Daily Archives: September 9, 2011

Friday TV: Cavett and Brooks Talk, ‘Torchwood’ Finale

It’s been more than 30 years since the heyday of “The Dick Cavett Show,” a late nght program that really concentrated on good  conversation. Cavett has been called back into service on TV occasionally since then. But in the special “Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again” (HBO, 9 p.m.), he treats the interview with […]

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Streep, Rollins, Diamond win Kennedy Center Honors

It seems as if the idea behind the Kennedy Center Awards was to have the opportunity to honor people and eulogize their figts to the arts while the honoree is still around to witness it. But the age of honorees seems to get younger each year. Among its inductees announced this week are classical cellist […]

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