Devra Maza
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Devra Maza is a screenwriter and actor working in Los Angeles, but missing New York. An award-winning journalist, her articles on film and baseball have been featured in The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Daily News and Written By Magazine. She now brings her Renaissance Girl columns, commenting on all things cultural, to the Huffington Post. Prior to becoming a writer, she worked as a model during which time she was dubbed "La Dea Porcellana" by the Italian press. She recovered to write for both film and TV and is the author of the poem, "The Great Greg Maddux" which was unanimously voted by the curators committee into the permanent collection of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown.

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Superheroes Of The Baseball Season

3 Comments | Posted December 31, 2011 | 07:37:19 (EST)

America loves a superhero. From comic books to Comic-Con, from cinema to cyberspace, superheroes rule the airwaves and our hearts. So it's no wonder that America's game is no different. In times of economic hardship, social upheaval or natural disaster, Americans historically look to heroes for rescue, inspiration and escapist...

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A Twilight Seduction: What Men Can Learn From Edward

Posted July 18, 2010 | 04:20:53 (EST)

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As The Twilight Saga: Eclipse continues to fire up the global box office, women of all ages find themselves consumed with an insatiable hunger, devouring everything on the film, its characters and the stars that play them, while reserving a special lust for its eternally devoted...

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The Big Smooch: Start the New Year With a Movie Kiss

Posted December 31, 2009 | 18:14:33 (EST)

It happens every New Year's Eve as people all over the world, across cultures and continents, countdown to a midnight kiss. It's the chance to kiss on a turning point as the magical minute marks both happy endings and new beginnings with a brush of the lips. That kiss can...

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"The Shopping Maccabees: A Chanukah Miracle"

Posted December 13, 2009 | 09:07:23 (EST)

Chanukah had started, the menorah was lit
The family had sung, now they'd give gifts and sit
A little big brown-eyed girl and her brother
Got loads of great stuff then gave stuff to each other
Her dad thought her gift of some slippers...

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Baseball's Big Black Eye: Black Sox, Blackouts and the Banning of Buck Weaver

Posted August 28, 2009 | 00:29:54 (EST)

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It's a saying as old as the game itself and some version of it can be found posted in every Major League Baseball clubhouse: "What we do here, what we say here, when you leave here, it should stay here." It's proof positive...

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Michael Jackson's Other Big Move: The Crotch-Grab

Posted July 6, 2009 | 19:02:28 (EST)

With the passing of Michael Jackson, everyone's mourning the loss of his moonwalk, the move he made famous. But what about his other big move: the crotch-grab. It was just as defining and identifiable with him as that sliding backwards step was. You know the one. It was usually preceded...

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