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My Actor Uncle, Jake Earl – at Over 8 Feet, the Tallest Man in the World
Guest Blog: Jake, who starred in 49 films, was a normal boy until age seven, when he suddenly began to grow with astonishing speed
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Andrew Erlich -
‘The Odd Couple’ Just Got Odder – in China
Guest Blog: Neil Simon's Broadway play has hit the Chinese stage, featuring a cast of Western actors performing an all-Mandarin version
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Dan Bloom -
My 3-Way With Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal
Guest Blog: How I met Gore and put him together with Mailer for the magazine interview of my life
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Carole Mallory -
Sex, Drugs and Chick-Fil-A
Guest Blog: The music business is dead, and like a phoenix from the ashes, passion-filled music is very much alive
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Michael Des Barres -
Dennis Hopper’s Fascinating But Ultimately Tragic Life
Guest Blog: In "Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel," author Peter Winkler paints a portrait of a unique actor and arts lover who tragically died with anger in his heart
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Carole Mallory -
Copyright, Trademark Claims Lurk Where Filmmakers Least Expect Them
Guest blog: Two cases that came out of "The Hangover, Part II" — over a Mike Tyson tattoo and a fake Louis Vuitton handbag — illustrate the tricky copyright terrain filmmakers tread
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Michael Garfinkel -
The Era of Rockette Comedy
Guest Blog: One observation I have is that writers have deserted cadence in a lot of current TV comedies
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Keith Fenimore -
If Women Ran Hollywood: 2012 Edition
Guest Blog: If women ran Hollywood, Wanda Sykes would reign as a long-term host on late-night network television, for starters
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Martha Lauzen -
Defy a Gunman’s Impact – Go See a Movie This Weekend
Guest Blog: One of the ways to approach the aftermath of such a senseless act is to take some positive action
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Anthony Burt -
Ricky Gervais Won’t Let Up With the Anne Frank Jokes
Guest Blog: Having defended himself against earlier criticism, comedian Ricky Gervais is back in hot water with Jewish groups after a recent tweet
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Dan Bloom -
That Old Adage ‘Write What You Know’? – Hogwash!
Guest Blog: Shakespeare wasn’t a Danish Prince, Updike never ran a Toyota dealership, William Goldman didn’t rob banks or move to Bolivia …
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Peter Mehlman -
Hasselhoff, Bolton, Imbruglia: Middle-Aged Rockers Rock Russia
The “White Nights of St. Petersburg” music festival — three days of '80s rock and a musical competition hosted by Paula Abdul
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Why Politicians’ ‘Theme Songs’ Often Hit the Wrong Notes
Guest Blog: Adopting a popular tune as a campaign theme song is risky for candidates, especially if their politics are out of step with the artist's
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Frank Scibilia -
Make Room for Texting at the Movies
Guest Blog: Moviegoers are going to tweet anyway — why not make it official?
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Chris Davison -
China’s ‘Soft Opening’ to the West? Wake Up, Hollywood
Guest blog: China's huge markets beckon, but Hollywood must realize that this is not your grandfather's Marxist-Leninist regime and that there is real risk and responsibility involved
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Dan Bloom