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10 Films About Dancers that Make you Want to Twirl-SliderPhoto

10 Films About Dancers that Make You Want to Twirl

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In honor of tap legend Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson’s birthday, May 25 is National Tap Dance Day. The man who said, “Everything is copacetic,” also gave us such memorable movies as The Little Colonel and other Shirley Temple hits of…
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12 Iconic Films that Take Place on Trains

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May 10 is National Train Day. The day commemorates trains and their impact on our culture. Trains have paid a huge part in American history. They were the first major connection between the eastern states and the far West. Many of the products…
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10 Reasons Why Han Solo is the Catch of the Universe

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May 4 is Star Wars Day, when fans across the galaxy remember their favorite characters and moments from George Lucas’ history-making movie series. You may pick Yoda or Chewbacca, or maybe even Luke and Leia as your favorite Star Wars characters,…
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15 Films About Baseball That Are Always a Homerun

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We’re baseball-aholics this month at Mamiverse! What’s the occasion? April 8 is the 40th anniversary of baseball great Hank Aaron hitting his 715th home run and breaking Babe Ruth’s record. Aaron was a class act all the way, saying at…
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8 Actors Who Could Play Martin Luther King, Jr. in a Film

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April 4 is a sad anniversary in history, as it marks the day in 1968 that Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King was…
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10 Movie Heroines Who Risked it All, and Won!

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We’re celebrating Go for Broke Day on April 5 by embracing women who risked it all, and won! The phrase “go for broke” means to risk everything, even if it means the potential for total and utter failure. Since Mamiverse is all about…
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18 Things You Didn’t Know About Noah’s Ark

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The lore of the Bible is as much lesson-infused narrative as it is the stuff of epic films. Take for example the latest Hollywood blockbuster, Noah, starring Russell Crowe as Noah, as in, the ark, the paired-up fauna, and that infamous flood.…
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Did You Know Anthony Quinn Was Mexican?

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Do you remember Anthony Quinn? He was an Academy Award-winning actor known for playing strong ethnic roles. His most famous performance was as Zorba the Greek, in the movie of the same name (1964), for which he was nominated for the Best Actor…

Why Real Life is Better than Chick Flicks

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From time to time, many of us love to spend an evening parked on the couch, watching chick flicks. We relate to the heroine, rejoicing when she meets a man and even suffering a bit when the romance seems to go down the drain. But we keep watching…