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"Dark Shadows" Comes Back from the Dead

The 60's soap opera "Dark Shadows" returns from the dead this weekend. Television critic David Bianculli says the original, like a vampire, bites and sucks. The reboot remains, at best, a guilty pleasure.

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Other segments from the episode on January 9, 1991

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 9, 1991: Interview with Joel Forrester; Review of Wyton Marsalis's album "Tune in Tomorrow"; Interview with Bruno Kirby; Review of the television show "Dark…
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The Best Ellington Impersonation on Record

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the soundtrack from the movie "Tune in Tomorrow" composed by Wynton Marsalis and recorded by Marsalis and his band. Whitehead says it makes good use of the trumpeter's conservative, backward-looking approach.

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Film Actor Bruno Kirby

Kirby has had prominent roles in films like Good Morning, America, The Godfather II, and When Harry Met Sally. He stars in a new, mob-themed comedy called The Freshman. His father is fellow movie actor Bruce Kirby.

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