Entertainment
The Reel Deal: Some Kind of Heaven
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
Located 20 miles from Ocala in central Florida, The Villages began decades ago as a sprawling trailer park before being reconfigured along the lines of such thriving retiree havens as Sun City, Arizona.
Sixties Flashback: POW! OOF! CRASH!
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Batman featured an ear-candy theme song, barbaric death traps, innovative gadgets, and repulsive villains (each one represented by a celebrity guest). The show was played for laughs all the way and poked fun at melodrama while injecting pop-culture references into the action.
It Was 50 Years Ago Today: ‘My Sweet Lord’
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
The Beatles ruled the music world from 1963 until 1970, when they released their Let It Be album. With the arrival of that LP, they collectively threw in the towel as the world’s top recording act, and each ex-member then went to work carving out his own solo career path.
Tinseltown Talks: Daughter Recalls Thanksgiving with Natalie Wood
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- Written by Nick Thomas Nick Thomas
With the holidays approaching, seasonal movie favorites will soon be inching their way into television schedules.
The Reel Deal: No Time to Die
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
An Aston-Martin sprays bullets from Gatling gun headlight cavities. Powerful motorcycles leap over low walls and roar across rooftops. Speeding high-end cars sail dramatically in slo-mo off steep cliffs.
When Bowling Dominated Saturday-Afternoon Television
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- Written by Barry Sparks Barry Sparks
While it may seem inconceivable today, there was a time when bowling dominated Saturday-afternoon television.
What? Paul McCartney is Dead?
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
In September 1969, the student newspaper at Drake University in Iowa published an article entitled “Is Beatle Paul McCartney Dead?”
Sixties Flashback: ‘It’s de Wolfman, Baybeee!’
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He couldn’t shapeshift into a wolf, and his real name wasn’t Jack. In fact, when he was born in 1938, Wolfman Jack was known back then simply as Bob Smith from Brooklyn.
It Was 50 Years Ago Today: ‘Fire and Rain’
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
He was just 22 when his introspective breakout single on Warner Records made James Taylor an international pop star.