indie-minded directors from D.W. Griffith to Woody Allen - both of which had fallen fallow. Almost instantly, Turner was obliged to sell the studios and their California real estate; but he held on to the library of 3,000 old MGM, Warner Bros., UA and RKO films. These were the programming staples for his TNT channel (Turner Network Television...
...Joan Crawford, John Garfield) and probing issues of bygone days (political messages in '50s genre films). These give context to the programming and serve as valuable extras on TCM DVDs. The policy also means that my long-TIME colleague, Richard Schickel - who's done exemplary studies of Scorsese, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard for TCM - doesn't have to go on food stamps. The channel runs some Schickel doc nearly every month. Tune in for a fun film education. (See Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel's All-TIME 100 Movies...
...most overtimes played in an NBA playoff series in history--in only six games. It has played 7 overtimes, the previous record was 4. Heroic performances and huge moments have been a staple in this series. Game 6 alone included Joakim Noah's epic steal and dunk, Ray Allen's antics, which included several ridiculous shots and 51 points, and Derrick Rose's game-sealing block, which was one of the finer feats of athleticism FlyBy has ever seen. This was all in one game, folks. All games other than #2 include equally ridiculous and pressure packed moments...
...Allen Counter, a Harvard Medical School professor and the director of the Harvard Foundation, was stopped by police while walking through the Yard. A black high school student was confronted by HUPD officers when trying to remove a lock from his bike...