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Happy 50th: “Dark Side of the Moon” | Now See Hear! | Library of Congress
Posted by: Cary O’Dell, March 22, 2023 Fifty years ago this month, one of the most remarkable and deeply enduring albums ever made was released. Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” was added to the Library’s National Recording Registry in 2013. In the essay below, exclusive to the Library, Dr. Daniel J. Levitin…
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HBO Best Characters List, Ranked: 50th Anniversary | TVLine
By Team TVLine, November 8, 2022, 6:00 AM PST Across the past five decades, what was once a simple catchphrase has become an unassailable fact: “It’s not TV. It’s HBO. ”Home Box Office first began broadcasting as a pay-cable network 50 years ago today, and what used to be just a channel for old movies…
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The Legacy of The Godfather–50-Year Anniversary – DailyNewsGems
By Bill Lucey, 04/07/2022 Lost in the sheer madness during the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, was an epic milestone in motion picture history. The Godfather, the 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola celebrated its 50-year anniversary. Sean “Diddy” Combs introduced Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino in…
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Robert Duvall, James Caan on 50th Anniversary of ‘The Godfather’ – Variety
By Brent Lang, Mar 22, 2022 9:49am PT It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 50 years since Francis Ford Coppola’s”The Godfather” made moviegoers an offer they couldn’t refuse. The film was a sensation when it debuted in March 24, 1972, setting box office records, revitalizing the career of Marlon Brando, launching the likes of…
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The Godfather rewrote the rules for Mafia movies : NPR
March 11, 20222:04 PM ET, Heard on All Things Considered, by Bob Mondello When The Godfather premiered 50 years ago, people knew it was sensational, controversial, precedent-shattering, a masterpiece even. But they couldn’t know what we know now: It was a bridge between old Hollywood and new. The film industry had been struggling all through…
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America’s Amtrak moment could finally be here
Ben Jones, CNN • Published 1st May 2021 (CNN) — Created in 1971 from the creaking remains of the classic US railroads that helped build modern America, Amtrak has often lived a precarious existence. Subject to the whims of politicians in Washington D.C. and constantly under pressure from the well-funded and hugely influential oil, automotive…



