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Elmo puppeteer resigns from Sesame Street
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/20/35743/ It was the clash heard round the schoolyard. Kevin Clash, the puppeteer and longtime voice of Sesame Street's beloved Elmo, has resigned after a second allegation that he had sex with minors. TMZ reported last week that Sheldon Stephens, …
Today on Cinema de la YouTube: Boxcar Bertha
Given my co-blogger's deep love for Mr. Scorsese and his deep antipathy for the laptop screen as a display option for film (hey, at least it's not a telephone!), I suppose it's not surprising that he neglected, in his birthday …
Bob Hope's Palm Springs digs up for sale
$45 million, no questions asked
Legendary was Toluca Lake where Bob Hope decreed his stately joke vault. Today, almost as legendary is Hope's high desert Xanadu, world's largest private pleasure ground, complete with a restricted 200-holer. Here, in the sweltering heart of Palm Springs, a …
Today is Scorsese's birthday!
Let all children sing His praise
I first see Him on the screen of the open sewer that was the Howard Theatre on Howard St. underneath the el. With all due respect, Marty, my 17-year-old butt is there based solely on the Boxcar Bertha spread in …
VHS Blowout!
You remember VHS, don't you?
Seriously, this is awesome. And because it's Kensington Video, you know you're not going to be stuck slogging through '80s workout tapes and Pauly Shore comedies. Instead, you'll find entire BBC series, genuine classics, and beloved trash. Check it out. …
Opening this week
"Abe, darling, I know you saved the Union and all, but do we have to bring that flag everywhere we go?" Yes, we knew that it was a dicey move to have Mr. Marks, Spielberg fanboy extraordinaire, review Lincoln. You'll …
Twilight! Twilight! Twilight! Twilight!
It's over!
Well, my review is up, not that it's going to sway all the people who were going to see it anyway. Alas, I didn't enjoy it as much as the last one. Interesting moment from the closing credits during the …
Free movies of the week: Hitchcock's earliest surviving film unearthed
Long thought lost, "The White Shadow" (1924) debuts on National Film Preservation Foundation website.
Pictured: Betty Compson in "The White Shadow" (1924) Normally the Free movies of the week column runs on Friday, but news like this demands our attention. A 30-minute segment of The White Shadow, the earliest surviving film that Alfred Hitchcock …
Dig a hole: Elvis outfitter Bernard Lansky
Garment king to the King dead at 85
Bernard Lansky was a Memphis-based schmate-peddler whose tips on sartorial nuance helped to establish a young Elvis Presley's signature clothing style. It was Lansky who swathed Presley in his trademark pink and black shirts, pegged pants, two-toned shoes, and other …
A further look at the trailer for 21 & Over
Goose, gander, etc. After slapping quotes from the down-with-drinking Smashed trailer under images from the up-with-drinking 21 & Over trailer, I figured it was only fair to pull the reverse. So, without further ado, a few quotes from 21 & …
Amazing Grace and the Maestro
An interview with "The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn Part 2" cast members Maggie Grace and Mia Maestro
Let's be honest: my knowledge of and appreciation for the Twilight series is negligible at best. I love Taken and wanted to meet Maggie Grace and get my picture taken with her. It was hinted by a colleague that I …
A closer look at the trailer for 21 & Over
So I'm watching the trailer for the AA drama Smashed... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHqKc0Fqa08 (Actually, I was watching this version, sponsored by someone called Cieon Movies, but it wouldn't embed.) And about halfway through, a lil' picture pops up in the upper left …
Beard power
Greatness is but an accessory away
Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis is commonly thought of as the best actor working in Hollywood today. How does he do it? The answer: an artful combination of facial hair and hats! Acting, schmacting! Bored at work? See if you can …
DVD Rentals: Lilith
Jean Seberg & Warren Beatty star as inmates in director Robert Rossen's stylish insane asylum
I head up to Burbank for a little R&R and wind up with the flu. What better way to pass the time than by sleeping and watching old movies? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/13/35404/ Dave Kehr called Lilith a complete contradiction of director/social critic …
James Bond, still a pig
I mean, it's one thing to enjoy Bond's piggishness; it's another to deny it.
Remember when James Bond converted lesbian Pussy Galore to Team Peen by tossing her around a hayloft? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pUXH1Bye88 Ooh, sexist. (I can't get over the hilarious violins.) But that was then, and this is now, at least, according to Yael …
Judy Garland's Oz dress fetches over the rainbow price at auction
The blue gingham dress that Dorothy Gale wore on her journey to Oz was sold to the highest bidder last weekend at Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills Gallery. An unnamed Judy Garland fetishist forked over $480,000 — minus $143 for Martinizing …
Lux@Night
Merriment, goods, art
Lux@Night & Lux Trunk Show takes place this Wednesday, November 14, at 7:00 p.m. Guests can view museum works, and peruse goods by Housegoods, Tammy Spencer, and Tatiana Zay. There will also be live music, food trucks, and a chance …
Jimi Hendrix full Woodstock set gets theatrical screenings in Nov/Dec
In Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's birth, fans will — for the first time ever — see his complete August 1969 Woodstock concert in select cinemas, with screenings in late November and early December. Hendrix 70: Live …
Free movies of the week: First films
First films by Scorsese, Jane Campion, David Lynch, Buster Keaton, and more
Opening night as MoPA's inaugural film curator was a black tie, members-only affair. Since the occasion was the christening of a new temple in which to watch movies, why not kick things off with a series of first films by …
A closer look at the trailer for World War Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk "I'm not gonna force you, but don't pretend you're not well-suited for the job." And why would Brad Pitt be well-suited for the job of taking on a zombie apocalypse? Oh, that's right... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/09/35231/