Wednesday, December 29, 2010

According to New Issue of Entertainment Weekly, Blue Valentine Expands Release January 14, 2011

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This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly (#1136, January 7, 2011) features not only a rave review of Blue Valentine (pps. 50-51) but ...

Official Website for Broadway Revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season

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www.thatchampionshipseason.com
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Welcome to Scranton by Greg Halpin (2010)

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I recently became aware of a new novel by Scranton native Greg Halpin titled Welcome to Scranton , which is set in the Electric City . From ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

1940 Christmas Classic Remember The Night, Featuring A Brief Reference to Scranton, Airs on Christmas Eve on TCM

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Turner Classic Movies will be broadcasting the 1940 Barbara Stanwyck/Fred MacMurray holiday film Remember the Night on Christmas Eve at mi...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Blue Valentine Wins Appeal From MPAA; NC-17 Rating Overturned To An R With Zero Cuts To The Film

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Great news. The MPAA has overturned the NC-17 rating on the Derek Cianfrance -directed Blue Valentine (which was filmed in Scranton and p...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Limited Engagement of Jason Miller's That Championship Season Opens on Broadway March 6, 2011

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The upcoming limited engagement Broadway revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season begins previews February 9, 2011; the show...
Monday, November 29, 2010

"John Updike's Pennsylvania," Filmed at Scranton Public Library, To Air on PCN Starting December 3rd

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John Updike's Pennsylvania with Journalist Frank Fitzpatrick (Philadelphia Inquirer), which was filmed at Albright Memorial Library on...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Official Theatrical Poster For Blue Valentine Released - What Do You Think?

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The Weinstein Company has released the original theatrical poster art for their upcoming release of Blue Valentine , filmed partly in Scran...

Blue Valentine Article in This Week's Entertainment Weekly (#1129, November 19, 2010)

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Check out this week's issue (The Holiday Movie Preview) of Entertainment Weekly . Pages 62-66 feature an excellent article on the upcom...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Jason Miller's Son Jason Patric, Keifer Sutherland to Star in Broadway Revival of That Championship Season

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Official casting has been announced for the Broadway revival of Scranton's Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize/Tony Winning play That Cha...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

That Championship Season to Be Revived on Broadway in 2011?

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UPDATED 11/2/10 It is being reported that That Championship Season , the Pulitzer Prize - and Tony Award-winning play by Scranton's ow...
Monday, October 18, 2010

"Lackwanna Twilight" from Honey and Salt by Carl Sandburg (1963)

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At the conclusion of his profile of his life in the Aug./Sept. 2010 issue of Irish America magazine , the late actor/playwright Jason Miller...

The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin (2009)

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My friend and colleague Michele L. is an ace at finding Scranton and Wilkes-Barre references in books because she has eagle eyes and read...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Blue Valentine Is Showing at the Philadelphia Film Festival This Friday and Saturday (October 15th and 16th) (And YES! SPL IS In The Final Cut)

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I just got an email from Rich Drees, Editor and Publisher of FilmBuffOnline.com , who told me that Blue Valentine will be showing this we...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Aloha Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini (2010)

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My lovely colleague Judi Keller recently told me of a couple of Scranton references in The Aloha Quilt , the 15th book of the popular Elm S...

Jason Miller Profiled in Irish America (August/September 2010)

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My colleague Evelyn Gibbons told me that Scranton's late Jason Miller was profiled in the August/September 2010 issue of Irish Americ...
Saturday, October 09, 2010

Gasland, Directed by Wayne County Native Josh Fox, To Be Released on DVD December 14, 2010

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It has been announced that the documentary Gasland , written and directed by Wayne County native Josh Fox , will be released on DVD on Dec...
Friday, October 08, 2010

Uh Oh! "Blue Valentine," Filmed Partly In Scranton Public Library's Reference Department, Slapped With NC-17 Rating

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It is being reported that Blue Valentine , the critically acclaimed film that was the toast of this year's Sundance Film Festival and ...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010

The Obama Diaries by Laura Ingraham (2010)

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The fact that Vice-President Joe Biden was born in Scranton has been included in a number of recent political books, written by both cons...
Monday, October 04, 2010

Percival's Planet by Michael Byers (2010)

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My dear friend and colleague (and fellow avid reader), Michele L. , just finished the novel Percival's Planet by Michael Byers and told ...