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She Blinded Me With Science

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  Early in The Godfather 2, Genco Abbandando takes Vito to see a play starring the woman he has fallen in love with. That woman was played by Kathleen Beller. Kathleen Beller is married to Thomas Dolby.

Fool for Love

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Sam Shepard's Fool for Love opened off-Broadway in 1983, starring Ed Harris, Harris' understudy was Bruce Willis.

10 Rillington Place

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 Watching the 1971 movie about serial killer John Christie, starring the fantastically creepy Richard Attenborough, it occurred to me that I'd received a warm and gracious hug from him back in 96. **SHUDDER**

I had no idea...

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 Ludovic Kennedy was married to Moira Shearer??

Friends

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 John Hurt and Keith Moon

Mighty Little Man

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 The theme song for Young Sheldon is sung by Steve Burns, the host of Blue's Clues!

A Taste of Honey

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 Angela Lansbury and Joan Plowright in Shelagh Felaney's A Taste of Honey, London 1958.

Peeves the Poltergeist

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  Just watched the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary special. Wonderful that in the In Memorium segment, they included Rik Mayall!

Woman in Gold

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  Just watched the movie Woman in Gold, about the niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer and her attempts to have to have the Klimt portrait of her aunt restored to rightful ownership. One moment rings untrue. Her lawyer is the grandson of composer Arnold Schoenberg. He attends a concert of his grandfather's music. He is moved to tears No one has ever been moved to tears by Schoenberg's music. No one. Ever.