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Call all Americans of Norweigan descent

Posted in Culture and Society, Television on Dec 16th, 2008 Comments

New reality show people. If you make it, I expect you to e-mail your favorite A&E reporter.
Here are the details:
The Producers of Norway’s version of “American Idol” and “Dancing With The
Stars” are coming to the U.S. to find fun, outgoing Americans with Norwegian
ancestry to participate in their exciting new reality television series “The
Great Norway Adventure.”
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Gene or Johnny?

Posted in Culture and Society on Dec 9th, 2008 Comments

Who’s the better Willy Wonka? Wilder or Depp?
I lean toward Depp. It’s a difficult decision, because I enjoyed Wilder’s performance in the 1971 film, especially when I was a little girl.
But Johnny Depp blows me away in almost everything I see him in. He’s got this nack of disappearing into his characters that few “stars” [...]

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Wally Lamb — read all about it in Thursday’s paper

Posted in Books on Dec 9th, 2008 Comments

In case you missed it, Wally Lamb is coming to the area. The famed writer will be appearing in Portsmouth, N.H., next Thursday (Dec. 18). I’ll post the link here when it’s up.
I had the chance to interview him about a week ago via telephone — he was a lot of fun to talk to.
While [...]

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‘Willy Wonka’ comes to Andover

Posted in Theater on Dec 8th, 2008 Comments

The clever folks over at Acting Out will be staging a special “Willy Wonka: The Musical” in at Andover’s Old Town Hall starting Dec. 12. For times and tickets click here.
The show stars local children and adults, in a colorful version of the popular story, made famously into two movies.
What makes the folks at Acting [...]

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