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Arika Kane on Music and True Artistry
If you've watched Hollywood Exes, you've heard her powerful vocals perform the VH1 series' theme song. This is someone that you need to know about if you don't already - her name is Arika Kane. The...
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The Giver -- A Future that Evokes a Cinematic Past
The opening of The Giver invites us into an ordered black-and-white world, peaceful but devoid of color. Compared to the images of carnage prevalent on our TV news, this polite, monochrome, homogenized...
View ArticleRecalling Bacall: My Interview
I was named after Lauren Bacall, and for some reason, have always been excessively proud of that. When I was little, whenever she was mentioned on an entertainment TV show, or if one her movies came on...
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Original Ending of Disney's Aladdin Reveals the Wedding Gift That the Genie...
Let's cut to the chase here, folks: If there hadn't been a Robin Williams, there never would have been a Disney's Aladdin. Don't believe me? Then check out this excerpt from the screenplay for this...
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Valley Girls and Alien Hunks: The Cool Costumes of Earth Girls Are Easy
Editor's Note: This summer, Hulu's taking you behind-the-scenes on some of your favorite films to explore how filmmakers use elements such as sound, cinematography, and lighting to tell powerful...
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Impress Music Snobs by Discovering Indie Artist Allman Brown First
By Nicolle Monico If you were listening close enough last season during an especially emotional moment on NBC's "Parenthood," you may have heard Allman Brown's beautifully written song "Sons and...
View ArticleA Dear Jon (Voight) Letter About Gaza and the History of the...
Dear Jon Voight, We write to you as admirers of your work for many years. We are also professors of modern Middle Eastern studies, specializing on the history and contemporary realities of Israel,...
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When Justin Timberlake and 25,000 Fans Sang Happy Birthday To My Son With Autism
It was the great Leonard Bernstein who said, "Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable." Which might explain why I haven't been able to put into words what happened last night when...
View Article#AOLBUILD Live Stream Features "Love Is Strange" director Ira Sachs and actor...
Watch #AOLBUILD live stream TODAY at 4PM (EST) where AOL BUILD presents Love is Strange where director Ira Sachs and actor John Lithgow will discuss the creative and production process behind this...
View ArticleWoodstock Nation Should Open Their Minds and Listen to Today's Rock Music...
"All the best songs have already been written." That's the tune that I constantly hear from my 45- to 70-year-old friends. They lament that there is no good rock music today, and they miss the golden...
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Dream Team Realized: Dr. John's 'Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch' Honors...
I first interviewed Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennack) about "Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch" a year ago when he described the album in progress as being inspired by a dream in which Louis Armstrong...
View ArticleThe Princess Bride You Didn't Meet In The Movie
By Leslie Kendall Dye for Off the Shelf Sometimes a book changes you every time you read it. So it is with The Princess Bride (by William Goldman), and me. The first thing to know is that the beloved...
View ArticleI'm Just Gonna Shake It Off
So yesterday, Taylor Swift slayed once again. She announced via a worldwide Yahoo! live-stream at 5 p.m. ET her single name, her album name/cover art and her date for when the album comes out. However,...
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When a Film Star Dies
The untimely death of Robin Williams by asphyxiation on August 11, 2014, completely blindsided the world. As the tragic news of his passing broke -- sending television newsroom underlings scrambling to...
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Marvel vs. DC Comic Characters: How Different Are They?
This question originally appeared on Quora:What are the fundamental differences between the DC Comics and Marvel Comics characters and universes? Answer by Robert Bell-Fysh, Network Technician...
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Saving the World's Largest Video Library
I will never forget the first time I set foot in Scarecrow Video, the ultimate cinephile's paradise. Instead of just having a generic Italian section, at Scarecrow you can browse "giallo" and...
View ArticleWillie Nelson's Good Southern Texas Hospitality for Refugee Children
"I guess the closer you are to the situation, the more extreme emotions you have about it, but it seems to me the old golden rule, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,' or 'treat other...
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Grasping the Surreal Death of Robin Williams
I know the trend of my blog posts fits nicely into the sojourn-of-a-music-artist category, but I find my mind cluttered with reflections of losing a savant of comedy and improvisation, Robin Williams....
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No Cameras Allowed: How Sneaking Into Coachella Led to Career as One of the...
In just a few years time, photographer James Marcus Haney went from never having been to a concert, to befriending and working with many of today's biggest artists. His story began at Coachella 2010,...
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R&B Star Estelle on Industry Pressure: 'I'm No More Grace Jones Than I Am...
From fan expectations to pressure to conform, pop/R&B singer Estelle says it isn't always easy to stay true to oneself in the music industry. The Grammy-winning "American Boy" singer, however,...
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