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Debbie Nathan Uncovers The Real “Sybil”
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Debbie Nathan Uncovers The Real “Sybil”

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Debbie Nathan Uncovers The Real “Sybil” by Ronald Sklar A new book reveals that the sensational multiple-personality story was just that — a story. In 1973, Flora Rheta Schreiber wrote about the treatment of Sybil Dorsett (a pseudonym for Shirley Ardell Mason) for multiple-personality disorder (sixteen separate personalities in all!). The disturbing book touched a … Continue reading →

Mark Shriver Writes About A Good Man
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Mark Shriver Writes About A Good Man

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Mark Shriver Writes About A Good Man by Ronald Sklar Mark Shriver writes a book about his dad, Sargent Shriver, first director of The Peace Corps and avid letter writer. Mark Shriver recently published a memoir about his father, called A Good Man, [Henry Holt & Company] shortly after Sargent’s death from Alzheimer’s disease in … Continue reading →

Dan Cortese Goes for the Record
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Dan Cortese Goes for the Record

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Dan Cortese Goes for the Record by Ronald Sklar America’s favorite dudebro is back with a hit show and a shout out to the iconic MTV Sports. TruTV bills itself not as reality TV, but as “Actuality.” True that. Its new hit series, Guinness World Records® Gone Wild, scored a whopping 1.4 million viewers in … Continue reading →

Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho on The Company You Keep
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Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho on The Company You Keep

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Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho Learning About Life and History From The Company They Keep by Jay S. Jacobs About the time that the Weather Underground was forming and gaining infamy for their sometimes violent protests, Robert Redford was well on his way to becoming one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.  Butch Cassidy & the … Continue reading →

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review

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THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (2013) Starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin, Jay Mohr, Michael Bully Herbig, Mason Cook, Luke Vanek, Zachary Gordon, Brad Garrett, Fiona Hale, Gillian Jacobs, John Francis Daley, Richard Wolffe, Erin Burnett and David Copperfield. Screenplay by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein. Directed … Continue reading →

Laura Prepon – Kitchen Confidential
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Laura Prepon – Kitchen Confidential

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Laura Prepon Kitchen Confidential by Ronald Sklar “I tend to play women who are intelligent and confident, not these little naïve girls,” Laura Prepon tells me. “I had moved out of my house when I was 15. Maybe it’s from that. I don’t know. But it’s a compliment that people think I have my stuff … Continue reading →

Down the Shore (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Down the Shore (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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DOWN THE SHORE (2010) Starring James Gandolfini, Famke Janssen, Joe Pope, Edoardo Costa, John Magaro, Gabrielle Lazure, Kate Skinner, Ruza Madarevic, Johann Benét, Christian Welter, Emma Canot, Steve Moreau, Bill Slover, Tom Schimpf, Jon Randazzo and Ellen Wolf. Screenplay by Sandra Jennings. Directed by Harold Guskin. Distributed by Anchor Bay Media.  93 minutes.  Rated R. … Continue reading →