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Movie Marketing, Especially on TV, Needs to Evolve
Guest blog: Applying basic economic principles shows the studios would be wise to go beyond the basics when marketing movies on TV
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On ‘Les Miz,’ Paris and the Picassos: Pablo, Paloma and My Then-Fiancé Claude
Guest blog: It was at this moment that I felt closest to the family — I could feel Paloma’s need to do something to draw attention to herself
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Carole Mallory -
Paying It Forward
A yoga-based movement and mindfulness curriculum that helps young children be more physically fit, emotionally stable and learning able
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Brenda Strong -
A Finely Tuned ‘Quartet’
Guest blog: What a nice surprise to see Dustin Hoffman act so skillfully as a director in his debut
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Aviva Kempner -
I Have a Dream … About Women Filmmakers
Guest blog: Who speaks forcefully in defense of women’s right to co-decide the diverse, multi-layered image of women to be presented in film and on television?
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Barbara Sutton Masry -
‘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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Dan Bloom -
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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Carole Mallory -
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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Carole Mallory -
‘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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Aviva Kempner -
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