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    Best of The Rest - Isabella Rossellini "Green Porno"

    Italian actress Isabella Rossellini makes her directorial debut this month with a series of 1-minute films called "Green Porno" for The Sundance Channel.


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    Man in Motion

    GB gets motion picture pioneer Charlie White ready for his close-up. Charlie synchronized sound to pictures when talkies were all the rage. In later years, he brought films to show people in nursing homes.


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    Best of the Rest: Breakaway

    This is an edited version of "Breakaway," one of the films that inspired Roger McGuinn to make his short film, "Eight Miles High." It was made in 1966 by Bruce Conner and features dancer and choreographer Toni Basil.


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    A World First?

    They say a good film will find an audience and films are now finding their way to a unique community in Florida. A love of cinema has motivated a woman to organize what may be the world's first independent film festival in a retirement community.


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    Big Screen Dreams

    One woman's passion for film is paving the way for some senior filmmakers to find success on the big screen.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Saturday, March 22, 2008

    Weekend Update: Rice apologizes, The Beatles sue, star explodes and It's Raining McCain. Plus, obnoxious films, beautiful gardens and an amazing yet unsettling robot.


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    Doris Roberts

    Five-time Emmy Award-winning actress Doris Roberts, best known for her role on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” talks about what it means to be old in Hollywood.


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    Actor Harvey Korman Dies

    Actor and comedian Harvey Korman, who was a regular on "The Carol Burnett Show" and appeared in a string of Mel Brooks films such as "Blazing Saddles" and "High Anxiety," died Thursday at age 81 at UCLA Medical Center.


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    What Movies Have Had The Greatest Impact On Your Life?

    Growing Bolder asks leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.


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    A Booming Triumph at Sundance

    Talk about Growing Bolder -- It's all about attitude over adversity at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. See which movies took the top prizes, and how a special group of baby boomers is hoping to make the next big blockbuster.


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    Silver Surfers

    We learned at the recent Surf Expo that riding the waves isn't just for kids. It 's becoming a sport for life. That had us wondering, who are the pioneers, the role models for senior surfing? We knew there had to be some -- and we weren't disappointed.


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    Art D'Allesandro

    Screenwriter/producer Art D'Alessandro is showing Hollywood that people do not always have to play by the rules of the game to be successful in life.



 

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