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With his marvelous voice and fantastic appeal, legendary singer Tony Bennett has figuratively left his heart not only in San Francisco — to paraphrase the title of his signature song — but in many other corners of the world where his music has enjoyed immense popularity and acclaim.

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As mobster Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini had the kind of role that reached the very heights of popular culture — a character so famous we end up quoting him...

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It’s been scientifically proven that remaking Alfred Hitchcock always leads to disaster.

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So a couple of months ago, feminist and celebrated author of The Beauty Myth Naomi Wolf discovered that her, um, climaxing was no longer reaching the same heights as they did before.

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Just because one is an activist, that doesn’t mean one has to sacrifice one’s sense of style.

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Boxed sets of CDs make for great space savers and provide collectors with the best music from a particular artist or music genre.

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He was a small man who dreamed big, hit the highest heights and failed like few others.

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Pick your favorite Dennis Hopper moment. How about   Hopper as crazed Frank Booth in Blue Velvet, lifting an already deranged Lynch movie into some fourth dimension of dementia? (Discussing the comparative strengths of beers with Kyle McLachlan: “Heineken? F**k that s**t! Pabst Blue Ribbon!”)

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How to entertain yourself while waiting for appointments or sitting in traffic: reduce the plots of movies into haikus.

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It’s been scientifically proven that remaking Alfred Hitchcock always leads to disaster.

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Just because one is an activist, that doesn’t mean one has to sacrifice one’s sense of style.

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Boxed sets of CDs make for great space savers and provide collectors with the best music from a particular artist or music genre.

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He was a small man who dreamed big, hit the highest heights and failed like few others.

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Pick your favorite Dennis Hopper moment. How about   Hopper as crazed Frank Booth in Blue Velvet, lifting an already deranged Lynch movie into some fourth dimension of dementia? (Discussing the comparative strengths of beers with Kyle McLachlan: “Heineken? F**k that s**t! Pabst Blue Ribbon!”)

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How to entertain yourself while waiting for appointments or sitting in traffic: reduce the plots of movies into haikus.

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