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Reenactors Take on Vietnam War

Matt Cantor — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:49:27 CDT

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 forgotten,...

Street Theater Sparks New Showdown at OK Corral

Harry Kimball — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:24:28 CDT

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 to its reenactment,...

PSA Re-enacts Rihanna Beating

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:46:10 CDT

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 white actors were...

Spector Jurors Try Out Victim’s Chair

Heather McPherson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:37:37 CDT

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 firsthand, the Washington...