Monday, March 19, 2007

Live With Regis & Kelly (Monday, March 19, 2007)

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Isn't it weird when you're half-watching a morning talk show and, out of the blue, someone drops the word Scranton ? As with The Ell...
Monday, March 05, 2007

Scranton Native/Author Lauren Weisberger to Speak in Scranton September 6th

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Scranton native and bestselling author Lauren Weisberger ( The Devil Wears Prada ; Everyone Worth Knowing ) with return to the city of her...
Thursday, March 01, 2007

W-B/Scranton In Entertainment Blog Now Available as RSS Feed via Feedburner

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The Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Entertainment Blog is now available to subscribe to via a RSS feed through Feedburner . To subscribe to ...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Daniel McDonald (1960-2007)

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Being a huge fan of Broadway, I was shocked and saddened when I read yesterday that Scranton native and Broadway actor Daniel McDonald die...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

"South of Scranton" by Peter Blume (1931)

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Peter Blume (American, born Russia, 1906–1992) South of Scranton, 1931 Oil on canvas; H. 56, W. 66 in. (142.2 x 167 cm) George A. Hearn Fund...
Saturday, January 20, 2007

Mary McDonnell (1952- )

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Actress Mary McDonnell is a renowned stage and screen actress with two Academy Award nominations to her credit. She has appeared in several...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

James Karen (1923- )

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Have you ever seen an actor in a movie or on TV, then see him again and again in other movies and on other TV shows and think, "Wait a ...
Friday, January 05, 2007

Remember The Night (1940)

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UPDATED 12/2/10 Don McKeon has sent us another Scranton reference from a classic film: "I had another great surprise hearing the name...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday with William Dufty (1956)

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When legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday published her autobiography Lady Sings The Blues in 1956, she included a blink-and-you'll...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Brian Ufberg, Film Editor

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Film editor and NEPA native Brian Ufberg (right), with fellow film editor Mick Austley and Brian's agent Julie at a concert on Santa Mo...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

ACTOR RAINN WILSON, "DWIGHT" FROM TV'S "THE OFFICE" TO APPEAR AT SCRANTON'S STEAMTOWN MALL DECEMBER 17TH

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Actor Rainn Wilson , who plays Dwight on the NBC Emmy-winning sitcom The Office (set in Scranton, PA ), will make an appearance at Scranton...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Robert May, Film Producer

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Though technically not from Wilkes-Barre or Scranton , film producer Robert May was born and raised in Dallas, PA in Luzerne County . Ma...
Monday, November 27, 2006

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, November 27, 2006

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It's always interesting when you're watching a talk show and a guest or audience member happens to mention that he/she is from Scran...
Monday, November 20, 2006

Santo Loquasto (1944 - )

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Photo courtesy of AP Photo Archive Being a huge fan of the films of Woody Allen and having seen Julia Roberts's Broadway debut in Thr...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Green Acres (1965), Season 1, Episode 14

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Don McKeon emailed me with the following: "There is an episode of Green Acres entitled 'What Happened in Scranton?' which ai...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Bob Roberts (1992)

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In 1992, Tim Robbins wrote, directed and starred in the political mockumentary Bob Roberts . This satirical film tells the story of fiction...
Thursday, September 14, 2006

George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)

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Don McKeon , who has given us many Scranton references in entertainment in our blog, recently emailed us again: "I came across another ...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Charles MacArthur, Author and Playwright (1895-1956)

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My sincerest thanks to DMS, the curator of the James MacArthur (son of playwright Charles MacArthur) website, for their generous permission...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Sonny Burke, Songwriter (1914-1980)

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Songwriter and Scranton native Ned Washington has a lot in common with songwriter Sonny Burke . Like Washington (who composed songs for ...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Mike Hill, Research Assistant to Author David McCullough (1776), Has A Local Connection

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Norma Reese , one of my favorite patrons (and a true princess of local history), recently told me of a connection between Pulitzer Prize-win...