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Gore Vidal

Profession Writer, Actor

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Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
The Palermo Connection
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid

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Writer Gore Vidal Dies at 86

Writer and cultural critic Gore Vidal died at his home in the Hollywood Hills Tuesday from complications with pneumonia, his nephew told the New York Times. He was 86.

Wed, Aug 1, 2012
Writer Gore Vidal Dies at 86

The Simpsons Turns 400: We Name the Greatest Guests!

After 18 seasons and 400 episodes, Fox's The Simpsons (Sundays at 8 pm/ET) has attracted more than 350 celebrities to offer their voices to animated doppelgangers. Some have played themselves (Steve Buscemi, anyone?), some new characters (Reese Witherspoon as Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, for instance), some old characters (Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub, who reprise their roles from 24 on May 20) — and in one instance, a mix (Elizabeth Taylor played herself and voiced Maggie's first word). Throughout, producers have attract

Fri, May 18, 2007
The Simpsons Turns 400: We Name the Greatest Guests!

Award-Winning Film Asks Why We Fight

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." The Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Why We Fight (now in select cities) uses President Dwight Eisenhower's legendary 1961 farewell speech — in which he presciently coined the term "military-industrial complex" — as a launching point into a dense discussion of why and for whom the United States decides to go to war. In tackling the formidable topic, director Eugene Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) assembles an impressive and more than balanced roster of opinionators, including Senator John McCain, veteran newsman

Fri, Jan 20, 2006
Award-Winning Film Asks Why We Fight

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Caligula (US Ultimate Cut Trailer)
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Caligula (French Ultimate Cut Trailer Subtitled)
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Caligula
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The Simpsons
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Simpsons 2000
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Simpsons Global Fanfest: Simpsons Trick Or Treehouse
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