An Unexpected Family: ’50 Children’ Documents a Holocaust Miracle

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A new documentary about a bright spot in one of humanity’s darker periods premieres on HBO. Commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day, 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus, the new documentary by Steve Pressman, recounts the story of Eleanor and Gilbert Kraus. Some may know of this Philadelphia couple who helped rescue, as
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A Bachelor on Valentine’s Day

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Sean Lowe, star of ABC’s ‘The Bachelor,’ weighs in on everything from the ideal date to mistakes women make in their search for the perfect mate. By Angela Barbuti Sean Lowe will be alone this Valentine’s Day—but don’t feel bad for him just yet. The 29-year-old recently finished taping a season of ABC’s The Bachelor,
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A New Medical Drama the Doctor Ordered

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Actor Jamie Bamber on his new role as a surgeon on TNT’s Monday Mornings By Angela Barbuti Jamie Bamber still enjoys a cadre of loyal fans from his Battlestar Galactica days. “It’s an extraordinary thing, what happened with Battlestar. People are still discovering that show online every single day,” Bamber said of the popular sci-fi
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Ode to Joy: Joy Behar on uninformed voters, Fred Armisen and Limoncello

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JOY BEHAR By Angela Barbuti Joy Behar says she will never retire. Why should she? Not only is she a co-host of The View, one of the most popular talk shows in the nation, but she also has her own show, Joy Behar: Say Anything, where she is, as the name implies, allowed to speak her mind.
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Fire Up The Wok Challenge Fills Times Square with Aromas of Kung Pao Chicken & Gong Music

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by Alissa Fleck Last night, New Tang Dynasty TV took to Times Square to celebrate their first annual Fire Up The Wok Challenge, part of a two-day spread of live broadcast Chinese culinary events. For years, NTD TV has been bringing together celebrity chefs from around the world to test their chops against one another
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‘Breaking Bad’ Season Five Premiere Breaks Records

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AMC continues to gain viewership and momentum Just a month after the conclusion of Mad Men’s most-watched season to date, AMC released that yesterday’s season 5 premiere of Breaking Bad, a show about a drug chef and his drug-dealing business, was the most-watched episode in the show’s history, marking “unprecedented growth” in viewership. According to the release, the
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12 Things That are Funny to Joke About Instead of Rape

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(by Alissa Fleck) The controversy over comedian Daniel Tosh’s recent comments toward an audience member at The Laugh Factory in L.A. got a lot of people’s blood boiling on both sides of the debate. Tosh responded to the woman, who called out “rape jokes are never funny” during a set comprised of rape jokes, by
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A ‘Smashing’ Star: Meet Megan Hilty

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The character Ivy Lynn on Smash, NBC’s new musical drama series, wants to be a star. Megan Hilty, the actress who plays her, already is. Having made her debut in Wicked a decade ago, the 31-year-old has also starred in 9 to 5 and just wrapped a role as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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