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The first song written for the screen is MOTHER I STILL HAVE YOU from The Jazz Singer (1927).

The first woman to write a musical score for film is Elizabeth Firestone for Once More, My Darling (1947).

The longest movie song title is, HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAID I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN A LIAR ALL MY LIFE, from Wedding Bells (1951).

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THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the red wood forest
To the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.

By singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie (1940)
One of the most famous of the 3,000 songs he wrote in his lifetime.
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UNTIL THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN STOPS...     Support the V-Day performances starting February 11 as part of the V-Day Festival.    Details under Latest News.     We can all do something to help the people of Haiti.    Look under Latest News for information on some of the best, most interesting local arts events.
  Film Reviews
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DEAR JOHN     There are several lapses of logic in Dear John that threaten to sink it, though it’s saved from total melodrama by director Lasse Hallström and actors Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Is it possible that Mr. Tatum is getting more handsome? Either that or I noticed his charisma more this time around. As one woman remarked when asked her thoughts of the movie, “We didn’t see enough of him with his shirt off.” His character, John Tyree, has lived with a less than communicative father .....more
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WOODY SEZ: The words, music & spirit of Woody Guthrie      Woody Guthrie is a beloved American folk icon. Born in 1912, almost 100 years ago, we may know his songs, but Woody Sez tells us about the man, often in his own words and through his music. He is part of a generation that experienced such tumultuous times as the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and World War II. What is wonderful is that the audience can experience a sense of the history of those times through this show, while being .....more
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Weekend Box Office Estimates
February 7, 2010


1.   Dear John    $32.4M
2.   Avatar    $23.6M
3.   From Paris With Love    $8.1M
4.   Edge of Darkness    $7M
5.   The Tooth Fairy    $6.5M
6.   When in Rome    $5.5M
7.   The Book of Eli    $4.8M
8.   Crazy Heart    $3.6M
9.   Legion    $6.8M
10.   Sherlock Holmes    $4.5M

Who would have expected Dear John to knock off Avatar? But it had been seven weeks at #1 which is a good long run. Don't ever underestimate the power of young girls. Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried's stock has just gone up - a lot.

New York Times - February 7, 2010
Top 10 Hardcover Fiction Books


1   THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam)
2   THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown. (Doubleday)
3   KISSER by Stuart Woods. (Putnam)
4   BLOOD TIES by Kay Hooper. (Bantam)
5   THE FIRST RULE by Robert Crais. (Putnam)
6   THE SWAN THIEVES by Elizabeth Kostova. (Little, Brown)
7   I, ALEX CROSS by James Patterson. (Little, Brown)
8   THE LAST SONG by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central)
9   THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf)
10   ROSES by Leila Meacham. (Grand Central)

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