Budd Schulberg

Writers on Fighters

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A.J. Liebling, Budd Schulberg, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, George Kimball, Pete Dexter, George Foreman, Pete Hamill, Gay Talese, W.C. Heinz, Jimmy Cannon, George Plimpton, John Schulian, Books News
Jan Herman

At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing, a new anthology from The Library of America, reads like an elegy for the fight game.

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The Best "Back to School" Movies

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lou Diamond Philips, Budd Schulberg, The Academy Awards, Robert Donat, Michael Redgrave, Animal House, Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies by Farr, Greer Garson, Maggie Smith, Alexander Payne, John Belushi, Reese Witherspoon, Louis Malle, John Houseman, Timothy Bottoms, Public Television, Edward James Olmos, Matthew Broderick, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News
John Farr

Given the profound significance of education in our lives, it's no surprise there's no shortage of movies on the subject. Here are ten of my own favorite films about school, learning, and those mostly noble souls who teach.

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Dead Folks, 2009: The Missed and the Not Missed

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Budd Schulberg, E. Lynn Harris, Roy E. Disney, James Whitmore, Don Hewitt, Andy Rooney, Gene Barry, Patrick Mcgoohan, Fred Travalena, Farrah Fawcett, Arnold Stang, Ron Silver, Dominick Dunne, Robert Novak, Beatrice Arthur, Soupy Sales, David Lloyd, Frank Mccourt, Jennifer Jones, Ed McMahon, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Robert McNamara, John Updike, Susan Atkins, Dom Deluise, Army Archerd, Brittany Murphy, Larry Gelbart, Ricardo Montalban, Gale Storm, Natasha Richardson, Oral Roberts, Ricardo Montalbán, Doctor Who, Ted Kennedy, John Hughes, George Pal, Herbert G. Klein, Walter Cronkite, Karl Malden, David Carradine, Eastwick, Patrick Swayze, Peter Jackson, Patrick Stewart, Henry Gibson, Celebrity Obituraries, Obituaries, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

Here's my own brief look at some of the more notable celebrity deaths of 2009. As always, they fall into two categories: "The Good Riddance List" and "The Folks We'll Miss List."

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Gelbart and Schulberg: Two Writers Depart an Ever Stranger Land

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Face in the Crowd, Rick Moran, Budd Schulberg, Right Wing Nuthouse, Larry Gelbart, John Ensign, M*a*S*H, Rush Limaugh, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Glenn Beck, Terry Moran, The Harder They Fall, On the Waterfront, What Makes Sammy Run, Mastergate, Home News
Michael Winship

Recent illogical bloviation by politicians and pundits brings to mind the summer's passing of two writer friends and colleagues, each of whom had a sure grasp of mass hysteria.

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The Glenn Beck Movie Was Made in 1957 -- It's A Face in the Crowd

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Budd Schulberg, Glenn Beck, Andy Griffith, Elia Kazan, Media News
Jesse Kornbluth

People -- and Americans in particular -- love being conned. I can't think of a better time to watch A Face in the Crowd.

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Two Young (-ish, at the Time) Punks Attempt to Re-Write Schulberg

Ben Stiller and Jerry Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Budd Schulberg, Jerry Stahl, Ben Stiller, Permanent Midnight, What Makes Sammy Run, On the Waterfront, Entertainment News
Ben Stiller and Jerry Stahl

I guess you could say that our relationship with Budd Schulberg was typical Hollywood: we met him, we liked each other, and in the end, we kind of broke his heart. But that didn't mean we didn't stay friends.

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What Schulberg Might Have Told Obama About Fighting

Bill Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Budd Schulberg, President Obama, George Foreman, Rope-a-Dope, Winston Churchill, Meet the Press, Jack Newfield, Jon Meachum, Boxing, Health Reform, Newsweek, Obama Administration, Universal Health Care, Obama Health Care, Politics News
Bill Cunningham

Organizations that can't touch Obama in the ring are moving to a crowding, brawling, Frasier-like approach to the debate.

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Budd Schulberg, 'On the Waterfront' Screenwriter Dies At 95

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who defined the Hollywood hustle with his novel "What Makes Sammy Run?" and later proved him...

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