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Mary Hynes: Working for a chance at stardom
Special to The Herald-MailMary Hynes is going for it. Four years ago, she moved to New York with "$2,000 and a place to live for four months," and hasn't looked back. Today, the 28-year-old from Hagerstown is now a New Yorker, working every day for the chance to become a...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Manhattan (New York City), William Shakespeare, Arts and Culture, Rockefeller Center
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Being late -- I'm OK, that's OK
Editor's note: This column originally appeared in The Herald-Mail in 2011. Wait until later to do everything. OK. I just spent 20 minutes searching my computer for a young California friend's Facebook page for a post I thought I'd saved because I...Tags: Betty White, Mark Twain, Religion and Belief, Social Media, Philosophy
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Tech High team wins film festival award
The senior class of Digital Communications at Washington County Technical High School won the student segment of the Maryland International Film Festival Oct. 14. The four films shown at the competition were a mixture of professional, film school and...Tags: Movies, House (tv program), Entertainment
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Dana Carvey set to perform at Luhrs Center
amyc@herald-mail.comDo an Internet search for Dana Carvey and you will find the funny man has no official website, Facebook page or Twitter presence. When asked why, the 56-year-old Emmy winner reveals a hint of paranoia. "I feel like, if I can get at them, they can get at...Tags: Religion and Belief, Comedy (genre), Culture, Charlie Sheen, Arts and Culture
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'Paul': 'E.T.' it is not
Special to The Herald-MailYou know that move you do with your hand when you're unimpressed with something? The one where you stick your palm down, you either lay it flat or cup it slightly, and you tilt it from side to side? Perhaps no film has ever made me want to do that move...Tags: Paul (movie), Comedy (genre), Movies, Arrested Development (tv program) , Seth Rogen
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Passports present gay parent trap
timr@herald-mail.comI have always been strongly in favor of gay marriage because, in the words of Moe Szyslak, "the laughter of small children cuts through me like a dentist drill." I have also been a strong believer in the premise that if your parents didn't have any...Tags: Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Interior Policy, Winter Solstice
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Bernard 'Bernie' Sahlins dies at 90; co-founder of Second City
Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, co-founder and former owner of The Second City, the influential Chicago comedy venue that pioneered rapid-fire comedy sketches using ideas plucked from the audience, died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. His wife, Jane...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, University of Chicago, Television, Bernie (movie), Arts and Culture
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Stars of today and yesteryear brighten Just for Laughs
The TBS Just for Laughs comedy festival has wrapped for another summer in Chicago, having played out in venues changing from the Chicago Theatre to Stage 773. Here are reviews from select shows over the weekend; check back Tuesday for a report on Bill...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Chicago Loop, Seth Meyers, NBC (tv network), Arts and Culture
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Plaschke: NFL's Adam 'Pacman' Jones decision deserves penalty flag
The NFL's decision to allow troublemaker Adam "Pacman" Jones to speak at its upcoming annual Rookie Symposium isn't just comical, it's a "Saturday Night Live" skit. Does a league beset with off-field violence issues really want to make a role model...Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, National Football League, Gaming, Sports, Adam Jones (football)
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'Bernie' Sahlins, co-founder of Second City, dies at 90
Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, the co-founder and former owner of Second City and a crucial and essential innovator in the field of American comedy, died peacefully Sunday at his home, his wife, Jane Nicholl Sahlins, said. He was 90. It is hard to...
Tags: University of Chicago, Television, Bernie (movie), Arts and Culture, Bill Murray
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Christopher Guest shakes his 'Family Tree'
A powerful recurring motif in the varied works of Christopher Guest is the dummy. From early sketch comedy on "Saturday Night Live" through a series of mock documentaries, the looming figure is an essential part of the Guest aesthetic. It can be a...
Tags: Movies, Culture, Los Angeles Film Festival, Michael McKean, Arts and Culture
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L.A. Film Fest: Maya Rudolph on her many husbands of comedy
On Friday night at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the actress Maya Rudolph appeared at an event billed as "The Serious Business of Being Funny," in which she would discuss her comedic influences in an interview with Elvis Mitchell. A one-time "Saturday...
Tags: Movies, Los Angeles Film Festival, Arts and Culture, Barbara Billingsley, Airplane! (movie)
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