Columns
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Review: Al Jazeera Is Radically Out of Touch With America … but in a Good Way
If there is a coded message, it's this: Engage. Care. Get in the game
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Is Bradley Manning a He or She? Let’s Just Call Her What She Wants
Commentary: Why have news outlets denied Manning's request?
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On Robert De Niro’s 70th Birthday, Remembering a Romance
Guest blog: A fond recollection of some fast times at the Chateau Marmont, circa 1975
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Harvey Weinstein’s Oscar-Campaign Dilemma
Guest blog: His embarrassment of riches has arisen because his company is distributing two very strongly acted and directed films about race in America
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Black Entertainment Depicts a Stream of Craven and Depraved Sociopaths – Let’s Reclaim It
Guest blog: Black filmmakers give us terrible images and messages. I reject them wholesale — our creations must have beauty
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Indie Filmmaking – Why It’s a Hard Knock Life
Guest blog: What I learned making "Abandoned Mine" — change your oil often and check your air pressure
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Jeff Chamberlain -
Scott Phillips’ Latest Foray Into the Sexually Bent, the Noirest of Noir
Guest blog: Thanks for novelists like Phillips for getting down and dirty, which he does with aplomb in "Rake"
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Carole Mallory -
The New Birthers: Republican Ted Cruz’s Presidential Eligibility Questioned
Drudge highlights CNN report on Cruz's eligibility
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Which Black Celebrity Will Help Redeem Paula Deen? The Odds
An inevitable attempt to pull an Eminem requires a black Elton John
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Post-Water-Cooler TV? Not Yet: The Real World Still Trumps Twitter
Most talk about TV is still face-to-face… which gives us time to work on our online etiquette
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Why Hollywood’s Business Model Is Bad News for Creativity
Guest blog: Lynda Obst's "Sleepless in Hollywood" gets it right about what's shaping today's movie business
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‘Breaking Bad’: The Case for Why It Isn’t Good
The Onion's AV Club offers a contrarian argument about "Breaking Bad"
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Companies Must Learn to Better Define What ‘Intern’ Means
Guest blog: The mere labeling of a worker as an intern does not automatically remove the worker from the protections of wage and hour laws
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Anthony Ly & Rebecca Aragon -
How My Movie Fell Apart: A Story With a Happy Ending
Guest blog: A torturous Italian saga led to my skateboarding film, “The Motivation,” out Tuesday on-demand
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