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The Avengers: The Emma Peel Collection (1965-1967)

Blu-ray

[Imprint] Television

1965-67 / 1.33: 1 / Black and White and Color

Starring Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee

Written by Brian Clemens, Philip Levene

Directed by Roy Ward Baker, Sidney Hayers, Charles Crichton

Though remembered for its idiosyncratic humor, The Avengers made its debut in 1961 as a no-nonsense crime drama. Ian Hendry starred as David Keel, a doctor turned detective, while Patrick MacNee haunted the sidelines as an inscrutable investigator named John Steed. Shot in black and white under grey English skies, the show was unmistakably a product of the Cold War, fueled by John Dankworth’s stentorian theme and an origin story that predicted television’s noirish The Fugitive; Keel’s fiancée has been murdered, prompting our heroes to join in the search for her killer.

It was a brief sojourn for Hendry who left at the end of the season, relinquishing star billing to Macnee and his new partner,...

After proving they are most certainly still together earlier this week in Miami, Scott Disick and Sofia Richie continued their romantic vacation Wednesday night in the Magic City.

The twosome, who are in town for Art Basel, attended a glamorous party for DuJour magazine, of which Richie is currently the cover star. The couple arrived together at the Confidante Hotel, and although Richie posed solo on the red carpet, the lovebirds were seen, “chatting and kissing throughout the night,” sources tell People.

Witnesses say Richie and Disick were “very touchy” as the 34-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star supported...

Talk about a major key!

DJ Khaled kicked off this weekend’s third annual Revolt Music Conference on Thursday by snagging a huge honor — the key to Miami Beach. It all went down at the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel, where Mayor Philip Levine handed over the over-sized key to the artist and Snapchat icon.

“I love Miami,” Khaled, 40, told 7 News Miami at Eden Roc. “To get a key to the city — Miami Beach — You know, I already have a key to Miami, so it’s just more keys! Each key leads to the next key.”

Always quick to turn to social media,...

Hillary Clinton sat down with SiriusXM while in Miami on Thursday and spoke about her favorite music during an interview with Miami Beach’s mayor Philip Levine. Hillary Clinton Praises Adele, Talks Music With Philip Levine During their conversation, Levine asked Clinton what she would play on her hypothetical radio show. Clinton shared how she grew […]

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'Henry V' Movie Actress Renée Asherson dead at 99: Laurence Olivier leading lady in acclaimed 1944 film (image: Renée Asherson and Laurence Olivier in 'Henry V') Renée Asherson, a British stage actress featured in London productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Three Sisters, but best known internationally as Laurence Olivier's leading lady in the 1944 film version of Henry V, died on October 30, 2014. Asherson was 99 years old. The exact cause of death hasn't been specified. She was born Dorothy Renée Ascherson (she would drop the "c" some time after becoming an actress) on May 19, 1915, in Kensington, London, to Jewish parents: businessman Charles Ascherson and his second wife, Dorothy Wiseman -- both of whom narrowly escaped spending their honeymoon aboard the Titanic. (Ascherson cancelled the voyage after suffering an attack of appendicitis.) According to Michael Coveney's The Guardian obit for the actress, Renée Asherson was "scantly...

When Billy Crudup took the stage Thursday night at the Academy of American Poets' Poetry & the Creative Mind gala in New York City, no one knew he'd be introducing a new voice in the literary world. Artists and celebrities including a chuckling Julianna Margulies, a smiling Meryl Streep, a stuffed-up and sniffling Tina Fey (who brought along a bag of cough drops), as well as Kevin Kline, Patrick Stewart and Rosie Perez watched intently. Crudup, who'd just finished reading Philip Levine's poem "Gospel" to a sold-out crowd at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, broke out a poem he said...

Justin Bieber's gonna face the full wrath of the law after his arrest for DUI and drag racing ... so says the top dog in Miami Beach, Mayor Philip Levine. Shortly after Justin's bust, Hizzoner was in Washington D.C. for a conference ... and told us folks in his city won't stand for Bieber or anyone else recklessly speeding while drinking and driving. And if Bieber thinks he's gonna get special treatment while he's in...

Tina Chang Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Tracy K. Smith

Poet Tracy K. Smith just won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her latest collection, “Life on Mars.” She recently wrote an essay for WSJ Speakeasy in recognition of National Poetry Month, on why poetry is essential for democracy.

The essay begins:

Poems are essential to democracy. Let me show you what I mean.

In the poem “Clouds,” by Poet Laureate Philip Levine, the speaker takes a first step into a new...

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Poems are essential to democracy. Let me show you what I mean.

In the poem “Clouds,” by Poet Laureate Philip Levine, the speaker takes a first step into a new perspective on something as ordinary and seemingly benign as clouds when he says, “the clouds / ride above, their wisdom intact.” With that quick personifying gesture, the stock sense of clouds—the gray kind that ruin a sunny day, and the white ones that seem to demarcate a Sistine Chapel...