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	<description>Scott Marks - Film Reviews , Rants, Pop Culture Gossip and Movie Photo Gallery</description>
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		<title>Dig A Hole: Jesse Helms is finally dead!</title>
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Another piece of s&#8211;t has forever been scraped from off the shoe sole of life. &#8220;Morally sick&#8221; homosexuals and &#8220;Negroes&#8221; will rest better tonight knowing that on this, America&#8217;s Independence Day, they are forever free of the hate-spewing North Carolina Republican. Former U.S.  Senator Jesse Helms is at last where he belongs. He died [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/04/obituaries/dig-a-hole-jesse-helms-is-finally-dead</link>
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		<title>Dig A Hole: Larry Harmon, the Architect of Bozo</title>
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If you listen carefully, you can almost hear Ringmaster Ned blow his whistle and ask that time honored question, &#8220;WHO&#8217;S YOUR FAVORITE DEAD CLOWN?&#8221;
BOZO!!!
But wait, this isn&#8217;t some franchised clown clone sporting the traditional red, white and blue jumpsuit and sugar-cone-tipped orange hair. We&#8217;re talking the progenitor, apex and architect of Boz, Larry Harmon.
Well, not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/03/obituaries/dig-a-hole-larry-harmon-the-architect-of-bozo</link>
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		<title>Global Warming caused by Plasma Screen TVs?</title>
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Global Warming: Coming soon from a TV set near you.
Remember when your parents told you not to sit too close to your new 25&#8243; Zenith color TV for fear of radioactive contamination? You ain&#8217;t seen nothing yet! A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/03/news/global-warming-caused-by-plasma-screen-tvs</link>
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		<title>Judge allows Verne Troyer sex tape clip to return to TMZ</title>
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Here&#8217;s a shock: The co-star in the Verne Troyer sex tape is the one responsible for selling a clip of the video to TMZ.
After a 25-second snippet of the 50-minute video appeared on the celebrity gossip website, Mini-Me, alleging that the tape was stolen, sued TMZ for $20 Million. A judge ordered that it be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/03/rants/judge-allows-verne-troyer-sex-tape-clip-to-return-to-tmz</link>
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		<title>Will David Cronenberg&#8217;s opera fly?</title>
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Daniel Okulitch performs in a scene from David Cronenberg&#8217;s first opera, THE FLY
David Cronenberg, the father of modern horror, has an opera debuting in Paris tonight that&#8217;s creating quite a buzz.
Mr. Cronenberg will direct a new version of The Fly with Placido Domingo conducting a score by Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore.
 Shore, a childhood friend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/02/news/will-david-cronenbergs-opera-fly</link>
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		<title>Dig A Hole: Character actor Henry Beckman, Hollywood cop</title>
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Clockwise: Cmdr. Paul Richards in Flash Gordon (1955), Peyton Place&#8217;s George Anderson (1964) and as Alf Skully in Check It Out (1985)
Character actor Henry Beckman, a prolific 50s and 60s television staple, died June 17 in Barcelona, Spain. He was 86.
Mr. Beckman appeared in hundreds of TV shows, movies and commercials in the U.S. and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/01/obituaries/dig-a-hole-character-actor-henry-beckman-hollywood-cop</link>
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		<title>Report of Jerry Lewis&#8217; death is greatly exaggerated</title>
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No one loses&#8230;except maybe a Goddamn National Treasure!!!
It&#8217;s a big, wide, wonderful world we live in.
In Big Olly&#8217;s  Homeric tribute to the &#8220;long traditions&#8221; of clowns, the topic turns, as it must in all meditations on Punchinellos, to Jerry Lewis.
&#8220;I suppose I am drawn more to the maudlin and tedious clownish stylings of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/01/rants/report-of-jerry-lewis-death-is-greatly-exaggerated</link>
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		<title>Treasured Memories About Growing Up In Chicago, The Sequel: The Billy Goat Tavern</title>
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Credit anjan58 @ Flickr.com
How many nights did I close the Goats?
Long before John Belushi&#8217;s myth-making &#8220;Cheezeborger, Cheezeborger&#8221;  transformed the Billy Goat Tavern into a tourist attraction, it was my bar of choice and it remained that way until the day I moved. It was the great equalizer, a place to drink with friends who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/07/01/rants/treasured-memories-about-growing-up-in-chicago-the-sequel-the-billy-goat-tavern</link>
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		<title>False Facebook profile sparks landmark libel suit</title>
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The managing director of a British company that finds audiences for TV and radios shows appears to have attracted a one man following.
Grant Rapheal is accused of posted a false profile of his old schoolchum Applausestore.com&#8217;s Mathew Firsht on the social networking website Facebook. A fake entry was posted listing Firsht&#8217;s personal details and listing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/30/news/false-facebook-profile-sparks-landmark-libel-suit</link>
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		<title>TOP GUN San Diego BBQ restaurant burns to the ground</title>
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Photo Credit: Montykins.com
In a health conscious city known for sushi and sprouts, it is next to impossible to find good barbecue in San Diego. Last week&#8217;s blaze that gutted the Kansas City Barbeque cut locals&#8217; chances for good ribs in half. (I don&#8217;t count Tony Roma&#8217;s.)
The fire started Thursday in an open cooking pit. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/30/rants/top-gun-san-diego-bbq-restaurant-burns-to-the-ground</link>
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		<title>Review: WANTED / Timur Bekmambetov (2008)</title>
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Wanted (2008)
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Adapted from a comic book by: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas and Chris Morgan
Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and Terence Stamp
 Running Time: 110 min.
 Aspect Ratio: 
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
Remind me never to post images to the Image Vault before seeing a movie. My show of good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/29/rants/review-wanted-timur-bekmambetov-2008</link>
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		<title>TMZ ordered to take down Verne Troyer sex tape snippet</title>
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TMZ has been ordered to take down 25-second video clip showing ankle-high freak of nature Verne Troyer romancing a former girlfriend. Troyer claims that the sex tape was stolen from his home months ago.
CNN reports that on Friday, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order requested by Troyer&#8217;s attorneys that prevents porn distributors from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/27/rants/tmz-ordered-to-take-down-verne-troyer-sex-tape-snippet</link>
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		<title>Liza Minnelli: Former chauffer sues for rape, assault and battery</title>
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The Addams Family in happier times
What good is sitting all alone in your limo? Judy Garland&#8217;s daughter Liza Minnelli fought and won the battle to personally defend herself against claims she sexually forced herself on her former driver.
M&#8217;hammed Soumayah is suing the 62-year-old superstar for $50 - $100 million. Soumayah claims that in 2004, Minnelli [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/27/news/liza-minnelli-former-chauffer-sues-for-rape-assault-and-battery</link>
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		<title>Miley Cyrus says scandalous Vanity Fair pics made her &#8220;more relatable&#8221; to her fans</title>
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Miley Cyrus, who is like aging faster than one of Charles Shaw&#8217;s grapes, is like finally speaking out about her recent Vanity Fair photo scandal.
The fifteen-year-old star, who is like now in the third season of the Disney Channel&#8217;s ridiculously popular Hanna Montana,  told Billboard Magazine, &#8220;I was embarrassed, but also it&#8217;s like, every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/27/rants/miley-cyrus-says-scandalous-vanity-fair-pics-made-her-more-relatable-to-her-fans</link>
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		<title>Mindy McCready arrested for parole violation&#8230;again!</title>
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Looks like Mindy McCready has a thing for jail. TMZ reports that on Monday, the country and western &#8220;singer&#8221; was once again arrested in Tennessee for violating her probation.
The violation occurred when McCready allegedly falsified information on her community service report. She turned herself into the Williamson County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and was free after posting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/26/rants/mindy-mccready-arrested-for-parole-violationagain</link>
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		<title>Mini-Me Verne Troyer sues TMZ.com for $20 Million over Sex Tape</title>
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While his latest film The Love Guru continues to attract dozens of patrons nationwide, pint-sized Verne &#8216;Tripod&#8217; Troyer&#8217;s upcoming release could rake in millions. After TMZ released a 25 second clip of Mini-Me in action with a former girlfriend, Verne Troyer filed a $20 million lawsuit, claiming the website violated his rights by publishing and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/26/news/mini-me-verne-troyer-sues-tmzcom-for-20-million-over-sex-tape</link>
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		<title>115 Treasured Memories About Growing Up In Chicago</title>
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In no particular order:
1. Santa’s Village (East Dundee) - The first franchised theme park. No matter how hot it got, there was always that thermodynamic marvel, the outdoor slab of ice that never thawed. 2. Hollywood Kiddieland (Devon &#38; McCormick) - A great thrill for any child was a ride to a birthday party on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/26/rants/115-treasured-memories-about-growing-up-in-chicago</link>
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		<title>Mini-Me Verne Troyer stars in sex tape</title>
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TMZ.com has obtained footage from a sex tape starring everyone&#8217;s favorite dwarf Verne Troyer. Since former Howard Stern wack-packer Hank Nassif drank himself to oblivion, it appears as if Troyer is vying for the prestigious title of Verne, the Angry Drunken Dwarf.
The video, undoubtedly shot on macro-cassette, depicts Troyer and his former live-in girlfriend at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/25/rants/mini-me-verne-troyer-stars-in-sex-tape</link>
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		<title>KPBS Film Club reviews THE WACKNESS, MONGOL, UP THE YANGTZE, SAVAGE GRACE &#038; MOTHER OF TEARS</title>
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Olivia Thirlby in THE WACKNESS
Good show today, but I can&#8217;t believe how much mileage we got out of Mongol. Glad that Tom didn&#8217;t see Savage Grace (most decidedly not for him), but I wish that he would have been able to catch The Wackness. It&#8217;s got Fudge written all over it.
The Argento discussion could have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/25/kpbs-radio-shows/kpbs-film-club-reviews-the-wackness-mongol-up-the-yangtze-savage-grace-mother-of-tears</link>
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		<title>Frankly, Scarlett, Barack Obama doesn&#8217;t give a damn about your emails</title>
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Scarlett Johansson, star of Ghost World, Match Point and Lost in Translation, has been an Obama supporter since before the first Democratic caucus in Iowa. In an interview with Politico, the 23-year-old actress talks about emailing Obama her thoughts on his performance after some of the debates.
Johansson was rightfully shocked that a man with Senator [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/25/news/frankly-scarlett-barack-obama-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-your-emails</link>
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		<title>On tomorrow&#8217;s KPBS Film Club of the Air</title>
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Tomorrow&#8217;s show will be unprecedented: we&#8217;re coming up on July and I like all five of the films we are reviewing and only two are sub-titled!!! This doesn&#8217;t happen in winter let alone summer.
Tune in tomorrow to hear Beth Accomando, Tom Fudge and your obedient servant when we review Mongol, Savage Grace, Mother of Tears, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/24/news/on-tomorrows-kpbs-film-club-of-the-air</link>
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		<title>Battling Coreys: Did Michael Jackson molest Feldman and/or Haim?</title>
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Looks like The Two Coreys is must-see TV.
On Sunday&#8217;s installment, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim went at it swapping shocking admissions of rape and molestation that leave many questioning  whether Michael Jackson laid a glove on the boys.
Feldman threatened that he can &#8220;destroy&#8221; Haim, who then fires back with astonishing claims. &#8220;You let me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/24/rants/battling-coreys-did-michael-jackson-molest-feldman-andor-haim</link>
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		<title>Don Imus strikes again; Questions Pacman&#8217;s color</title>
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Meeting of the Minds
Last year, Don Imus, was fired for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball a bunch of “nappy-headed hos.’’
The only person that came to Imus&#8217; defense in the wake of the scandal was Howard Stern who suggested that his arch rival not only refuse to apologize, but that he tell all his detractors to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/24/news/don-imus-strikes-again-questions-pacmans-color</link>
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		<title>Dig A Hole: Dody Goodman</title>
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 Dody Goodman as Martha Shumway in MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
Dody Goodman, the pixyish Southern belle comedienne/character actress know for her appearances on Jack Paar&#8217;s couch as well as the mother on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Blanche Hodell in both Grease movies died Sunday at the age of 93.
Born Dolores Goodman in Columbus, Ohio [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/23/obituaries/dig-a-hole-dody-goodman</link>
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		<title>Dig A Hole: Mr. George Carlin</title>
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$h[+! The last thing that I wanted to do tonight was bid farewell to the paladin of stand-up.
George Carlin, one of the most influential stand-up comic of this or any other generation, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday. He was 71.
George Denis Patrick Carlin was born in New York City [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/23/obituaries/dig-a-hole-mr-george-carlin</link>
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		<title>Jamie Lee Curtis stole drugs from sister to get high</title>
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Jamie Lee Curtis: Reformed Everything
There is nothing worse than a reformed druggie, especially one that can&#8217;t seem to get her career back on track.
In a frank interview (aka: a desperate endeavor to get people to notice her), Jamie Lee Curtis told More Magazine that she was once so desperately hooked on drugs that she stole [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/22/rants/jamie-lee-curtis-stole-drugs-from-sister-to-get-high</link>
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		<title>Danny Thomas at Chicago&#8217;s 5100 Club (1943)</title>
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Located at 5100 N. Broadway Avenue, The 5100 Club was a forerunner of contemporary stand-up comedy clubs. When struck by a sentimental pang, my mother would pull out the enormous satchel that housed the Marks/Aaronson Tribe Archives.
This 5 x 8 souvenir photo was taken April 4, 1943. Mom spoke very fondly of the nights she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/22/image-blog/danny-thomas-at-chicagos-5100-club-1943</link>
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		<title>Charlie Sheen apologizes for calling vanilla Denise the &#8216;N&#8217; word in a profanity laced phone message</title>
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Charlie Sheen should be hired to write the next Martin Scorsese movie. These nasty answering machine auditions, written by the actor, house the most authentic dialog this guy has ever delivered.
Three-and-a-half years ago amidst their messy divorce, Charlie left Denise Richards a couple of recently leaked phone messages. No audio, yet, but if it&#8217;s out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/21/news/charlie-sheen-apologizes-for-calling-vanilla-denise-the-n-word-in-a-profanity-laced-phone-message</link>
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		<title>Review: UP THE YANGTZE / Yung Chang (2007)</title>
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The Yu family on the banks of the Yangtze 
Up the Yangtze (2007)
Written and Directed by Yung Chang
Photographed by  Shi Qing Wang
Starring: Cindy &#38; Jerry
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 min.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Warm jazz and those slow, smooth camera moves the Italians are best known for. Instead of taking a cruise on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2008/06/21/reviews/review-up-the-yangtze-yung-chang-2007</link>
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		<title>New Photos Added: Dolly Parton, Cary Grant, Mae West, John Ford, WRITTEN ON THE WIND, Sexy Smokers, Pope John XXXIII, Travis Bickle, etc.</title>
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Drew Barrymore - 2 Photos from Cat&#8217;s Eye (1985)
Howard Hawk&#8217;s Bringing Up Baby (1938) - 5 New Photos Added

Celebrity Endorsements
Travis Bickle for Underhill Records
Dolly Parton Wigs
Cary Grant - 10 New Photos Added
Howard Hawks&#8217; Land of the Pharaohs (1955) - 1 New Photo Added
Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin &#38; Harpo Marx
Logos
Shaw Scope Logo

All-Star Myra Breckinridge Lobby Card [...]]]></description>
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