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Mimi Rogers – Once More Around The Loop
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Mimi Rogers – Once More Around The Loop

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Mimi Rogers Once More Around The Loop by Jay S. Jacobs Mimi Rogers is nearly impossible to pigeonhole.  She is a beautiful actress who has never relied on her beauty, but instead on a fierce intelligence and talent.  She can play devastatingly dramatic roles in films like her recent acclaimed turn in The Door in the Floor as well spooky and … Continue reading →

Bret Harrison – That Airport Star
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Bret Harrison – That Airport Star

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Bret Harrison That Airport Star by Jay S. Jacobs Bret Harrison has been working in Hollywood for less than a decade but already he is making quite a name for himself. He has played significant roles in the series Grounded For Life and movie Orange County. Harrison was chosen by the producers of That 70s Show to replace star Topher … Continue reading →

The Transformation of Felicity Huffman
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The Transformation of Felicity Huffman

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF FELICITY HUFFMAN by Brad Balfour Although Felicity Huffman’s name has been before the public through the high-profile award winning ABC TV series Desperate Housewives, seeing her in Transamerica is the real shocker. In taking on the role of a man becoming a woman, Huffman tests her acting skills in ways the TV show could never possibly do. … Continue reading →

The Dick Cavett Show – Comic Legends (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Dick Cavett Show – Comic Legends (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Dick Cavett Show Comic Legends (Shout! Factory-2006) Everybody loves Dick, and these comic legends are not above getting hep to the times and letting it all hang out. Bob Hope, for instance, laments that he hasn’t taken the time to read more books. And a weary Lucille Ball, when asked about the Women’s Liberation … Continue reading →

MTV Video Music Awards – Rock and Hip Pop (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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MTV Video Music Awards – Rock and Hip Pop (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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MTV Video Music Awards Rock (Paramount-2003) and Hip-Pop (Paramount-2003) As always, Chris Rock says it best. While hosting the MTV Awards in 1997, he observes that a good video can lead you to like a bad song. And that’s pretty much what this MTV Awards collection – saluting this hip, attitudinal underdog of awards shows – should be all … Continue reading →

Charles in Charge – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Charles in Charge – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Charles in Charge The Complete First Season (1984-1985) (Universal-2006) Scott Baio, formerly of Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi fame, plays Charles, a stylin’ mid-80s college student (dig those skinny ties, suspenders and sweater vests) who decides to pay for his tuition and get free board by playing nanny for a suburban couple and their group of precocious kids. It … Continue reading →

Alyson Hannigan Makes Her Dates
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Alyson Hannigan Makes Her Dates

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ALYSON HANNIGAN MAKES HER DATES by Brad Balfour Though 29-year-old actress Alyson Hannigan made her rep as Willow Rosenberg, the dorky lesbian sorceress pal of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she has really established herself as a new comic talent through her work in films like those in the American Pie series of films and her new TV show How … Continue reading →

The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Electric Company The Best of the Electric Company (Shout! Factory-2006) HEY, YOU GUYS! Just when you thought you couldn’t recapture any more of your TV-watching childhood, The Electric Company has surprisingly and blessedly come to DVD. Nowhere near as good as you remember it – with crude graphics, cheesy synthesizers and overlong segments (it’s stuffed to the … Continue reading →

I Love Lucy – The Complete Fourth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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I Love Lucy – The Complete Fourth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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I Love Lucy The Complete Fourth Season (1954-1955) (Paramount-2005) Do we really love Lucy, or have we been brainwashed to think we do, like in The Manchurian Candidate? When the laughter subsides, is Lucy truly deserving of our love? Is she as overwhelmingly funny as we are led to believe? Does the Empress have no clown … Continue reading →

Music Scene – The Best of 1969-1970 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Music Scene – The Best of 1969-1970 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Music Scene The Best of 1969-1970 (Volumes 1 & 2) (MPI Home Video-2000) The train wreck that is Music Scene – an uncomfortable, pre-Saturday Night Live mix of youthful comedy and popular music – is worth watching if only for its noble attempt to do what it did before what it did was done right. This ABC variety … Continue reading →