Columns
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‘Mystery Train’ Star Is Now ‘Coaching’ a Taiwan Baseball Movie
Masatoshi Nagase is part of the cast of a flick about a 1931 baseball Taiwan team that made history at a high-school tournament in Japan
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Anthony Jeselnik: Defending Rape Jokes, Pretending to Be Evil
Star of Comedy Central special says his onstage persona is like a Bret Easton Ellis character
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I Am Sick of All the Kathryn Bigelow-Bashing for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Guest blog: And I, for one, do not fault Bigelow for showing torture scenes — 9/11 was the most heinous form of torture perhaps ever
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In Battle of Oscar Heavyweights, Here’s a Vote for Lightweights
Guest Blog: A movie shouldn't have to make a Big Statement About Humanity, so maybe we should lighten up a little
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‘Django Unchained’ Has a Passion That ‘Lincoln’ Lacks
Guest blog: Quentin Tarantino isn't afraid to show the ugly, seamy side of this tragic part of our nation's history
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‘Lincoln,’ ‘Pullman Porter Blues’ Show Importance of Historical Fiction
Guest blog: America's racial history is brought into clear focus via the highly entertaining "Pullman Porter Blues" and "Lincoln"
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Piers Morgan, Immigrant With Job No American Wants, Faces Deportation
Humble talk show host dares speak out about guns
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‘The Guilt Trip’ – and My Failed Road Trip With Norman Mailer
Guest blog: With each lock-horns disagreement, I found myself routing for Streisand and Rogen to relate and get on with their lives
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Carole Mallory -
An Open Letter to the MPAA’s Chris Dodd: Get Rid of the Guns
Guest blog: I write this letter to you as a friend of Hollywood and with the hope that something can be done to take guns and gun scenes out of future Hollywood movies
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Dan Bloom -
Hollywood Tour Guide Dishes on Orson Welles, Sammy Davis Jr. and Why John Garfield Wasn’t Named Abraham Lincoln
Guest blog: Here's why Jewish-convert Sammy makes the sign of the cross in an emergency…
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Dan Bloom -
We Need Bret Easton Ellis’ Twitter Rants During Our Clubby Awards Season
Guest blog: And why, for his part, Bret Ellis needs to offer them
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Jeremy Walker -
Where Was Taiwan in Its Own Golden Horse Film Fest?
Called the Oscars of Asia, the televised show seemed like it was taking place in Beijing or Hong Kong, since most of the awards went to Hong Kong and Beijing film people
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Larry Hagman Risked His Career to Stand Up for His Beliefs
For their anti-war views, Jane Fonda was labeled a traitor, Hagman an "eccentric"
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Ivor Davis -
Confessions of the Cinematic Kid: ‘The Movies Made Me Do It!’
Guest Blog: As a youth hooked on movies, the author mainlined everything from "Rocky" to "Caddyshack" — and lived to tell
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Al Weiwei, His ‘Never Sorry’ Director and Their Serendipitous Meeting
Guest Blog: The movie, the Chinese artist and activist, has finally reached Taipei — but still has not been shown yet in China
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Dan Bloom