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Pan's Labyrinth's Doug Jones: The CFQ Interview
The speaker of the Louisiana State Senate. An agoraphobic starfish. Two copies of Playboy with their centerfolds torn out. These are probably the only things actor Doug Jones hasn't been in his...
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For anyone who has spent any time in and around Hollywood, it is impossible to ignore the male-dominated industry and its sexist standards. I recently saw a great Swedish documentary on the life of...
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Want to make your boring celebrity interview go viral in one easy step? Ask your subject if she's a feminist -- the media loves a young ingenue denouncing the "-ism" du jour. When TIME magazine asked...
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I once read a story about village justice in Bombay, India. A Hindu boy was caught fighting with a Muslim boy. The town "judge," a man chosen by the community for his wisdom and leadership, told the...
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I'm not here to tell you how many fluid ounces of tears I shed at the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars last night, nor will I give it a pun-infused four-star rating to heartily persuade the...
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Why It's Not Okay for Andrew Garfield to Play a Trans Woman
This post originally appeared on Bustle. By Kat Haché Recently indie band Arcade Fire released the music video for the song "We Exist." The video features Spider Man's Andrew Garfield as an individual...
View ArticleThe Real Nature of America's Child Migrant Crisis
In the past seven months, over 47,000 unaccompanied children have been caught crossing the southwest border of the United States. This number is a 92 percent increase over the same period of time in...
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Drink Hot Water The cheapest and by far the easiest tip I can give you right off the bat is to start drinking plain old hot water. Hot water is the first thing I drink every morning and the last thing...
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A little over a month ago I had the opportunity to complete my lifelong dream of visiting Liverpool, the birthplace of The Beatles and where the seeds of the British rock invasion of the 1960s were...
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Dog Ears Music: Born in June Playlist
Richard Strauss (Performed by Glenn Gould) Song: Sonata for Piano In B Minor, Op. 5: II. Adagio Album: Cantabile Genre: Album: The Essential Glenn Gould Buy: iTunes.com Carl Barât (The Libertines)...
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Although perhaps best known as a rock-centric music festival, Barcelona's Primavera Sound is also a full-scale conference with presentations, panels, lectures on the state of the music industry, music...
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Celebrity Collector: Billie Myers
Photo Credit: Billie Myers In 1997, British musician Billie Myers debuted the album Growing Pains and it's first single, "Kiss the Rain" quickly became a Billboard hit. The success of her album drew...
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The smartphone craze is destroying the concert-going experience, at least according to the musicians and the pro photographers who take pictures of said live performances, and the issue isn't just...
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A few months back I received a voicemail from a publicist in Los Angeles. She told me that she stumbled upon my PopJewish.com blog on the web, read some of my posts, and thought I'd enjoy watching a...
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John Green is not only an author, YouTuber, father, brother or a role model, he is a human being who is genuinely humble. John Green is an example of a man who works hard but knows that working hard is...
View ArticleReThink Review: Obvious Child: Abortions In Movies Shouldn't Always Be Tragedies
For democrats and people who believe women should be able to control their own bodies, abortion has been a key issue in the sadly enduring battle for women's rights. However, that hasn't stopped...
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Four years ago today, the Entertainment Editor at Huffington Post ran this story without my even knowing it had been submitted (a mutual friend of mine had sent it over to Huffington Post without...
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Recently, Match and PetSmart Charities teamed up to reveal what pet-loving singles want when searching for a two-legged companion. With over 80 percent of Match singles identified as pet lovers, "Truth...
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Spike Lee Stars at BUILD Speaker Series
Director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee headlined at AOL's BUILD Speaker Series yesterday, showing AOLers two new films he directed and answering questions from host Audrey Davidson and...
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