It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Edwardsville High School senior students in the Health and Medical Careers Club listen as Renate Miller, Director of Critical Care Services. guides them on a tour of the new Intensive Care Unit at Anderson Hospital Wednesday evening during...

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Posted November 18, 2009 at 4:19 p.m. "Movies Are Better Than Ever" was the slogan back in the 1950s, as I recall. That was in an effort to recapture the audiences that left movie houses empty during the early days of television. Things...

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90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimes Former SS sergeant Adolf Storms lived in Germany unnoticed for more than six decades after World War II until an Austrian university student last year came across his name while...

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David Haye would just love to do a Benny Hill | Harry Pearson David Haye would just love to do a Benny Hill The US has always been more appreciative of a Hugh Grant or Terry-Thomas than a brash British trashtalker David Haye knows his...

In this article: David Haye, US, Jerry Quarry, Jack Bodell, Red Smith, and John Ruiz

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. The ensemble comedy premiered on November 7, 1963.

In this article: DVD, Stanley Kramer, Jonathan Winters, MGM, TCM, and Frank Tallman

Carl Reiner, a giant of American comedy for nearly six decades, spoke at the Library of Congress as part of the Books & Beyond author series sponsored by the Library's Center for the Book. Following his talk, Reiner signed his recently...

In this article: Carl Reiner, Call Me Mister, Steve Martin, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mark Harmon, Sid Caesar, Ocean's Eleven, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Your Show of Shows, and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Disney buys Marvel. David Gardner's top stock jumps 1,334%! See what David recommends that you buy NEXT. For those who caught my original call for the ouster of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) CEO Ken Lewis, or my more recent reaction to his...

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...'50s. He also appeared on the big screen in scores of movies such as "Palooka" (1934), "You're in the Army Now" (1941) and "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963). Durante died in 1980 at age 86. His wife died in June. Memorabilia from the...

In this article: D.W. Moffett, Roger Simon, Los Angeles, Jimmy Durante, DirecTV, and Chicken

Alleged 9/11 perpetrator studying Vietnam War atrocity film GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The man accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks has received a copy of a 30-year-old Hollywood film on the My Lai massacre. War court...

In this article: William Calley, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, God, Ernest Medina, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and Gaza

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The man accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks has received a copy of a 30-year-old Hollywood film on the My Lai massacre. War court prosecutor Robert Swann said Monday he had arranged for alleged al...

In this article: Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Stephen Henley, Cuba, Eric Holder, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and Pentagon