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 https://youtu.be/zPjI1rSNRCc  An avid Charlie Chaplain fan, I learned when writing "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning" that Chaplin's last silent film was titled "The Circus". And so I bought the DVD to add it to my Chaplin collection. Needless to say, I invited my Wonder Bear book collaborator, Dibirma Jean Burnham and her husband over to watch it with me. Since the DVD included bonus features, after the movie was over we decided to watch the lengthy, 1928, silent newsreel footage of the movie's Los Angeles premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater -- soundless red carpet interviews and all. Well...

"Not Gonged! Baby boomers will fondly remember the wacky late 1970s NBC daytime amateur talent show, “The Gong Show,” which was hosted and run by the legendary Chuck Barris. The fun was watching the terrible acts whose performances would immediately be halted when one of the trio panelist judges hit the gong behind them. “Gong This Book! The Uncensored History of Television’s Wildest Show” (Bear Manor Media) written by TV game show historian, and researcher for Rochester’s Strong National Museum of Play, Adam Nedeff, is a brilliant and detailed recollection.      Nedeff interviews surviving “Gong Show” regulars Jamie Farr and Murray “The...

 COURTROOM DRAMAS ON THE STAGE - Volume II has been named a 2024 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD "DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE" in the RESEARCH category (listed alphabetically at "R":   https://www.independentpressaward.com/2024df 

Q&A with Kelley Simms, author and illustrator of “They Said It.”Please give our readers some background on your credentials as a journalist.I’ve been a graphic designer, illustrator, writer and a freelance music journalist for various magazines, newspapers, record labels and webzines for over 20 years. Although I’ve been published many times, this is my first book.Talk about the new book “They Said It.”—Entertainment’s Biggest Stars Speak. How did the idea come about?While employed as a graphic designer/illustrator/writer for Gannett Newspapers, Inc., I had hundreds of opportunities to interview and write articles of advanced previews of entertainers touring and making appearances...

A GILMORE GIRLS FESTIVAL IS  COMING TO CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 2024:October 18-20, 2024 there’s going to be a three day Gilmore Girls Festival in shoreline Guilford, Connecticut.  Tickets went on sale as of January 24th and are sold as a three day package.  No single tickets will be available.  It’s being organized and run by the “Fan Fest Society’s Firelight Event” and will take place primarily at the Guilford Fair Grounds  -- but numerous events will also be held across the town all three days.  For more information go tohttps://www.thefanfestsociety.com/the-firelight-event