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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 23
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 23

The Naperville Public Library has long served as a cultural hub for the community, and few of its programs have cultivated a more devoted following than the Retro Reel screening series curated by Sreepathy. Now in its 23...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 22
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 22

The Ox-Bow Incident When the law takes the law into its own hands… Slice and dice it anyway you want, but majority is just a number. Its voice has volume, but it may not necessarily be valid. It has might, but it may not...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 21
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 21

Munich Revenge tastes sweetest, till we realize that we are inevitably diabetic… As individuals, as groups, or as nations, the urge to respond with force to an act of evil is very real and natural. Let’s not be naïve, or...

Madonna now in controversy with Polish priests
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Madonna now in controversy with Polish priests

Madonna –the woman always in controversy She is to be discussed in a Polish exorcist meeting as reported by ( A secretive 5-day meeting to held in Poland by priests who are trained in taming and defeating the demons will...

Penelope Cruz to be the next bond girl
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Penelope Cruz to be the next bond girl

Penelope Cruz will be the next bond girl. This Oscar-winner will be playing the Bond Girl in Sam Mendez’s follow-up to Skyfall that released last year. She sets the record to be the oldest Bond Girl. Cruz will be 40 next...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 18
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 18

A r g o Here’s the kind of movie that makes movie-watching worth its while. “Based on a true story.” That ubiquitous line from many a movie’s beginning never sounded truer or more authentic than from Argo (2012). If you...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 17
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 17

Minority Report Is a crime committed before it’s committed if you stop it before it’s committed? A paradoxical, circular question like that sends your brain into a tizzy, doesn’t it? But then, what human conundrum doesn’...

Alec Baldwin having a baby at age 54!
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Alec Baldwin having a baby at age 54!

It seems Alec Baldwin is going to have to find a new name for his baby. The excited father-to-be had revealed plans to call the child Massimo - if it was a boy. But his thrilled wife Hilaria revealed on Thursday that she...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 16
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 16

12 Angry Men “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” The man who said that, Abraham Lincoln, knew a thing or two about all three – adversity, character, and power....

Steve Martin becomes first time dad at 67
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Steve Martin becomes first time dad at 67

is playing a dad again — and this time it's not a movie! The 67 year-old "Cheaper by the Dozen" star and his wife, Anne Stringfield, 41, have welcomed their first child. A rep for the legendary comedian confirmed to the...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 15
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 15

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'Argo' Golden Globe Winner
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'Argo' Golden Globe Winner

In a surprise move, the Golden Globe award for Best Drama went to "Argo," the true story of how the CIA faked a sci-fi movie as a cover to rescue hostages in Iran. Ben Affleck also won the award for Best Director, which...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 14
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 14

Retro Reel is a column about movies, but not about the latest box-office releases. There will be aspects of review, but the column is intended more as a recommendation of good movies of different genres, with the sense o...

Mira Nair's New Film Is Based On The Book
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Mira Nair's New Film Is Based On The Book

Books that are made into films end up fascinating readers and film enthusiasts alike. For the readers, it is a matter of finding out whether the key characters live up to their own visualisation of the roles and the intr...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 12
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 12

Retro Reel is a column about movies, but not about the latest box-office releases. There will be aspects of review, but the column is intended more as a recommendation of good movies of different genres, with the sense o...

'Dark Knight' Showing Halted In NJ
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'Dark Knight' Showing Halted In NJ

Dark Knight' showing halted in Bergen County because of unusual activity near emergency door About 100 moviegoers in Edgewater were evacuated from a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" tonight after a patron saw someone o...

India Gives Oprah Thumbs Down
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India Gives Oprah Thumbs Down

When Oprah Winfrey visited India in 2012 and aired an episode of Oprah's Next Chapter featuring Indian families and culture, the response from many Indians was not the warm reception her producers might have expected — i...

Batman Movie Massacare
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Batman Movie Massacare

Gunman kills 12 in Colorado movie theater A heavily armed gunman attacked an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater early Friday, tossing tear gas before opening fire on the terrified audience and killing 12 and wounding 38, au...

Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock

The announcement that Psycho — Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller, one of the most studied and influential films in cinema history — would be adapted into a television series generated the kind of skeptical attention that...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 11
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 11

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Aishwarya Rai at Cannes -New Look Rocked.
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Aishwarya Rai at Cannes -New Look Rocked.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's return to the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012 was her first major international appearance since giving birth to her daughter Aaradhya in November 2011, and it generated, as her Cannes appearanc...

Celebrity Mensa members
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Celebrity Mensa members

Mensa, the high-IQ society that requires members to score in the top 2 percent on standardized intelligence tests, counts among its global membership a handful of celebrities whose intellectual credentials tend to surpri...

London jogger: Dustin Hoffman saved my life
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London jogger: Dustin Hoffman saved my life

A London jogger's account of collapsing with a heart attack during his morning run and receiving CPR from actor Dustin Hoffman, who happened to be in the vicinity, generated the kind of story that spreads quickly through...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 10
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 10

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Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs
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Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs

The King of Twitter is now the King of Apple, as "Two and a Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher is attached to play Steve Jobs in the indie pic "Jobs," which Joshua Michael Stern ("Swing Vote") will direct from a script by Mat...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 9
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 9

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Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 8
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy Volume 8

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Meryl Streep to present Oscars
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Meryl Streep to present Oscars

Meryl Streep's appearance at the Academy Awards was never merely a ceremonial duty — it was an event. With more Oscar nominations than any other performer in the award's history, Streep occupies a singular position in th...

Victoria Beckham-Hollywood's Favorite Designer
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Victoria Beckham-Hollywood's Favorite Designer

Victoria Beckham 'working round the clock' as Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Charlize Theron request Oscars gowns For a fashion designer to be handpicked by the world's top stars to be worn at one of the most importan...

Arnold Schwarzenegger in India
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Arnold Schwarzenegger in India

Arnold Schwarzenegger's visit to India generated the combination of celebrity excitement and political engagement that his unusual biography—action star, bodybuilder, governor, activist—tends to produce in countries wher...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 7
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 7

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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 6
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 6

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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 4
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 4

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 3
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 3

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's marriage over?
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Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's marriage over?

After months of tabloid speculation and a very public unraveling, Demi Moore confirmed what many had suspected: her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher was over. Moore filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences...

Lady Gaga Talks to President Obama About Bullying
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Lady Gaga Talks to President Obama About Bullying

Lady Gaga attended a fundraiser with the president on Sunday night, according to a White House pool report, and she raised the issue of suicide and bullying of gay teens. The report describes her as wearing enormous heel...

Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 2
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Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 2

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Retro Reel By Sreepathy -Volume I
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Retro Reel By Sreepathy -Volume I

Technology and Modern Life Technology has transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Understanding technology's role in society is essential for the modern world. The Speed of Change Technological change accelerates...

Rihanna spends $23K per week on her hair!
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Rihanna spends $23K per week on her hair!

Rihanna's envious red tresses come at a hefty price tag, as it was revealed that she spends a whopping $23,000 per month to get her hair to that perfect shade. The 23-year-old Barbadian beauty has enlisted the help of ce...

Brad Pitt
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Brad Pitt

The tabloid fascination with the Brad Pitt-Jennifer Aniston-Angelina Jolie triangle shows no signs of abating, even years after the events that created it. The latest entry in this apparently inexhaustible narrative: rep...

Elizabeth Taylor dies of heart failure
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Elizabeth Taylor dies of heart failure

Elizabeth Taylor died on March 23, 2011, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, of congestive heart failure. She was seventy-nine years old. With her death, Hollywood lost its last genuine connection to the golde...

Sheen Fired!
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Sheen Fired!

Charlie Sheen's very public unraveling in early 2011 — culminating in his firing from Two and a Half Men by CBS and producer Chuck Lorre in March — was one of the first major celebrity implosions conducted substantially...

Women and their Hair !
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Women and their Hair !

Hair occupies a peculiar position in the psychological landscape of womanhood — at once trivial and profound, a vanity easily mocked and a site of genuine identity that women spend significant portions of their lives neg...