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As I remarked on Facebook yesterday, few things remind one of one's age as surely as hearing "Bela Lugosi's Dead" playing in the local drugstore.

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From a link on Facebook:

SPALDING GRAY: Stories Left to Tell

Start Time: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 8:00pm
End Time: Friday, April 9, 2010 at 8:00pm
Location: Manhattan TheatreSource
Street: 177 MacDougal Street New York, NY 10011

"By popular demand, we've decided to transfer the production of SPALDING GRAY: Stories Left to Tell to a theatre in Manhattan for a limited run.

"We'll be bringing the original cast; Pat Clune, Bill Rapp, Tracy Winston, Bernard Bosio, Emma Givens and Carol Wei over the bridge to perform in Spalding's old stomping ground.

"Tickets are ONLY $12.00 and are available at the door, or online at www.theatresource.org (look for TICKETS link on the left of the page)

"It's a 50-seat theatre, so don't wait!"

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On rewatching Forgotten Silver, the Peter Jackson/Costa Botes mockumentary about a fictional New Zealand film pioneer, I was amused to see several performers (other than Jackson himself, of course) who later went on to roles in other Jackson films. Thomas Robins, who plays Colin McKenzie, went on to play Deagol in Return of the King; Sarah McLeod, who plays May Belle (the actress who plays Salome for McKenzie), went on to play Rosie Cotton in the first and third Rings films; and Peter Corrigan, who portrayed “Stan the Man,” went on to play Otho Sackville-Baggins in the extended version of Fellowship. What’s more- apologies if I've mentioned this previously- the whole business of explorers discovering the abandoned city that McKenzie built were partially based on fact- De Mille’s abandoned sets for Karnak, built for his 1922 silent version of The 10 Commandments, were later re-discovered by archaeologists.

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( For clearly, a mug comprised of bacon, containing melted cheddar cheese, is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. )

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The True Colors Residence, a project of West End Intergenerational Residence and partners Cyndi Lauper and her manager Lisa Barbaris, is slated to open in Central Harlem in Winter 2011. True Colors will be the first permanent, supportive housing facility for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in New York State.