Hollyblogs
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How Uptown Records Founder Andre Harrell Sharpened Changed Hip-Hop (Guest Blog)
Andre was on the cutting edge of hip-hop or sharpening it even as the music industry first dismissed the nascent cultural force
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Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson Lends His Voice to Help LA’s Homeless in the Pandemic (Guest Blog)
A new project proves that social distancing does not mean being socially distant
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‘Homeland’ Star Navid Negahban Wants to Build a Home and Studio Space for Aspiring Artists (Guest Blog)
“Your generosity will allow me to finish building the center, which will ultimately lead to housing, food and income for our artist community,” actor says
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Pandemic Offers Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Make Films That Matter (Guest Blog)
“Minds are opened by common adversity, hearts redirected. New paradigms suddenly become plausible,” producer Peter Samuelson says
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How Michael Des Barres Calms the COVID Waters With His Radio Show (Guest Blog)
“When I first sat before that mic, Narcissus disappeared,” the former glam rocker says of his SiriusXM gig
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How Broadway Actors Cope Waiting for the Curtain to Go Back Up (Guest Blog)
“In a funny way, this time is not that dissimilar to my usual life, with periods of waiting, finding other ways to be creative and to help those in need,” Alyssa May Gold
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Remembering Stuart Gordon, a Re-Animator of the Horror Genre (Guest Blog)
“Stuart could have been Steven Spielberg if he’d had different budgets to work with,” film professor and journalist Ray Greene writes
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How the Coronavirus Has Upended Film Festivals – and What We Can Do About It (Guest Blog)
“We owe our support to festival comrades who opt to put their festival online,” Seed&Spark head of acquisitions & programming Clay Pruitt writes
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What the Film ‘Azimuth’ Taught Me About How Isolation Can Be Its Own Virus (Guest Blog)
“Our perceived enemies are usually hidden,” Richard Stellar writes
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Where’s the Black Bridget Jones? Why It’s So Hard to Find Diverse Romance Stories (Guest Blog)
“For years, I refused to acknowledge the impact of bias in book-buying decisions and it hurt me,” best-selling author Nana Malone writes
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Kirk Douglas’ Memory Lives With Those Whose Memory Has Failed (Guest Blog)
“Mr. Douglas’ generosity and empathy was legendary,” Anne-Marie Johnson recalls
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Why Does ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Feature So Many Real-Life Pedophiles? (Guest Blog)
Quentin Tarantino’s film is filled with sexual abusers — including my great uncle, James Stacy — and parades young female flesh for our consumption
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It’s Time for the OscHers: When Will the Academy Honor Female-Driven Storytelling? (Guest Blog)
Films like “Booksmart” and “The Farewell” keep getting passed over for films told from a male perspective
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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ Proves Why #RepresentationMatters (Guest Blog)
“There she was, beaming in her fabulous costume, chocolate skin, in a crowded bar in 1800s Concord, Massachusetts, dancing her heart out,” actress-writer Robinne Lee writes
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Tony-Winning Producer to Women in Hollywood: Awards Are Nice, Checks Are Better (Guest Blog)
No number of editorials or angry tweets or catchy hashtags or awards will change the dynamic of women in film
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Jenna Segal