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'Lincoln' Lives Through Daniel Day-Lewis in Terrific New Spielberg Film [VIDEO]

Dave Spencer — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:08:54 +0000

Abraham Lincoln drove people crazy. And, at the same time, he was so compelling a figure, you couldn't stay away. There wasn't an occasion for which Lincoln didn't have a corresponding story from his past. He was almost like the legendary TV detective Lieutenant Columbo--a very simple man with simple ways who was utterly brilliant and always had all the solutions.

Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' Looks Incredible [VIDEO]

Dave Spencer — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:19:43 +0000

You will never see the full trailer for any movie on a regular TV commercial. They’re 60 seconds in length, at most. That’s why I got into the habit of seeking them out during the 10-year run of The Screening Room on our sister station, WOMI, that Chad and I hosted. In most cases, you [...]

A. Lincoln: A Pioneer Tale Is A New Musical Debuting At The Lincoln Ampitheatre [VIDEO]

egrant — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:00:43 +0000

President Abraham Lincoln's time in Indiana has been dramatized in many forms for twenty-five years at Lincoln Ampitheatre in Perry County. When the ampitheatre's construction was completed in 1987, the play Young Abe Lincoln was staged there for the first time. In 2009, LINCOLN: Upon the Altar of Freedom was produced in honor of Lincoln's 200th birthday. Now a new two-act musical play, which will incorporate several of the area's young actors, makes its World Premiere this weekend.