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RIP: Joan Rivers Dead at 81

Controversial comic Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81 in the wake of a medical treatment gone wrong that left her on life support. Rivers went into cardiac...

Gandhi: 1982 Best Picture

“Gandhi” won 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, at the 55th Academy Awards. Not bad at all out of 11 nominations. “Tootsie” had 10 nomination and...

Chariots of Fire: 1981 Best Picture

At the 54th Academy Awards “Chariots of Fire” won Best Picture, over the highly favored “Reds” (12 nominations), as well as “On Golden Pond” (10), “Raiders of the Lost Ark”...

Dallas (TNT): Hurt Recap

There really was a lot of weird stuff going on in “Hurt”, the 11th episode of Season 3 of Dallas (9/1/2014). Like Emma weeping from afar at Drew’s funeral, then...

Ordinary People: 1980 Best Picture

“Ordinary People” won Best Picture and Best Director at the 53rd Academy Awards, beating “Raging Bull”, “The Elephant Man” and “Tess”. Two biographical films about living people got the top...

Sunny Recap: Ray Donovan

Last week in Walk This Way, Conor wanted the family, and he got the family in all its dysfunctional glory with a misspelled birthday cake to boot. In tonight’s episode,...