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Journalist, television and film writer and producer, and author of SHEMP!... MARLON BRANDO: HOLLYWOOD REBEL... LAWRENCE TIERNEY: HOLLYWOOD’S REAL-LIFE TOUGH GUY... THE SHOW WON’T GO ON... TABLOID BABY... AND TBA...

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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    “HIT THE WATER! HIT THE WATER!” JANE DORNACKER AND THE NBC CHOPPER CRASH – FORTY YEARS AGO (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    JERRY & ME: BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE LABOR DAY TELETHON (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    WHY LABOR DAY WEEKEND WILL ALWAYS BE JERRY’S WEEKEND (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  4. Issue · Jul 29, 2026

    GLEN HANSARD AND THE FAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Jul 17, 2026

    THIS IS THE CITY: THE POETRY OF DRAGNET 1967 (opens the original)

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