AMANDA GLAM
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Amanda Escapes with Romantic Comedies (and George Clooney) When things get rough I tend to look for distractions. And for this entertainment writer, that means going to the movies. Not true crime, heavy drama or heaven help me, superhero flicks, I want a good old-fashioned romantic comedy.
BY AMANDA [email protected] | November 4, 2022 at 4:19 p.m.
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The new Fall line-up includes Abbott Elementary, Ghosts, So Help Me Todd, Monarch, Alaska Daily and Quantum Leap...
September 23, 2022 at 5:11 p.m.
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Not Okay, French Exit, and Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris It’s been more than 10 years since your Amanda was last in Paris. It’s been many more years than that since I co-starred in three French Spaghetti Westerns, including the underground favorite Les Mains Pleines de Francs, or A Handful …
BY AMANDA [email protected] | September 9, 2022 at 3:21 p.m.
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Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, (PG) and Luck, (G)
BY AMANDA [email protected] | August 12, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.
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I’m not sure how much the Emmy Awards matter. The audience for the awards that claim to acknowledge the best in television, gets smaller every year, even as the number of shows and networks gets larger...
BY AMANDA [email protected] | July 29, 2022 at 3:47 p.m.
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What Amanda’s WatchingElvis, Top Gun: Maverick, Thor and the Minions seem to have gotten many of the last holdouts back to the movie theater. That doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to watch on the small screen. And by plenty, I mean way too much. So once again, let Amanda be …
BY AMANDA [email protected] | July 14, 2022 at 4:53 p.m.
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ELVISI am on the record in this publication as not being a fan of Australian director/auteur Baz Luhrmann. Far from prolific, Luhrmann has still managed to direct two of my least favorite movies of the past 25 years, Australia (2008) and his last film, 2013’s heaven-help-me 3-D The Great Gatsby. …
BY AMANDA [email protected] | June 30, 2022 at 4:06 p.m.
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Emma Goes to Hollywood Note: My daughter Emma Glam, who is even more devoted and schooled in film than yours truly, agreed to write this guest column on our recent trip to Hollywood...
BY AMANDA [email protected] | June 16, 2022 at 4:44 p.m.
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As I am writing this column, I am just recovering from watching the finale of the NBC series This is Us. My daughter Emma and I have been devoted fans of the popular drama about the Pearson family since its premiere in 2016, and we have not missed an episode …
BY AMANDA [email protected] | June 6, 2022 at 7:02 p.m.
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Our friends at PBS have brought us Great Performances for 50 years and many of the series highlights have showcased music. On May 13, the series premiered the big-time London production of the 2021 revival of the classic Broadway musical Anything Goes starring Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney...
BY AMANDA [email protected] | May 19, 2022 at 3:55 p.m.
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Welcome Back, Nicholas Cage The Unbearable Weight of Massave Talent (R) and Pig (R)...
May 5, 2022 at 4:37 p.m.
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When I am on a plane, I always watch one of two things, reruns of Everybody Loves Raymond or movies I kind of wanted to see when they came out but I missed and then never thought of again until they showed up on my airplane entertainment guide...
BY AMANDA [email protected] | April 21, 2022 at 5:22 p.m.
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Kudos to CODAIn a previous column I expressed my affection for the Apple+ film CODA. On Sunday, at the Academy Awards show, everyone was talking about it for the wrong reasons...
BY AMANDA [email protected] | April 6, 2022 at 4:57 p.m.
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March is Women’s History Month. There have never been so many female-focused programs on TV...
BY AMANDA [email protected] | March 10, 2022 at 12:38 p.m.