Columns
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‘Breaking Bad’ Season 5, Part I: Into Walt’s Heart of Darkness
Guest Blog: I’m not joking when I share that I’m tense through every episode this season
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Mali Perl -
ESPN Journalistic Standards: The Emperor No Longer Wears Clothes
Guest blog: From Tim Tebow to Penn State, a look at ESPN's journalistic failures
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Kent Youngblood -
Sorry for Party Rocking: Copyrighted Music in Political ‘Parodies’
Guest Blog: Using an existing work for the purposes of political satire requires a particular protocol
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Frank Scibilia -
Taiwanese TV Program Puts Spotlight on Israel
Guest Blog: When Taiwanese reporter and producer Claire Su arrived in Israel, she had no idea what to expect from her first visit to the Holy Land
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Dan Bloom -
Fame is Fleeting but Daytime Stars Prevail: the Chris Robinson Phenom
Guest Blog: The next generation will simply not know Sean Connery or Al Pacino, but a sub-sector will always cherish their heroes: daytime soap stars
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Arthur Axelman -
Helen Gurley Brown Made Me a Cosmo Girl
Guest Blog: I am grateful to Helen Gurley Brown for helping me to feel like a sexual creature
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Carole Mallory -
Kirk Douglas and the Blacklist
Guest Blog: No one person broke the blacklist, anymore than any one person won World War II
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David Robb -
Free Samples of Seeds of Hate Served Up at Costco
Guest Blog: When Joan Rivers equates Costco with Nazi Germany for banning her book, it is not only appropriate, it's absolutely correct
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Love, Longing and Family Drama Make ‘Southern Gothic’ a Summer Must-Read
Guest Blog: Paul Alexander's "Southern Gothic" tells the story of a show-business family rocked by alcohol and struggle but comes to a satisfying conclusion
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Carole Mallory -
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