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The 2015 Oscar awards were most interesting this year on a variety of many levels. A new new, openly Gay, irreverent host; most of the awards going to one of the better films; grown men weeping, "American Sniper" shutout, J.K. Simmons finally wins, and Oprah is sovereign.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:56 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Often described as the modern day Jimmy Stewart, Tom Hanks has the versatility of character adaptation to play roles that his audience identify with, especially in roles that offer him the range to be the quintessential American.
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 10:23 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Robert Duvall has the rarefied purpose of being among a handful of my favorite actors.
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 2:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always enjoyed film reviews ... well some of them. Obviously our readers do too.
Published: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 @ 6:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rows and flows of angel hair ... And ice cream castles in the air ... And feather canyons ev'rywhere ... I've looked at clouds that way ... as is the first stanza of Joni Mitchell's classic "Both Sides Now."
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 12:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced that five North Carolinians from diverse artistic traditions will be awarded the state's Heritage Awards, May 20, 2014 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera House in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Andrew S. Griffith was born on June 1, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, a small rural community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tonight is Oscar Night. Many of you are watching some are not, but not to worry if you can't get that French production designer's name just right.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2012 @ 8:30 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Better late than never as we take a pictorial stroll through Washington, North Carolina's Harbor District: Or is it Washigton's Art District?
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2010 @ 10:40 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Andrew Wyeth, the great American artist that was forever maligned by the "Art Heavies," never bowed to their shallow criticisms by compromising his artisitic integrity.
Published: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Wilmington native Claude Howell was considered one of the North Carolina's artistic treasures.
Published: Saturday, November 14th, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
By: Bryan Oesterreich
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Yes, it is a Syndrome, and it influences what passes for art in our world growing smaller.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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The Turnage Theater was one of two movie theaters in downtown Washington when I was a child. The other was the Meritta on the south side of West Main Street.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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