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Rwanda: First-Ever Reality Show Zamuka Models Entrepreneurism
Search for Common Ground (SFGC), an international NGO, is hoping to inspire and launch a new generation of young entrepreneurs with Zamuka -- the first ever, Rwandan reality TV show. Unlike the...
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SXSW Interview: Startup Culture Exposed in 3D Printing Doc Print the Legend
Directors Luis Lopez and Clay Tweel discuss their award-winning documentary Print the Legend, which had its world premiere this month at the 2014 South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival....
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Cosmos Rocks Science Right -- Again
Image credit: NASA I had the biggest crush on Carl Sagan back when the first Cosmos was broadcast -- I still do. Easier on the eye than most of the TV "teachers" of yore -- and all my real-world...
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Brothers Hypnotic -- An Inspiring Documentary About Music, Politics, and Family
At the start of the film Brothers Hypnotic, we see seven young black men walking leisurely along rusted train tracks carrying musical instruments -- four with trumpets, one with a trombone, one with a...
View ArticleJustin Bieber and Miley Cyrus Should Get a Do-Over
I hesitate to give celebrities even more attention than the obscene amount they already receive, but I feel the need to comment on the folly that is Justin Bieber. The deposition video released last...
View ArticleThe Hole in Justin Bieber's Soul
Recently, I saw the cover of the most recent Rolling Stone magazine, which featured a tattooed and shirtless Justin Bieber with the caption, "Bad Boy -- Why Justin Bieber Just Won't Behave." Intrigued,...
View ArticleDon't 'Whitford' This: The Top Five Reasons to Start Watching Trophy Wife
Don't be fooled by the name (yes, it's meant to be ironic) -- ABC's Trophy Wife should be at the top of your to-do list. The show is about a former party girl (Malin Akerman) who inherits a huge family...
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Rob the Mob and 24 Hour Rental Demythologize the On-screen Mafia Fable
It's been over 40 years since the iconic mafia movie The Godfather was released, but from Goodfellas to The Sopranos and now Boardwalk Empire, those wise guys still fascinate us. However, two highly...
View ArticleMy Conversation With Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman: Collaborative 'Harmony'
Tonight on PBS, I have a conversation with longtime musical collaborators Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. The Grammy-winning songwriters have been partners for more than 40 years, with projects that...
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Why Lady Gaga Should Respect Demi Lovato
I was crabby on Sunday. Work has been crazy lately and having two little kids does not help the sleep cause. My wife realized this so she told me to go to the gym before work. That usually takes the...
View ArticleA Brand New Idaho of Film and Other Festivals
The Sun Valley Film Festival is still evolving, after its third incarnation, March 16-20, and the most intriguing question is, will the state of Idaho become a more intimate, accessible festival...
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Four Years Ago, Boogie2988 Was on Disability -- Now He's a YouTube Star
Left to his own devices by an alcoholic, absentee father and languished with physical and pathological abuse from his mother on a daily basis as a child, a young Steven Williams had it rough. The...
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The Hardest Apology in the World
In 2009, after almost five months in Rwanda, an overwhelmed 21-year-old boarded a plane back to the United States with a promise to "tell the world we are sorry." Haunted by the question, "is there...
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Cultural and Charitable Catch-Up: March 2014
The warmer weather's promise of spring provided a welcome backdrop for three, charitable, very social benefits. The ladies of the social set were all out -- decked in gorgeous designer gowns -- looking...
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Welcome to the Hotel Andersonia
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, directed by Wes Anderson, 99 minutes, USA) There are, I am increasingly convinced, but two kinds of people in this world: People who hate Wes Anderson films and human...
View ArticleAn Exclusive Interview With Christian Madsen and Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Stars of...
Yasemin Bilge @yasbilge, Natalie Mason @NatalieSDSU, and Courtney White @cnicwhite contributed to this story. The formula for box office success in the modern era of film seems to revolve primarily...
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Saturday Night Live Writer Michael Che Revisits His Favorite Sketches
Photo by Mindy Tucker Native New Yorker Michael Che only began performing in 2010, yet his credits already include Letterman, Rolling Stone's "50 Funniest People of 2013" and Variety's "10 Comics to...
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You've Got to Go Along to Get Along
Co-authored by Ted Fox I'm 66 years old, and I've been making music my whole life. I always knew that would be the way I'd make my living. I'm still doing that, but things have sure changed! I've seen...
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RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6, Ep. 4 Extra Lap Recap: 'Shade: The Rusical!'...
She's getting her Courtney Act together and taking it on the road! Attention, Broadway babies! This week on RuPaul's Drag Race, our queens got their Patti LuPone on as they staged Shade: The Rusical!...
View ArticleBest Covers of Pharrell's 'Happy' On YouTube
Here's a compilation of some of the biggest covers of Happy by Pharrell Williams on YouTube right now. The compilation includes Pentatonix, Pompaloose, Sam Tsui, Tyler Ward, Conor Maynard and Miranda...
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