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A Brown Person's Guide to Enjoying the Movie Exodus: Gods and Kings
First thing first (and most importantly): I'm not one of those people who is dead set against actors playing people of different races. I mean, they're actors. By definition an actor is supposed to be...
View ArticleRichard Pryor Haunts Top Five
Recently I finished reading Furious Cool, a breezy yet reflective take on the life of Richard Pryor. Rather than present Pryor as merely a pioneering stand-up comic, authors David and Joe Henry...
View ArticleAn Interview With Sofia: John Mayer Meets kd lang
I recently sat down with up-and-coming singer-songwriter Sofia. We had so much fun talking that I lost myself in a few places. What? I'm not a professional journalist. I am a butch lawyer who writes a...
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Sony's Act of Cowardice That Betrays 2000 Years
Kim Jong-Un 1 - Sony Pictures 0. There's a weapon uniquely fatal to despots and terrorists. That weapon is comedy, and Sony Pictures just cancelled it. Sony yielded to crackpot internet-threats and...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Spielberg!: Celebrating 40 Years of Movie Magic
Make your list now! Culturalist.com is the place to shape, share and debate your opinions on anything and everything through Top 10 lists. Want to join the conversation? You can make your own list of...
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The Controversial Philosophy Behind Franco's The Interview
Many people awoke this morning (December 18th) stunned to discover that not only had North Korea been "centrally involved" in hackers threatening a "9/11-style attack" on U.S. soil in protest of the...
View ArticleEight Selected Short Films: A Mini Film Festival
An early holiday present! I'm looking for scripts, hard. In addition to developing two features with co-writers and a few myself, I set out to find and connect with talented writers and see what they...
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Fleetwood Mac: The Voice of Many Generations
Credit: Sarah Wilson Fleetwood Mac has remained timeless in running rock n' roll for over three decades. Overcoming complicated band romances, Fleetwood Mac continues to tour and excite different...
View Article10 Reasons It Sucks to Lose 'Stephen Colbert'
As we prepare for the end of The Colbert Report, it is time to reflect on exactly what we are losing as Stephen Colbert retires his character and moves on to host The Late Show. Sure it's a great move...
View ArticleLiberty: The Right to Tell People What They Don't Want to Hear
It's Terrorism Let's not make a mistake about the terrorism that has just been perpetrated against Americans. An alleged North Korean terrorist blackmail, escalating from a hack of Sony Pictures, has...
View Article'Top Five': Woody and Robert and Chris, Oh My
Chris Rock enters into Woody Allen territory with his new movie Top Five. During the opening scene, as Rock's hero Andre Allen strolls down a Manhattan avenue engaged in lively debate with reporter...
View Article6 Reasons a Beatles-Like Phenomenon Can't Happen Again
Looking back on this 50th anniversary of the Beatles arrival in America, music fans and cultural observers of all ages often ask, "Can anything like the Beatles happen again?" The question itself is...
View ArticleLooking Back at 9 Years of The Colbert Report (VIDEO)
Today, as The Colbert Report airs its final episode, I'm looking back with gratitude on nine years of great television. The Huffington Post and the Report have always had a special bond; after all, it...
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Review: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Gena Rowlands and Cheyenne Jackson Is there a road map that guides us to an understanding of each other? Gena Rowlands and Cheyenne Jackson find themselves at odds across a dance floor until the dance...
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Lightning in a Bottle Festival Announces Dates and Location for 2015
Oh Lightning in a Bottle, you beautify my soul, gathering minds of greatness is your pure and cosmic goal. We dance, we listen, we clean, we glisten, not animals who survive but spirits who are alive....
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Jane Siberry's Holiday Hoes and Hosers Brings Magic to Iridium Jazz Club
A glittering metropolis like Manhattan has many, many confectionary delights at Christmastime but one of the best is Jane Siberry's Holiday Hoes and Hosers show this week at Broadway's Iridium Jazz...
View ArticleThe Theory of Everything Should Win Everything
What a gorgeous film directed by Brit James Marsh! The Theory of Everything should win everything as awards season gets underway. The world's leading theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking even provided...
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Soul Doctor Lifts Our Spirits Off Broadway
I was recently in New York City and had the good fortune of popping into a pre-opening performance of the new off Broadway production, Soul Doctor. Soul Doctor is the story of the legendary Shlomo...
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The Dubai Film Festival Diaries: Lee Daniels Has Been Brainwashed, Virginia...
At the press conference for Daoud Abdel Sayed's Out of the Ordinary, starring Khaled Abol Naga, Naglaa Badr and the small wonder that is Mariam Tamer at this year's DIFF, it was interesting to be a...
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Feds sue 'Bering Sea Gold' star over costs of retrieving sunken vessel in...
The federal government filed a civil lawsuit on Monday against a gold dredge captain who has appeared on Discovery Channel's "Bering Sea Gold," alleging he refused to take care of his 117-foot landing...
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