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Dear White People Frames Race as Dichotomous, While Asian Americans Play...
Dear White People reminded me that race is too often framed as a dichotomous conversation of black vs. white. It's not. Taking place on an Ivy League campus (where Asian Americans are commonly...
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Chats With Randy Jackson and North Of Nine's Jackson Guthy, Simple Minds' Jim...
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The King of the South Gets His CRWN
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One hundred years ago, a 23-year-old University of Vienna medical student attended a lecture by Professor Sigmund Freud. It was a dream analysis. As the students filed out of the lecture hall, the...
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31 Days of Mystery: The "Banksy Does New York" Documentary
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Movie Review: Big Hero 6 -- The Future Starts Now
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The Theory of Everything Star Felicity Jones on Her Role in the Film and...
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A-Sides with Jon Chattman: High Five! Five for Fighting Sings For Hawaii Five-O
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Mario Lopez Reveals Parenting Secrets and Why Writing His Memoir Was a...
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The Oscar Race Is in Full Swing!
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Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest Music Picks from the Event Producers
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On Monday, news broke that Taylor Swift's back catalog had been removed from Spotify, another blow to Swift fans after her new album, "1989," was previously barred from the streaming service. Swift's...
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Interstellar
Remember Gravity? Remember the simplicity, raw emotion, visual wonder, precision pacing and unpretentious central character in that space odyssey? Hold that thought. You'll need to. Interstellar is no...
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My Conversation With Alan Alda
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"Christian Troy never learns his lesson." I made that statement very matter-of-factly and honestly about a character on Nip/Tuck during the end of its run on FX Network. It was just a normal part of...
View ArticleThe Imitation Game
The other day I had the privilege of attending an advance screening of the forthcoming movie The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. I am not a movie reviewer, so I will...
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