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Will This Eye-popping CG Animation Test Power Up Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye ?
Everyone knows that Popeye is " ... strong to the finich 'cuz he eats his spinach." But what was this Sailor Man like before he discovered that those leafy greens gave him amazing strength? And what...
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That Time I Talked To Emblem3 About Selena Gomez And Their 'X Factor' Days
The beautiful Pop-Tart may be turning 50 years old, but that doesn't mean it's too old to throw an amazing party. That's exactly what the #CrazyGoodSummer tour is -- a big birthday bash for your...
View ArticleIntroducing Bad Advice for Writers!
Greetings from the offices of Bad Advice for Writers! We here at BAW strive every day to offer you, a writer, the very best bad advice we can, in easy-to-digest lumps of excellent terribleness. Whether...
View ArticleThe Crawleys Are Back: Why The World Loves Downton Abbey
Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville and the rest of the gang are back on Sunday in the UK for Downton's fifth series (although PBS will keep law-abiding Americans waiting until January 2015). High50's...
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Backstage at AmericanaFest: With Justin Wade Tam and Leslie Rodriguez of...
If you've ever wondered what goes on backstage with musicians before or after a show, this series of Q&As from showcases at AmericanaFest in Nashville this week will attempt to unlock that mystery....
View Article"Glass Onion" Celebrates the Great John Lennon
"LOSS IS nothing but change, and change is nature's delight," said the Roman Emperor and renowned Stoic, Marcus Aurelius. •ON October 15th, at NYC's Union Square Theater Lennon: Through A Glass Onion...
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Streisand and Partners: Brillance and Meh
Full Disclosure: I am a card-carrying 100% I-got-a-perm-like-her-at-16 Barbra Streisand fan; posters on the walls, every movie consumed hundreds of times, every album, CD or digital file played until...
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The Expansion of Conscious Media Film Festivals
In 2014 two new conscious media film festivals launched: the Illuminate Film Festival in Sedona, AZ and the Awakened World Film Festival in Santa Barbara, CA. There are dozens more, including one...
View ArticleWhat Apple's U2 Stunt Really Says About the Future of Music
U2's new album hit me like a ton of bricks. For eight days in a row, Songs of Innocence has nipped at my heels, beckoning less like a hungry puppy than a salty sea, washing my feet in its tides. The...
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The Boomtown Rats Return: A Conversation with Bob Geldof, Plus a Chat with...
photo courtesy Bob Geldof A Conversation with Bob Geldof Mike Ragogna: Bob, I'm honored to be talking to the Man Of Peace. Bob Geldof: You are indeed honored! [laughs] I'd forgotten I was and now my...
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Movie Review: A Walk Among the Tombstones
They used to make films like A Walk Among the Tombstones on a regular basis: mysteries built around flawed heroes, in which character was as important as plot, and action was the catharsis, not the...
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Movie Review: This Is Where I Leave You
I went into This Is Where I Leave You with trepidation, mostly having to do with its director, Shawn Levy. The man behind such standard-lowering hits as Cheaper By the Dozen and the Night at the...
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It's All the Little Details That Help Universal Orlando Deliver the Really...
You can't spell "scare" without "care." And the fiendish folks behind Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights clearly understand this. That's why they put a full year of careful thought and...
View ArticleYes, It Does Matter If Jonathan Bennett Is Gay And Out of the Closet or Not,...
Earlier this week, "Dancing With The Stars" judge Julianne Hough was discussing "Mean Girls" star and DWTS contestant Jonathan Bennett on "Extra" with host Mario Lopez. "[Bennett] tweeted me last year...
View ArticleHome From War, Sergeant Swann Faces New Battles in "Fort Bliss"
For those who have deployed overseas, the daily routine, sandy monochromatic environment, and sound of rotary aircraft passing overhead at all hours can be comforting. For many of us, we enjoyed our...
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Jane Fonda Sits Shiva
This weekend an A-List cast stars in the hilarious and touching movie, This Is Where I Leave You. It's based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Tropper about Shiva. What's Shiva? Shiva is the...
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Bill Murray and the Roles That Got Away
Bill Murray has been doing things his own way since the beginning of his career. Not only does he operate without an agent or manager, but he seems to make it virtually impossible to contact him. He...
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It Is Hard Work -- and Some Magic -- That Makes 'Wizard Wars' a Success
"The joy of magic is this wonderful explosion that happens when something you know collides with what you see. You're seeing something you know can't be true." The speaker is Teller (at right in the...
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Confessions of a Serial Songwriter: Second Guessing the Hits
I'm often in the minority. I can't predict which songs will be big fat hits. And I love others that aren't. So maybe I wouldn't be so good at A&R. That's OK with me. In 1993 Sheryl Crow released...
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Quincy Jones on Keepin' On and Other Pearls of Wisdom
Quincy Jones is to music what Steven Spielberg is to film. In a career that has spanned over 60 years, Jones has been a musician, composer, producer, mentor, philanthropist and guiding force that has...
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