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TNT: Nixon & Kissinger (1995) Starring Beau Bridges & Ron Silver

Source:TNT Films– Ron Silver as Henry Kissinger. “Story of how Kissinger worked to try and end the Vietnam crisis while Nixon maneuvered to keep his political image strong until election time.” Source:TNT I saw this movie last night in preparation … Continue reading

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The Merv Griffin Show: Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda & Michael Douglas: China Syndrome (1979)

“Merv hosted a special show with all of the principal players from “The China Syndrome” a few weeks before its worldwide release in February of 1979. Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda discuss their acting styles and generally fawn all over … Continue reading

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The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Bill Maher (2012)

“Bill Maher on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – Must watch this!” Source:Celebrity Universe Going back three years here so I have to dig deep into my memory bank and see what is still there. Oh wait 2012 was … Continue reading

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Daniel J.B. Mitchell: ‘Ronald Reagan Campaigns For Harry Truman in 1948’

Source:Daniel J.B. Mitchell– Ronald W. Reagan, campaigning for President Harry S. Truman, in 1948. “Ronald Reagan – then a liberal Democrat – campaigns on the radio for President Truman in 1948. He also supports Hubert Humphrey for Senator from Minnesota … Continue reading

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Columbia Pictures: The China Syndrome (1979) Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda & Michael Douglas Star

“A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an “incident” at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the nuclear … Continue reading

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The Hollywood Reporter: Victims of Hollywood’s Blacklist

Source:The Hollywood Reporter I don’t think there’s anything more Un-American and Un-liberal democratic as punishing people simply because of what they believe and their politics. But that is what the U.S. House of Representatives decided to do in 1946-47 and … Continue reading

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Jnuss Bau: The Hollywood Blacklist: 1947-1960

. The late 1940s and all the way up to at least the mid-1950s or so was one of the most fascist illiberal and anti-liberal democratic periods of our time. I think elements of today’s Tea Party and the Ann … Continue reading

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Hoover Institution: Uncommon Knowledge With Peter Robinson: P.J. O’Rourke Reflects on Life in The Sixties to Today

. The Baby Boom is sort of tough for me to blog about as someone who was born in the mid-1970s the tail end of Generation X. And also as someone whose parents were born in the 1930s and are … Continue reading

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Queen Latifah: Jaclyn Smith Ageless Beauty

Source:The Daily Press The title says it all about one of the best overall looking women of all time. Here’s a women whose going to be 70 in October, 70 years old. A gorgeous and still baby-faced adorable red-head who … Continue reading

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Sony Pictures: Love Has Many Faces (1965) Starring Lana Turner

Source:IMDB– Lana Turner and Hugh O’Brien. Do we have your interest yet? “Rich playgirl Kit Jordan (nee Katherine Lawson Chandler) is in Acapulco vacationing with her current husband, Pete Jordan, formerly an American beach boy working the Acapulco shores for … Continue reading

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