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• The '80s Are Alive and Well in New Live-Action 'Jack and the Beanstalk' Flick

  Published: August 1, 2007, 8:31 am

  Tags: Chevy Chase, Christopher Lloyd, Cinematical, Film, Jack Beanstalk, Jackandbeanstalk, James Earl Jones, Katey Segal, Movies, Wallace Shawn

  Shawn, Gilbert Gottfried, Chevy Chase, Christopher Lloyd and James Earl Jones. I swear -- that's the cast! Next thing you know, they'll be trying to dress up Fred Savage so that he can age-down and play Jack. As it stands right now, James Earl Jones will play the giant (what, did you think they'd make Darth Vader an errand boy?), Segal will

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• Diddy-Diddling Denial

  Published: August 8, 2007, 11:31 am

  Tags: Gossipmonger, Barron Hilton, Blogs, Britney Spears, Chevy Chase, Cynthia Rowley, Freakanomics, George Pataki, Hamptons, Harry Evans, Hillary Clinton, Jason Preston, Jeffrey Chodorow, Jt Leroy, Kim Kardashian, Kim Porter, Marc Jacobs, Mena Suvari, Mort Zuckerman, P Diddy, Phi

  weekly column in U.S. News. Chevy Chase found a $20 bill at a Hillary Clinton fund-raiser in the Hamptons. George Pataki is being considered for an ambassadorship. Mena Suvari is a thespian, not a lesbian. Barron Hilton, teenage brother of Paris and Nicky, is making the NYC-Hamptons club rounds. Taylor Stein's illegitimate kid with William

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• Spitzer and Cuomo Make Merry at Rangel's Party

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:15 am

  Tags: Politics, Andrew Cuomo, Charles Schumer, Chevy Chase, Eliot Spitzer, Magic Johnson, Michael Bloomberg

  Chuck Schumer arrived), Chevy Chase, Magic Johnson and dozens of other local elected officials. Bloomberg told attendees that those who think Rangel is the best thing the best thing since slice bread are correct, but barely, since Rangel was born soon after sliced bread was invented. Bloomberg also said that he was the first to endorse

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• Retro Cinema: National Lampoon's Vacation

  Published: August 21, 2007, 7:06 am

  Tags: Anthony Michael Hall, Anthonymichaelhall, Beverly D Angelo, Beverlyd Angelo, Chevy Chase, Chevychase, Christie Brinkley, Christiebrinkley, Dana Barron, Danabarron, Harold Ramis, Haroldramis, John Hughes, Johnhughes, National Lampoon, National Lampoon S Vacation, National

  was a god. And you've got Chevy Chase when he was still a vital screen presence, the Will Ferrell of his day. Chase is generally content playing a version of his wisecracking self, and up until Vacation, that was pretty much all he had been asked to do. Clark Griswold is a real character. He's a flawed, relatable, interesting human being, not

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• Retro Cinema: National Lampoon's European Vacation

  Published: August 23, 2007, 7:01 am

  Tags: Amy Heckerling, Beverly D Angelo, Billy Zabka, Chevy Chase, Dana Hill, Eric Idle, European Vacation, Jason Lively, John Astin, John Hughes, National Lampoon, National Lampoon S European Vacation, Nationallampoon Seuropeanvacation, Robert Klane

  time! -- Clark W. Griswold (Chevy Chase) I'm reviewing all the films in the Vacation series this week, and in preparation I've been re-watching each of the movies. I thought I'd be able to save myself some time and skip National Lampoon's European Vacation, as I just saw it again a couple of months ago. Then I took a seat at the computer and

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• Moving an Upper East Side Wine Institution

  Published: August 27, 2007, 5:28 pm

  Tags: Intel, Andy Warhol, Chevy Chase

  he was a salesperson." "Chevy Chase to this day is a wonderful customer, but he got his start working at Sherry-Lehmann," said Aaron. "He drove a truck for us." Aw, that's cute. And a little scary. —Marcy Swingle

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• Retro Cinema: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

  Published: August 28, 2007, 5:02 am

  Tags: Beverly D Angelo, Beverlyd Angelo, Chevy Chase, Chevychase, Christmas, Christmas Vacation, Christmasvacation, Diane Ladd, Dianeladd, Doris Roberts, Dorisroberts, Eg Marshall, Egmarshall, Jeremiah Chechik, Jeremiahchechik, John Hughes, John Randolph, Johnhughes, Johnny Gale

  a "last hurrah" of sorts for Chevy Chase, too. Chase is really terrific here in what is, I'm sad to say, his final funny starring role (although I didn't see The Karate Dog). Oh, Chevy. What happened? Beverly D'Angelo returns, and is typically great ("Clark! Slow down! I don't want to spend the holidays dead!"). And my Lord, does Randy Quaid step

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• Retro Cinema: Vegas Vacation

  Published: August 30, 2007, 9:06 am

  Tags: Beverly D Angelo, Beverlyd Angelo, Chevy Chase, Chevychase, Elisa Bell, Elisabell, Ethan Embry, Ethanembry, Marisol Nichols, Marisolnichols, Miriam Flynn, Miriamflynn, Randy Quaid, Randyquaid, Stephen Kessler, Stephenkessler, Vacation, Vegas Vacation, Vegasvacation, Wallace

  -- Clark W. Griswold (Chevy Chase) Before the Griswolds head out on yet another vacation, Clark speaks these words to his children, a sly (for this movie, anyway) jab at the fact that the Griswold kids have been played by four different sets of actors in four different films. He might as well have been speaking for the series itself.

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• Family Guy: Blue Harvest (season premiere)

  Published: September 23, 2007, 6:01 pm

  Tags: Beverly D Angelo, Beverlyd Angelo, Chevy Chase, Chevychase, Chris Griffin, Chrisgriffin, Clark Griswold, Clarkgriswold, Darth Vader, Darthvader, John Williams, Johnwilliams, Luke Skywalker, Lukeskywalker, Peter Griffin, Petergriffin, Rush Limbaugh, Rushlimbaugh, Seth Green

  Filed under: OpEd, Family Guy, Episode Reviews(S06E01) A long time ago, but somehow in the future . . . Who would've thunk it? When Family Guy premiered back in 1999(!) many people tossed it away as a pale imitation of The Simpsons and kind of ignored it. Who knew that eight years later, at the start of the show's 6th season, Seth MacFarlane and

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• Creative Financing Can Give Sellers an Edge

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Creative, Financing, Can, Give, Sellers, Edge, Seth Koch, Kevin Connelly, Barbara Bellman, Silver Spring, Washington Dc, Bb Amp T Corporation, Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, Arlington, Brenda C Small, Chevy Chase, Georgetown

  People move to new homes for all sorts of reasons, even when the market is slow. In the case of Seth A. Koch and Barbara Bellman of Silver Spring, the decision was spurred by aching joints.

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• Residents Fear Bank Boom Is Leaving D.C. None the Richer

  Published: October 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Residents, Fear, Bank, Boom, Leaving, D C, None, The, Richer, Wachovia Corporation, Commerce Bank, Suntrust Banks Inc, Adams Morgan, Chevy Chase, Chicago, Douglas Jemal, Dupont Circle, Harriet Tregoning, Maryland, Virginia, Bank Of America Corporation, Chevy Chase Bank F S B

  The residents were sorry when the duplex movie theater closed, but they saw a silver lining. Maybe a new cafe would open, or a Vietnamese restaurant, or even a bookstore.

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• Custom Design, Off-the-Shelf Budget

  Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Custom, Design, Off The Shelf, Budget, Johannes Zutt, American Institute Of Architects, Barbara Bent, Catherine K Henry, David Keene, Mclean Virginia, Peter Grina, Suzane Reatig, Vienna, Montgomery County Maryland, Architectural Digest, Chesapeake Bay, Chevy Chase, Franci

  Unique angles. Tall ceilings. Half walls. Open space.

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• Realtor Discourages Use of Outside Lenders

  Published: November 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Realtor, Discourages, Use, Outside, Lenders, Bank Of America Corporation, Wells Fargo Amp Company, Gerry Staudte, U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development, Suntrust Banks Inc, Brian Sullivan, Chevy Chase, Harvey Jacobs, P Wesley Foster Jr, Rockville, Stephen B

  The founder of Long & Foster, the Washington region's largest residential real estate brokerage, struck a nerve last week when he urged his thousands of agents to recommend the company's in-house mortgage lender more often and stop working with outside lenders such as Bank of America.

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• Stricter Policy On Growth Approved in Montgomery

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Stricter, Policy, Growth, Approved, Montgomery, Isiah Leggett, Royce Hanson, Clarksburg, Silver Spring, Duchy Trachtenberg, George Leventhal, Jerry Weast, Jim Humphrey, Marc Elrich, Marilyn Praisner, Michael Knapp, Nancy Floreen, Greater Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber

  The Montgomery County Council approved a growth policy yesterday that increases taxes on builders to help pay for roads and schools and encourages denser development near public transit to try to absorb an expected influx of newcomers.

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• Vegetarians, Meat-Eaters Dig In To Send Sales of Tofurky Soaring

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Vegetarians, Meat Eaters, Dig, Send, Sales, Tofurky, Soaring, Seth Tibbott, Turtle Island Foods Inc, Chevy Chase, Harry Balzer, Ohio, Oregon, Harris Interactive Inc, The Npd Group Inc, Cascade Mountains, Ellen Degeneres, John Cunningham, Portland, Bethesda Chevy Ch

  Seth Tibbott was just an ordinary hippie living in a treehouse when inspiration struck.

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