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Son of Hippies, Still Crazy

You can credit supportive parents or rail against impious youth, but Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is to brashly irreverent what Marge Simpson is to high hair.
(New York Times Television program guide)
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Have Mafia Movies
Been Done to Death?

Donnie Brasco retreads a time-worn vehicle.
Will mob movie go the way of the Western?
Mario Puzo and some other writers of the genre
give their opinions.

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Big Names for Such
a Newcomer

With only a no-budget independent film under
his belt, director Michael Corrente not only is
getting to put David Mamet's American Buffalo
on the screen, he's gotten Dustin Hoffman and
Dennis Franz to sign on.

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Reality Bytes: Animating
Human Beings

"Synthespians" are computer-generated actors,
and the notion is not far-fetched that they might
soon be giving the flesh-and-blood kind some
serious competition. Director James Cameron,
special-effects wiz Dennis Muren and others
discuss the prospect.

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A Magical Mystery Tour,
Via a Classic

Prize-winning illustrator Chris Van Allsburg
discusses the film adaptation of his children's
classic Jumanji.

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When Summer Stock
Is Not Enough

It may be a little, out-of-the-way place, but Theatre-by-the-Sea has international ambitions.

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Shiitakes and Stress
Down on the Farm

Growing mushrooms commercially is a
tricky business, and Connecticut's Franklin
Mushroom Farms has grown into one of
the largest such operations.
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