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    The Career Slump That Never Was

    MARCH 1, 2012 12:30PM

    By Mitch Baker


    Topics: woody allen, movies, oscars

    • 3 Ratings
    • 700 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    FAVORITE SCENE IN A MOVIE #5 Woody Allen's 1972 Sex Romp

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 1:04PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: salon after dark-lite, definitely tongue in cheek, humor, satire, sex, open salon, sperm, dr.david reuben, gene wilder, woody allen, comedy, movies

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    Costumed Parties, Pt. 4: Seduction by Shadow & Candle Light

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 10:59AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: john alton, french revolution, spartacus 1960, stanley kubrick, barry lyndon 1975, the black book 1949, reign of terror 1949, narrative elements of film, kinetic elements of film, color cinematography, black-and-white cinematography, huac, hollywood ten, planned parenthood, acorn, bertolt brecht, dalton trumbo, agora, i claudius, cousin bette, bbc, bonnie and clyde 1967, mash 1970, sex in cinema, a dangerous method 2011, painting with light (1949), robbespierre, joe mccarthy, film noir, ryan o'neal, william makepeace thackery, martin scorsese, albert finney, tom jones 1963, point of order 1964, trumbo 2007, michael douglas, nathan lane, citizen cohn 1992, darkness at high noon 2002, carl foreman, stanley kramer, arthur miller, elia kazan, the crucible 1996, on the waterfront 1954, mccarthy era, robert deniro, woody allen, george clooney, good night and good luck 2005, robert downey jr, john payne, silver lode 1954, high noon 1952

    • 11 Ratings
    • 609 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    2012 Oscar Nominee List--BSB Style

    JANUARY 25, 2012 9:19AM

    By bluestocking babe


    Topics: oscars, the artist, moneyball, hugo, the help, midnight in paris, the descendants, war horse, extremely loud and incredibly close, margin call, paradise lost 3: purgatorym, the girl with the dragon tatoo, rooney mara, george clooney, jean dujardin, berenice bejo, brad pitt, woody allen, martin scorsese

    • 2 Ratings
    • 881 Views
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    Golden Globes gets it mostly wrong

    JANUARY 16, 2012 8:30PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: woody allen, viola davis, tilda swinton, steven spielberg, spielberg, shame, ryan gosling, rooney mara, roger ebert, owen wilson, oscars, oscar bait, octavia spencer, movies, michel hazanavicius, michael fassbender, meryl streep, martin scorsese, leonardo dicaprio, lars von trier, kristen wiig, kate winslet, joseph gordon-levitt, jodie foster, jean dujardin, hollywood, golden globes winners, golden globes, glenn close, georges melies, george clooney, film reviews, film review, film, entertainment, christopher plummer, charlize theron, bradd pitt, brad pitt, berenice bejo, alexander payne, academy awards, ', "we need to talk about kevin", "war horse", "the iron lady", "the ides of march", "the help", "the girl with the dragon tattoo", "the descendants", "the artist", "the adventures of tintin", "sideways", "my week with marilyn", "moneyball", "midnight in paris", "melancholia", "hugo", "election", "citizen ruth", "carnage", "bridesmaids", "beginners", "albert nobbs", "about schmidt", "50/50"

    • 2 Ratings
    • 328 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The 2012 Golden Globes: The Taming of Ricky Gervais

    JANUARY 16, 2012 5:48AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: music, television, fashion, comedy, movies, fx, pbs, mildred pierce, kate winslet, enlightened, laura dern, episodes, matt le blanc, a separation, madonna, boss, kelsey grammer, downton abbey, beginners, christopher plummer, salma hayek, antonio banderas, my week with marilyn, michelle williams, game of thrones, peter dinklage, jessica lange, awards shows, the oscars, celebrities, movies, american horror story, midnight in paris, woody allen, hugo, martin scorsese, the adventures of tintin, jane fonda, felicity huffman, william h. macy, octavia spencer, jean dujardin, the artist, the descendants, george clooney, claire danes, homeland, starz, showtime, modern family, abc, hbo, luther, the iron lady, idris elba, meryl streep, ricky gervais, golden globes 2012, ram productions international, michael russnow

    • 0 Ratings
    • 321 Views
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    Twittering: "What Would YOU do, Hugh the Borg?"

    JANUARY 5, 2012 8:45PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: truffaut, fahrenheit 451, interactive media, julie christie, bert and ernie, the matrix, twitter, woody allen, annie hall, stephen sondheim, follies, ticketmaster, bernadette peters, jan maxwell, dorothy collins, alexis smith, blythe danner, polly bergen, one more kiss, treat williams, gutenberg, opinion polls, audience participation

    • 1 Ratings
    • 250 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Throw me a line

    DECEMBER 30, 2011 5:37PM

    By Claudia Sternbach


    Topics: literature, autobiography, novel, warren beaty, woody allen, rock and roll, robert mapplethorpe, love, books, water, rope, reading, life, patti smith, joan didion, fredrick morton, lisa see, diane keaton, reviews, memoirs, memoir, 2012, 2011, must-reads, books

    • 0 Ratings
    • 53 Views
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    Birdmonster II

    OCTOBER 25, 2011 2:09PM

    By Kate Mohler


    Topics: halloween, woody allen, love

    • 3 Ratings
    • 200 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    "BULLY FOIL" - Be A Comedian! (OC)

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 3:01PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: humor, belief/religion, stand-up comics, comedians, getting started, open call, woody allen

    • 0 Ratings
    • 653 Views
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    The Progressive Meme Shop

    AUGUST 17, 2011 12:52PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: viralocity, iconability, meme factory, north pool, everyone for himself economy, dog eat dog economy, meme shoppe, meme shop, mutator, replicator, laughable ideas, manipulative memes, progressive memes, philosophy shop, meme boutique, frank lutz, word doctor, plays one on tv, words refract thought, mad men, me!me!, branding+herding, attention economy, daniel rigney, danagram, open+call, politics, business, news, midnight in paris, woody allen, owen wilson+midnight, non-anti-intellectual. half-imagining, orwellian is good? fresh air+terry gross=fank luntz, emotional minipulation, rwellian, bell-bottom words, frantic attention economy, attention economy, progressive meme shop, counter-shop

    • 2 Ratings
    • 630 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    God and Death in Houston

    AUGUST 13, 2011 11:32PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: contemplating the eternal variables, politics+religion, politics, comedy, humor, gentile woody allen, existential uncertainty, half-packing, man about home, tragicomedy, don’t overthink, prayerapalooza, political prayer, perry+prayer, gov. perry, rick perry, anti-intellectualism in american life, anti-intellectualism, intellectual misdemeanor, don’t overthink this, act of intellect, comic relief, existential dread, sickness unto death, fear and trembling, houston, houston, back porch players, what is open call anyway?, open call, danagram, daniel rigney, play it again sam+woody allen, god and death, without feathers, woody allen, always look on the bright side of life+monty python, news, family, belief/religion, shallow south, notoriously non-christian, shallow south, pondering the imponderables

    • 0 Ratings
    • 92 Views
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    Midnight In Paris Slugs Along Without a Real Story

    JULY 24, 2011 12:00AM

    By Anthony Oaks


    Topics: nostalgia, midnight in paris, woody allen, movies, film

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    Unconventional Worlds: The Baseball Card Show

    JUNE 28, 2011 12:48AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: open+call, travel, fashion, rimshot, baseball tradition and heritage, heritage jerseys, heritage uniforms, heritage cereal, heritage+tradition+old, comedian cards + jokers, comedian cards + baseball cards, comedian cards, feminism, business, twilight zone, cultural worlds, subcultural worlds, old texas, new texas, players in the game of sports memorabilia, players in the game of sports collectibles, memorabilia, woody allen, nostalgia shop, midnight in paris, used card dealers, negro league + grays, alfred schutz+phenomenology of the social world, finite provinces of meaning, baseball cards, football cards, trading cards, sports collectibles, sports memorabilia, comedian trading cards, doll world, stamp world, wealth world, bridal extravaganza, gun show, astrologers + astronomers, florida marlins, 1997 world series, honey nut cheerios box, aunthentic+authenticated, authenticated+autograph, commercializers, card collecting, bob uecker + baseball card, bill rigney + baseball card, joe garagiola + baseball card baseball+twilight zone, jack kemp + football card, maria sharapova, casey stengel + you can look it up, comedy, humor, unconventional worlds, houston reliant center, daniel rigney, danagram, you wouldn’t understand + it’s a baseball thing, new texas, old texas, social conventions, sports

    • 0 Ratings
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    Where do our phobias come from?

    JUNE 26, 2011 6:30PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: wordsworth, woody allen, university of virginia, reincarnation, phobias, open call, mri scan, ian stevenson, hershey bar, claustrophobia, buried alive

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 1528 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Was I a Character in a Woody Allen Movie?

    JUNE 23, 2011 12:21PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: midnight in paris, woody allen, stardust memories, everything you wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask, take the money and run, bananas, judith crist, film, movies, sharon stone

    • 19 Ratings
    • 1687 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    La Vie en Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris

    JUNE 11, 2011 7:45AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: midnight in paris, woody allen, cannes, movie review, paris, the jazz age, a moveable feast, hemingway, owen wilson, rachel mcadams, kathy bates, carla bruni, adrian brody, marion cotillard, woody allen films, entertainment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1471 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Degrees of Infidelity – Which is Worse?

    JUNE 8, 2011 2:34PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: woody allen, shania twain, robin williams, open call, jude law, john edwards, dominique strauss-kahn, cheaters, cad-o-meter, bill clinton, arnold schwarzenegger, anthony weiner

    • 0 Ratings
    • 617 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    "ZELIG" meets "WHERE'S WALDO"...Woody's Latest!

    JUNE 6, 2011 3:05PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: travel, poetry, comedy, movies, gay/lesbian, news, gossip, photography, paris, france, midnight in paris, woody allen, owen wilson, rachel adams, gertrude stein, pablo picasso, salvadore dali, scott fitzgerald, zelda fitzgerald, ernest hemingway, abe vagoda, dame edna, mia farrow, open call, writer, director, stand-up comic, zelig, where's waldo, crimes & misdomeanors, manhatten murder mystery, small time crooks, radio days, broadway danny rose, match point, hollywood ending, sweet & lowdown, movie stars, celebrities, cannes film festival, music, humor, movie review, major fan, literary salon

    • 1 Ratings
    • 784 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Open Salon weekend box office in review (06/05/11)

    JUNE 5, 2011 11:49AM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: x-men: first class, woody allen, universal, summer 2011, midnight in paris, hangover 2, fast five, dreamworks, bridesmaids, box office (weekend rundown), 20th century fox

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