The Final of the Thin Man Films Released on VHS and Other Home Video Releases.
Ken Tucker reviews the home video release of "The Shadow of the Thin Man," the last of the five "Thin Man" movies, a series made in the 30s and 40s and created by Dashiell Hammett that starred William Powell and Myrna Loy as a dashing husband-and-wife detective team.
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Buddhist Monk and Tibetan Activist Dr. Robert Thurman.
Dr. Robert Thurman, the first American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He later returned to the United States and established The Institute for Buddhist Studies at the University of Massachusetts. He visited Tibet in the fall of 1987 and is now setting up a Tibet House in New York City.
Orlando Haddad Performs Brazilian Carnival Songs.
Brazilian guitarist Orlando Haddad performs two songs popular during "Carnaval," the holiday that preceded Lent.
Computer Animator Steven Segal.
Computer animator Steven Segal. Segal does his programming on his home computer, unlike most computer animation which is composed on complex processors. His entry in a national computer animation festival is titled "Dance of the Stumblers."
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