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Submarine movie evening: Underwater war waged in TCM's Memorial Day films In the U.S., Turner Classic Movies has gone all red, white, and blue this 2017 Memorial Day weekend, presenting a few dozen Hollywood movies set during some of the numerous wars in which the U.S. has been involved around the globe during the last century or so. On Memorial Day proper, TCM is offering a submarine movie evening. More on that further below. But first it's good to remember that although war has, to put it mildly, serious consequences for all involved, it can be particularly brutal on civilians – whether male or female; young or old; saintly or devilish; no matter the nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other label used in order to, figuratively or literally, split apart human beings. Just this past Sunday, the Pentagon chief announced that civilian deaths should be anticipated as “a...

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Candypants: A Fairy Tale

Logline: In 1975, Lee Brady and David Sanderson created edible underwear also known as “Candypants.” Their 50-year love story is a modern-day fairy tale, full of adventure and heartache, ogres and sages, with a true love magical ending.

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“Candypants: A Fairy Tale” is the story of Lee Brady and David Sanderson, the two gay men who invented Edible Underwear and the whirlwind adventure that followed. Their struggles and successes included battles with the Fda, the FBI, and the Mafia. Along the way they’ve made many unlikely allies (including former...

[[tmz:video id="0_b5wsxxgt"]] Sugar Ray Leonard is heading to Louisville to attend Muhammad Ali's funeral -- telling TMZ Sports the man had a tremendous impact on his life and he wants to pay his respects in person. Leonard says he's not scheduled to speak at the event -- but would if he was asked. However, he admits it's a pretty tough task to eulogize a man who accomplished so much. He also has a message to the...

Muhammad Ali's memorial service is still 2 days away, but thousands of fans are ready and willing to fight for a ticket to get inside. Ali's memorial is scheduled to go down Friday morning at Louisville's KFC Yum! Center -- but the crowds started lining up Tuesday night and waited until sunrise to make sure they got a seat. 15,000 tix were gone in about an hour! Even though they were super early birds, some of...