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The Annals of the Interactive Emmy on its 10th Anniversary
Lost amid the old-school rituals of last Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmys was a tiny signpost of change, an Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
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Charts: George Strait Takes Narrow Path to Billboard’s Top Debut, Edging Out Beatles
On the digital songs chart, Kelly Clarkson managed a so-so debut for “Mr. Know It All”
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My Ill-Fated Trip to Bill Cosby’s House
We were gathered to discuss the writing of a four-hour script about the life, career and sacrifices of Winnie Mandela. All I wanted to do was go to bed
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Arthur Axelman -
Review: Marsalis Gets Upper Hand on Slowhand in ‘Lincoln Center’
Eric Clapton defers to the celebrated jazzman in their collaboration
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Blues Velvet: David Lynch Shows Off His New Album
The auteur sounds a little like a schizophrenic Neil Young — and just as dreamy and disturbing as you’d expect — on his debut solo album
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Why’s a Huge Bollywood Star Playing an Ugly Stereotypical Jewish Gangster in ‘Gatsby’?
More importantly, will Indian newspapers and websites pick up on Fitzgerald’s genteel anti-Semitism of the period?
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Dan Bloom -
Review: Staind Is Pained to Defend Itself on Metallic Comeback
After a head-scratching detour into a solo country career, growling frontman Aaron Lewis is all too eager to remind us he’s a tough guy
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Review: Kristin Chenoweth Is Too Much of a Good Witch on Her Country Debut
When she’s camping it up, the Broadway diva is a natural in her theater-to-twang transition, but a plethora of soppy message songs undercut the fun
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Review: Lady Antebellum Gets Too Lady-Like on Ballad-Thick 3rd Album
The country-pop trio try to repeat the romantic formula that produced “Need You Now,” with less miraculous results
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Superheroes Have Feelings, Too – Why Hollywood Should Show Them
I wrote my first feature film, “One Fall,” because I had something to say about what being a modern superhero really means
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Marcus Dean Fuller -
Might China Buy the Hollywood Sign Next?
Like the former Soviet Union, China thinks that it can fool the Western world with glass skyscrapers, space flights and now, glowing Times Square signs — is L.A. next?
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Dan Bloom -
A Southern-Fried Version of Bigfoot
Horror films have become too formulaic — with my first film, “Creature,” I wanted to do something different
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Fred M. Andrews -
Netflix’s Content Gap: Will Subscribers Wait 8 Years to Stream Movies?
Hollyblog: There will be a 96-month gap before movies are available for streaming through the popular service — and that may be too long for subscribers
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Edward Jay Epstein -
Charts: Lil Wayne Falls Just a Lil’ Shy of a Million; MTV Awards Boost Adele’s Ballad to No. 1
“The Carter IV” is almost on par with Lil Wayne’s past sales glory, with 964,000 sold, while Adele’s bravura awards-show turn actually pushed an old-school ballad into the top spot on the digital songs chart
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Open Phone Hacking by News Corp. vs. Secret Hacking by the CIA, MI5
Intelligence services hack in secret, with powers given to them under law; and when they hack, no one ever knows, unless they are subsequently arrested for planning a terrorist attack
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Anthony Burt