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Before They Were Stars: 11-Year Old Joaquin Phoenix on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yZ8EBjl3PQ It’s become a fun tradition here at The Back Row for me to do “Before They Were Stars” features on the Academy Award nominees shortly after they’ve been announced. Considering his well-publicized bouts of batshit insanity a few years … Continue reading
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Last Link of the Day: Robin Strikes Again at Cracked.com
My first Cracked article of 2013, “6 Deleted Backstories That Totally Change Classic Movies”, was just published at their website yesterday. You know I love to write about memorable deleted scenes and this particular article focuses on backstories cut from … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jessica Chastain on “ER”
It’s become a fun tradition here at The Back Row for me to do “Before They Were Stars” features on the Academy Award nominees shortly after they’ve been announced. Jessica Chastain is one of those actresses who just seemed to … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Naomi Watts in a Crunchie Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuKITlpAENo It’s become a fun tradition here at The Back Row for me to do “Before They Were Stars” features on the Academy Award nominees shortly after they’ve been announced. Naomi Watts has garnered her second career Oscar nomination this … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Robert De Niro Auditions to Play Sonny in “The Godfather”
It’s become a fun tradition here at The Back Row for me to do “Before They Were Stars” features on the Academy Award nominees shortly after they’ve been announced. Robert De Niro’s “Best Supporting Actor” nod for Silver Linings Playbook … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis on “Shoestring”
It’s become a fun tradition here at The Back Row for me to do “Before They Were Stars” features on the Academy Award nominees shortly after they’ve been announced. It’s also become a tradition for Daniel Day-Lewis to get in … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Bryan Cranston in a Preparation H Commercial
There’s no shortage of embarrassing commercials floating around which Bryan Cranston did in the 1980s, including one where he dressed up as a skunk. In this ad, Cranston dons some giant glasses and becomes the squarest commercial spokesman ever as … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 9-Year Old Elisabeth Moss Does a Voice in “Frosty Returns”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJqAt4f5ZPY Man, I wish I had found out about this one before Christmas, but better late than never, I guess. In 1992, CBS aired an animated Christmas special called Frosty Returns, which featured none other than John Goodman doing the … Continue reading
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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Detroit 9000 (1973)
With the recent release of Quentin Tarantino s Django Unchained, I’d say it’s probably an appropriate time to revisit another one of the director’s personal favourite films. In the mid-nineties, Tarantino started his own distribution company called Rolling Thunder Pictures. … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Amy Adams on “The West Wing”
A couple days ago, I put the spotlight on an Entertainment Tonight article entitled “12 Actors You Didn’t Know Were on The West Wing“, and featured an early appearance that Nick Offerman made on the show. Here’s another entry on … Continue reading
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