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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The folks at Turner Classic Movies had just decided they'd have to cancel their annual classic film festival when their general manager had an idea: What if they could do something else in recognition of the lost weekend?

"It felt greedy to say, 'Well why don't we do this whole other thing?'" said Pola Changnon, the network's general manager.

Charles Tabash, the head of programming, told her he'd think about it. And less than 48 hours later, he came back with something even more ambitious: Three and a half days of films, special guest appearances and star-studded segments fr...