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The Case Against Mitt Romney: K-Lo Demonstrates the Delusion (BizzyBlog)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:06:39 GMT

... didn’t let himself get swept up by the snake oil salesmen (remember John Edwards announcing that Christopher Reeve would be alive if not for George Bush’s refusal to fund embryonic stem-cell research?). He realizes that “Brave New World” is not just a novel, but something his state is about to budget for in a whole new way. When Romney actually took the time to figure this out, he...

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Positive Thinking Day 08 (Think Positive! Blog)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:21:00 GMT

Positive Thinking Day (PTD) 08 is 57 days away! Head over to the Positive Thinking Day Headquarters to learn more. We are planning for a bigger and better event this year! The 3 main purposes of PTD are to make the world more positive, find the most positive person, and to raise money for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF). We hope that you will join us to change the world...

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Entertainment News: TIE fighter and Indiana Jones prop in demand as movie memorabilia goes under the hammer (The Daily Record)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

... collection of superhero costumes ever listed by Hollywood auction house Profiles in History.Christopher Reeve's Superman costume and Ian McKellen's Magneto outfit from X-Men are up for grabs.Collectors are also expected to pay £15,000 for a pair of silver spacesuits worn by Dr Evil and Mini-Me in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.The tablets from bblical epic The Ten Commandments...

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Hope and Limitations (Make It Great! with Phil Gerbyshak)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:02:00 GMT

Two Quotes: “Once you choose hope, anything's possible.” — Christopher Reeve "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours!" - Richard Bach Two Questions: Are you choosing hope? Are you willing to stop believing in your limitations and start believing in your amazing greatness?

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Catching up with Margot Kidder... (Out in Hollywood)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:01:43 GMT

The first time Margot Kidder saw a movie being made, she was just 16 and happened upon a cast and crew on a location shoot in her native Canada. She stood and watched for a really long time and thought about what it would be like to be a part of that process. She found out in a big way when she was cast as Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the original series of "Superman" films....

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Childhood heroes and villians (silentflute)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:25:52 GMT

... Viewpoint #1: ‘Superman IV: Quest for Peace’ Superman was one of my favorite super-heroes and Christopher Reeve was excellent as the man of steel. Yes, you could argue that Superman is eerily similar to the Nazi-like “uberman” issue that was previliant around the time of Superman’s inception, but for me that wasn’t his greatest sin… Superman’s greatest sin was “Superman IV: Quest...

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Blogs of Zion: Enabling Tech (English Webster)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:28:42 GMT

This was originally posted on: [www.israelatsixty.org.il] On a visit to Proneuron Technologies, the late Christopher Reeve called Israel the “world center” for research on paralysis treatment . Proneuron develops microphage treatments for spinal cord injuries (SCI) as well as other neurological disorders that until now were considered incurable. Cures like Proneuron’s, promising as they...

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'SUPERMAN' WANTED TO DIE (New York Post)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:22:50 GMT

Paralyzed "Superman" star Christopher Reeve begged his wife to pull the plug on him just after his accident - and backed off his death wish only after she agreed that if he still felt the same way in two years, she would consider it, according to a...

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JOHN SMYNTEK'S NAMES AND FACES: Book reveals pact between Christopher Reeve and wife (Detroit Free Press)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:57:00 GMT

In an interview with Harry Smith> on CBS's "The Early Show" Monday, author Christopher Andersen revealed the pact Dana made with her husband, actor Christopher, after the 1995 horse-riding accident that forced him to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the neck down.

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Dana Reeve's place is 'Somewhere in Heaven' (USA Today)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:40:43 GMT

Christopher Reeve played the "man of steel" in the movies, but in real life, says author Christopher Andersen, it was Reeve's ...

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Ned Beatty turns 71 today (Fritz's House of Movie Reviews)

Fritz (noreply@blogger.com) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:37:00 GMT

Today, actor Ned Beatty turns 71 years young. Ned Beatty may not be as familiar to moviegoers as, say, Gene Hackman or Harrison Ford. That's because he's largely been a supporting actor over the years, yet many of these roles are quite memorable. To many moviegoers, Ned Beatty will forever be remembered as Otis, Lex Luthor's bumbling sidekick in the Christopher Reeve Superman movies....

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Batman’s butler, Spider-Man’s mentor, Superman’s boyfriend (The mental_floss Blogs)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:19:20 GMT

In The Dark Knight , Michael Caine plays Alfred, Bruce Wayne’s faithful butler. But Batman isn’t the only superhero Caine has crossed paths with. In The Cider House Rules , he was a surrogate father to none other than Tobey Maguire, the future Spider-Man. And way back in 1980, Caine was in the movie Death Trap with the late Christopher Reeve. They played gay lovers, and shared a passionate...

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Will Smith Explains Why Nihilistic, Self-Destructive Hancock Suits Him Far Better Than Superman (VH1)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:25:00 GMT

... through the air and engage in his own Man of Steel heroics — but when Hancock goes dark, he makes Christopher Reeve's "Superman III" bar scene look like a "Teletubbies" rerun."I was attracted to the idea of this self-destructive, drunk, nihilistic beast of a man fighting crime inebriated and terrorizing the people he was supposed to protect," Berg said of his film. "I like that idea....

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Superman's battle with George Bush ... and his legacy of hope to millions (Daily Mail)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:54:47 GMT

A gripping new book tells how Christopher Reeve, paralysed after a terrible riding accident, put aside his suffering to raise millions for stem cell research, a campaign opposed by his own President.

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Next: Obama-man? (Indian Express)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:55:23 GMT

... World War II. The gas crisis and economic malaise of the Carter years begat Superman again — with Christopher Reeve. And now, well, given the mortgage crisis, the morass in Iraq and oil prices, we need Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Iron Man, all at once. Asks marketing guru Jane Buckingham of the Youth Intelligence Group, “Who doesn’t want somebody to come save the day when the...

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Superman's battle with George Bush ... and his legacy of hope to millions (Evening Standard)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:33:42 GMT

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Pluto Transit To The Moon - Mine: Hard To Kill (ElsaElsa.com)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:10:03 GMT

Astrology in real life Yesterday I wrote about Christopher Reeve , a man so buoyant that even when he’s dead, he’s still - UP. I mean, it’s just impossible to think of the guy and end on a down note. Lupa came on and said that like me, she could access happiness via focusing on the feeling of the sun on her skin and credited her natal Saturn in Pisces (A Saturn Neptune exchange). Well...

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CAINE BOYCOTTS HORSE SCENES AFTER REEVE’S ACCIDENT (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:15:22 GMT

SIR MICHAEL CAINE vowed never to ride a horse again, after pal CHRISTOPHER REEVE was left paralysed following an equestrian accident. The Italian Job star confesses he was a terrible rider anyway, and was lucky to escape unharmed during a horse-riding scene in 1970 film The Last Valley. But he instructed his agent to reject all horse-based [...]

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Using their smarts (atHome Top Story)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:30:00 GMT

... Arkin as the Chief, and bad guy Terence Stamp, who played Kryptonian supervillain Zod and made Christopher Reeve kneel before him in Superman II.Carell and Hathaway fondly recalled Feldon and the late Adams, discussed the show's longevity and shared a funny Zod tale. Q. What do you and Don Adams have in common'SC: There's a bit of a physical resemblance that would be part of the equation....

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ACTION COMICS #866 REVIEW (comiXtreme)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:29:25 GMT

... issue. The characterization of Clark is still a bit of a bother to me though, just because its SO Christopher Reeve's portrayal of the character that its almost distracting (and Gary Frank often makes him look like Christopher Reeve as well). Otherwise, this issue is great, the reintroduction of two reporters on the Daily Planet's staff, plus Brainiac's reappearance,...

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