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Friday, November 06, 2009

Critics' choice

The raves are rolling in for Hal Holbrook and That Evening Sun. Among the impressed: Stephen Hunter of The New York Times, Ben Steelman of StarNewsOnline.com, Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter, Pete Hammond of Backstage, Lou Lumenick of the New York Post, Marshall Fine of The Huffington Post -- and Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere.
Posted by Joe Leydon at 11/06/2009 11:05:00 AM
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