LUST IS BACK ... STYLE IS BACK... 'MAD MEN' IS BACK (TRAILERS)

Anyone tuning into "The Walking Dead" on Sunday night was in for a treat because AMC showed a brand new crop of trailers for the fifth season of their flagship show "Mad Men."It's pretty much a clip reel of what we've already seen in four seasons, but still cool, nonetheless. We're salivating. The show returns Sunday, March 25.And the taglines? Doesn't get any more to the point:STYLE IS BACKCONFIDENCE IS BACKDEBAUCHERY IS BACKLUST IS BACKACTION IS...

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THE LONGEST WALK OF THE DAY (#fridayflash)

Press play for some mood musicMerna turned on the radio that sat next to her at the factory. G.I. Jill was playing her G.I. jives for the troops overseas and, oddly enough, that helped her get through the twelve-hour shift.Guns would be made. Steel would be melted. Tanks constructed.The whistle blew and it signaled the middle of her day. Merna hopped on the counter and her daily ritual begun. She lit a Pall Mall and admired the elegant weapon she...

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CLEANING UP THE GAME (#fridayflash)

Press play for some mood musicI'm a boxer by trade -- or I should say, I was. Someone retired me who wasn't exactly sportin' leather gloves but English Leather musk. In fact, he usually chomped a cigar, was half my size and wore bifocals.In the ring, they called me Eddie "Eagle Eye" Rockport because I saw those haymakers coming from the next round. That skill was learned compliments of Uncle Sam who trained me as an Army marksman.How good was I...

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WAS VINTAGE MICKEY MOUSE A GIGOLO?

Was Mickey Mouse a gigolo? Was he thinking about turnin' tricks? Well, we're thinking not but if anything, the panel above from a vintage Mickey comic is proof positive that the lines were certainly blurred when it came to harmless kiddie entertainment and adultish fare (something we've pointed out before).DON'T DO IT: VINTAGE MICKEY TRIES SUICIDEHmmmm, we're wondering if Bukowski would have liked Mickey more had he seen the panel above. Confused?...

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THE LADY IN WAITING (#fridayflash)

Press play for some mood musicShe was a professional lady in waiting. That was her job -- to keep his ice cubes cold and the footplay hot. Nothing more.Rinaldo booked them a corner suite at the Gran Hotel Velazquez in Madrid and made sure it was near an exit. He told his Lady in Waiting that he'd be gone for most of the day and, if by midnight he hadn't returned, she should go on to the next town and wait for him there. After all, poker with the...

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ALI TRAINER ANGELO DUNDEE DEAD AT 90

The fight game is a little sad this evening as reports that Muhammad Ali trainer Angelo Dundee has died at 90. Dundee helped mold and motivate a young Cassius Clay (Ali) and Sugar Ray Leonard into modern day boxing legends. In 1991, he also helped George Foreman win back the title in the early mid-nineties. Tweet...

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