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50 glorious years of 'kill da wabbit' |
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Written by Steve Watt
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
 At any other time, the film would not have been made. Imagine the pitch: "Let's steal time and funding from our other projects so we can go way over budget making a cartoon with no jokes, and no real gags. The score will be a German opera. Kids won't get it. Most adults won't get it, but I don't care because I think it's funny." Fortunately, the time was 1956, the director was Chuck Jones, and the place was the Warners Bros. backlot animation studio dubbed "Termite Terrace." The result – released 50 years ago this week – was "What's Opera, Doc?," voted by animators in the 1994 book The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals to be the greatest cartoon of all time. |
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ESPN Miniseries 'The Bronx Is Burning' Recalls ????77 N.Y. Yankees |
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Written by JRay
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Sunday, 08 July 2007 |
 After airing original feature films The Junction Boys and 3, ESPN further solidifies their sports movie leadership with The Bronx Is Burning, an eight-part miniseries that begins Monday night at 10pm on ESPN. Anyone old enough to remember the 1977 N.Y. Yankees can imagine them as the focus of an 8-hour film (based on Jonathan Mahler’s bestseller). Semi-lovingly called “The Bronx Zoo,” the Yanks were the first superstar team of baseball’s free agent world, a collection of egos and grit owner George Steinbrenner bought for one reason: to win a World Series for the first time in 15 years. |
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'Supergirl' Joins 'Smallville' |
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Written by tristancol
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Thursday, 05 July 2007 |
 The sixth season of Smallville may have concluded less than a month ago, but hype is already building for the show's seventh. Making her debut in the series next season will be Kara Zor-El--better known as Supergirl--Gough told TVGuide.com. Kara is Clark's cousin and will not only possess many of the same powers as Clark, but a few more as well. "She has all of Clark's powers and a couple he doesn't have yet," Gough told TVGuide.com. "She can fly. And her response when Clark asks why is 'obviously girls mature faster than boys.'" |
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The Complete Box Set of Super Mario 3 on DVD June 26th |
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'Reaper' Grabs 'Heroes' Femme Fatale |
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Written by JRay
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
 When last seen, Missy Peregrym's character on "Heroes" was sidelined by angry tigress protecting her cub, Nikki Sanders.Peregrym, who played Candice Wilmer, the illusionist with the Cheshire cat smile on "Heroes," has sidelined Nikki --- Nikki Reed, that is -- and has been cast as the female lead on the CW's upcoming show "Reaper," according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Reaper" is an hour-long supernatural-themed dramady about 21-year-old slacker Sam (Bret Harrison) who ends up becoming Satan's bounty hunter, charged with retrieving souls lost from Hell. |
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