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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Once upon a time, a foreign fairy-tale movie snuck into the Academy Awards ceremony and waltzed off with three little Oscars. Now, we all know that foreign films are only supposed to win the “Best Foreign Film” award, of course, but this one took the golden statues…
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Story by Chris Graham Scott Sayre wants to take his conservative values to Richmond. He also wants to take the high road from the Shenandoah Valley to the State Capitol. “This is going to be a very, very positive campaign,” said Sayre, who announced today that he will be challenging the three-term incumbent in the…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Alas, the Golden Age of Musicals is long gone. Might as well toss in the Silver Age of Musicals and the Bronze Age of Musicals as well. And the latest big, splashy Broadway musical to be brought to the screen, “Dreamgirls,” is just more proof that if…
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Story by Chris Graham Mark Warner has been down this road before – lending his name and expending his political capital to aid political protege Tim Kaine’s run at the governor’s job last fall. The businessman-turned-Virginia political favorite son knows that there is risk involved to engaging in such efforts. “If you feel like you…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham You see a Confederate-flag bumper sticker on a truck in a parking lot or on the highway, and already you have some ideas in your mind as to the identity of the person who put it there. “Nowadays, you’re not going to see a $30,000 SUV going down the…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The conventional wisdom is that the military vote and veteran vote both tend to lean strongly in the Republican direction – but Democratic Party Senate nominee Jim Webb, a Vietnam War veteran and former Reagan administration Navy secretary, might just be able to turn the conventional wisdom on…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “You’re going to need some makeup,” the director told me at the required all-hands staff meeting following the taping of my new TV show on WVPT, “Virginia Viewpoints.” “I …” “No, seriously. You’re too … shiny.” “Too shiny?” “You could probably lose another 20, too,” my friend Eli…
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Story by Chris Graham Bill Goldberg is thinking about getting back in the ring – but it’s not necessarily a wrestling ring that has his eye right now. “My relationship from the beginning with Jeremy is as color commentator – but if I was to participate in the MMA world as a fighter, I guess…
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Story by Chris Graham There is a regional foosball tournament going on in Staunton this weekend, so naturally, ESPN has a crew on location ready to beam the results to viewers worldwide. No, really. They do. “There’s a regional foosball tournament going on, so we decided, why not come here?” ESPN bureau producer Tony Florkowski…
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] Welcome to winter golf. Technically, we’re only half way through autumn, but golfers know that winter starts when the clocks fall back. That’s when the sun slinks away westward to the Alleghenies before the nine-to-fivers even punch out for the day; when the straightest drive can…
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