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I Am Ali
"I am the greatest!" Who can forget the cocky trademark phrase that was delivered by the most endearing boxer of all time? Retracing Muhammad Ali's vibrant life is an opportunity for audiences to...
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Kristen Stewart Brings Camp X-Ray to the Forum Film Festival
Photo Credit: Bruce Gilbert Before Kristen Stewart became a mega-star playing Bella in the Twilight film trilogy, she made a memorable onscreen debut as Jodie Foster's daughter in Panic Room. Playing...
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I was in Manhattan's Four Seasons Hotel, sitting across from a Wall Street guy who had already rejected me twice about investing in my latest independent film, "Em." I wondered how I would afford yet...
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Anthony Bourdain's Roots
Like grandfather, like son, like grandson? Pierre M. Bourdain, Pierre Bourdain and Anthony Bourdain He doesn't know it, but Anthony Bourdain and I have ever-so-lightly crossed paths before. Several...
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The Book of Life Director Made Me Laugh -- and Cry
The first time I met animator Jorge Gutierrez, director of the dazzling new animated musical film The Book of Life, he made me laugh. I interviewed him at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 about his new...
View ArticleBrazil's Silva Sets His 'Ocean View' on North America
Brazil was the center of the globe this summer thanks to the World Cup. While news organizations from around our planet showed the beauty of Brazil's land and culture, it also showed the unrest of it's...
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Record World Early '70s: Moving Up by Showing Up
This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Field Notes from a Music Biz Life. On my first day as a 21-year-old assistant editor at the music industry weekly Record World, co-owner Sid Parnes, the...
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DVDs: The Wonder Years, Tom Cruise on Repeat and More
Still catching up with tons of releases from the past few weeks, new movies, classic films and a TV show that has been a long, long, long time coming. Cue the music... THE WONDER YEARS -- COMPLETE...
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View Article'SVU' Explores Sex Abuse in Hollywood
Tonight's SVU shone a light on the darkest corner of Hollywood's casting couch, where kids vying for roles are sexually abused and passed around by moguls and producers. Recap: In the wake of a...
View ArticleTeresa Giudice of 'Real Housewives' Sentenced to Jail Time (And Why I Feel...
Teresa and Joe Giudice, stars of "Real Housewives of New Jersey," have been sentenced to jail time. Teresa was sentenced to 15 months in prison, starting in January 2015, and Joe Guidice was sentenced...
View ArticleMy Chats with Tom Rush
A few things that get better with age, in no particular order: Blue jeans. Leonard Cohen. Anything leather. Tom Rush. Rush, 73, has a voice that has only warmed and deepened with age -- he sounds...
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Diamond District steps up with 'March on Washington'
A striking return to form, March on Washington puts Diamond District back on the map as one of the most vital voices in hip hop today. Their 2010 debut In The Ruff garnered fans worldwide as well as...
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Movie Review: The Judge -- Call a Recess
The Judge is, in its way, the kind of old-fashioned potboiler -- a courtroom drama -- that the studios made regularly when the studios actually thought there was an audience for films about adult...
View ArticleFive Bands That Must Go Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
The nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and as always there is just as much noise about who made the list as there is about who didn't. (Hey, cantankerous...
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The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Doctor Who, Transparent, Peaky Blinders,...
It has been years since the opening weeks of a new television season truly "belonged" to broadcast -- but it seems that this year, in particular, the "other guys" have been coming on especially strong,...
View ArticleBurroughs: The Movie Returns to The New York Film Festival
Burroughs: The Movie opens with a clip from Saturday Night Live. The actress/ model Lauren Hutton introduces William S. Burroughs, proclaiming him the greatest living American writer, in her view. That...
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