Smile of the Week: Go El Paso Thunderbirds!

Posted on February 26, 2013 at 12:16 pm

This is a coach — and a team — who understand the score.  Many thanks to my friend Ann Horak for sharing this touching story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuFWTw3NJA4
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A Valentine’s Day Romance Smile of the Week: Signs

Posted on February 14, 2013 at 3:59 pm

Reminiscent of this year’s adorable Oscar-nominated short, “Paperman,” this very romantic Australian short is the story of a lonely office worker who falls for a pretty girl in the window of the building across the street.

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Smile of the Week: Disney’s Oscar-Nominated “Paperman”

Posted on February 6, 2013 at 5:59 pm

Disney’s Oscar-nominated short is one of the best movie romances of 2012.  It appeared in theaters before the feature “Wreck-It Ralph.”  The music is by “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s” Christophe Beck and it was produced and directed by John Kahrs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEMrKxZLZWQ
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Smile of the Week: Katy Perry Sings With Jodi DiPiazza, Musician With Autism

Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:15 pm

From this weekend’s Comedy Central Night of Two Many Stars benefit for autism (Sunday at 8 Eastern), this touching duet:

Her father says, “I’ve taken off the idea that there’s some limit on her.”

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