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NEWS ABOUT: reenactment

reenactment stories: 4 news summaries

 Reenactors Take 
 on Vietnam War 

Despite controversy, re-created conflict gets warm reception

Aug 18, 09 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Revolutionary and Civil War reenactments are a familiar sight—but now, one of the most controversial wars in US history is in reruns, the AP reports. Houston, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania have all hosted Vietnam war reenactments. “We do it to honor these guys and to tell them, 'You weren't... More »

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veterans • Vietnam veteran • reenactment • Vietnam War • strange stuff

(Newser) - The Old West town of Tombstone, Ariz.—scene of the shootout at the OK Corral—is still swarming with gunmen. Actors, to be sure, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t bitter rivalries. Since a professional troupe rolled into town and started drawing tourists from the main drag... More »

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theater • Arizona • mayor • reenactment • Wild West • Tombstone • Wyatt Earp

 PSA Re-enacts Rihanna Beating 

Activist organization launches new campaign

Mar 20, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna’s alleged assault by Chris Brown is re-enacted in a new PSA, AP reports. Actors play out the scene while a narrator reads details from the police affidavit. “There was no need to sensationalize things. It was bad enough,” says the CEO of DoSomething.org, adding that... More »

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online videos • domestic violence • reenactment • Rihanna • PSA • teenager • physical abuse • Chris Brown

Spector Jurors Try Out
Victim’s Chair

Panel role plays in field trip to producer’s mansion

Aug 10, 07 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jurors in Phil Spector’s murder trial got the full re-enactment experience in a trip to the record producer’s house yesterday, slumping back and playing dead in a replica of the chair where actress Lana Clarkson died. The field trippers asked permission to explore the case’s fine points... More »

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Phil Spector • Lana Clarkson • murder • trial • jury • reenactment

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