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Louise Brooks and Silent Film Star in Montreal

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Louise Brooks, Montreal, The Artist, Entertainment, Silent Film, Entertainment News, Movie News, Canada, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Thomas Gladysz

Jean Dujardin, who won nearly every Best Actor award around the world for his portrayal of fading star George Valentin, prepared for his role by watching classic silent films and by studying silent era actors, notably Douglas Fairbanks.

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Chip Taylor: Still Chasing the Chills

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Train Wreck Records, Music News, Church of the Train Wreck, Chip Taylor, Norway, Live Music, Chip Taylor and the New Ukranians, Jon Voight, Singer-Songwriter, Scandinavia, Barry Voight, Merilee Rush, Entertainment News, Hill Country Live, Evie Sands, Chet Atkins, Carrie Rodriguez, Chip Taylor Music, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

It is difficult -- well nigh impossible really -- to cover a career like that of Chip Taylor's in just a few hundred words.

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Calling All Girls: The Video Gaming Industry Offers Exceptional Opportunities to Young Women

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Smithonian Museum, Digital Media, The Art of Video Games, Digital Learning, Education Echnology, Esa, Workforce Preparation, Jobs, Washington DC, The Economy, Computer Science Education, Stem, Education, Electronic Arts, Engineering Education, Careers, Entertainment News, Video Games, Digital Divide, Education News
Idit Harel Caperton

The game industry is -- or should be -- a career target for today's female students in elementary and secondary schools as well as in higher education.

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Dr. John and Soul Fire for the Gulf

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Soul Fire, Sunpie Barnes, Gulf of Mexico, Native Americans, Earth Day, Dr. John, Papa Mali, Oil Spill, Slidepollajax, Music, Entertainment News, Slidefreestyle, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Sculptor Bellavia and Dr. John created "Voudou Dolls" to help fund the Soul Fire elders' travel, incorporating his knowledge of Orisha learned from the late Rev. Mother Alice Hill Lastie.

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Shea Rose: Extraordinary Girl

Holly Cara Price | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: My Angel Wears a Fro, Boston Music Awards, Female Rap, Queen Latifah, Boston Globe, Little Warrior, Boston Herald, Shea Rose, Sxsw, Highline Ballroom, Terri Lynne Carrington, Sam Sparro, Music News, EnBerklee College of Music, Entertainment News, New-Music, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

"extra extra read all about it / I rock the mike ain't no doubt about it / because I'm extra I'm feeling extra I'm gonna bless ya / what? huh!" So chants Shea Rose in the song "Extraordinary Girl," from her 2011 mixtape Little Warrior.

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Shahs of Sunset, Episode 6: Old Pals, New Episodes

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Iran, Ryan Seacrest, Reality TV, Entertainment, Tv, Bravo, Entertainment News, Shahs of Sunset, TV News
Charlotte Safavi

I was expecting the sixth episode and season finale of Shahs of Sunset to go out with an outrageous bang, but it didn't. Episode 6 was surprisingly low-key.

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Maggie Furlong

Who Should Play Christian & Anastasia In 'Fifty Shades Of Grey'?

HuffingtonPost.com | Maggie Furlong | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Who Should Play Anastasia Steele, Fifty Shades of Grey, Video, Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Casting, Casting, Celebrity Skin, Slidewide, Entertainment News, Who Should Play Christian Grey, Fifty Shades of Grey Movie, Entertainment News

The "Fifty Shades of Grey" book trilogy by E.L. James is currently reigning over the New York Times Best Sellers list, taking up the top three slots. ...

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Noel Gallagher on Coachella, the Bible Belt, and Why Everyone Needs a Reggae Name

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Culture News, Coachella, Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Reggae, Oasis. JD Considine, Entertainment News, Video, Culture News
Kristi York Wooten

Noel is glad the boon hit "when you could still make money selling records -- before the Internet," but doesn't mind re-entering the months-long tours inherent to a rocker's life (and wallet). "You've got to earn a living, haven't you?"

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Shahs of Sunset: Episode Five Taken With a Gulp of Wine

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Reality TV, Iranian American Culture, Entertainment, Bravo TV, Entertainment News, Shahs of Sunset, Shahs of Sunset Recap, Shahs of Sunset Episode Recap, Entertainment News
Charlotte Safavi

It turns out that episode five of "The Shahs of Great Neck" was a bit of a tearjerker... the episode's main plot followed the lead actor's quest to unravel the Gordian knot of his nuclear family.

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Ricky Martin in Evita on Broadway: Loved It -- Can Puerto Rico Rise Like Eva Peron?

Henry Freeman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Puerto Rico, Broadway, Ricky Martin, Evita, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Evita Revival, Evita Broadway Revival, Ricky Martin Evita, Evita Revival on Broadway, Entertainment News, Elena Roger, Entertainment News
Henry Freeman

When one leaves the Marquis Theatre in New York after watching Elena Roger, Michael Cerveris and Ricky Martin perform their art, it is hard (I'd even say impossible) to find any unhappy faces.

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James Bond Brand Shaken Up: Swigging Heineken in New Movie Skyfall

Susan Harrow | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: James Bond Heineken, Video, Bond Girl, Npr, Personal Branding, Skyfall, Peter Sagal, Brand Marketing, Movies, James Bond Daniel Craig, Daniel Craig James Bond, James Bond Martini, Brand Consistency, Heineken James Bond Ad, Heineken, Branding, Marketing a Brand, Entertainment News, NPR Wait Wait?Don?T Tell Me, Daniel Craig, Advertising, James Bond, Entertainment News
Susan Harrow

Famed for his signature beverage of a vodka martini "shaken, not stirred," Bond has caved to down the brew for a purported 45 million dollar marketing deal from Heineken.

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Shahs of Sunset: Episode 4's New Lows

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Reality Television, Reality TV, Entertainment, Bravo TV, American Iran Culture, Shahs of Sunset Bravo, Iran, Entertainment News, Iran News, Shahs of Sunset, TV News
Charlotte Safavi

First, GG looked like an ugly duckling in that ridiculous outfit, no swansong here. Second, no self-respecting Persian party for adults starts in daylight at 7:00 p.m.

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Shahs of Sunset: Episode 3 With a Nugget From Episode 1

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Jews, Reality Television, Iran, Reality TV, Muslims, Bravo TV, Entertainment, Iran News, Shahs of Sunset Bravo, Entertainment News, American Iran Culture, Shahs of Sunset, Twitter, Facebook, Social Media, Israel, TV News
Charlotte Safavi

They are friends. I love this, I really do, because, believe it or not, Iranians of different cultural backgrounds do get along... and despite the current political situation and its bigoted notions, they mostly have over the centuries Iran has been around.

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Mad Men (Finally) Returns: Worth the Wait?

William Bradley | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, New York, Aaron Sorkin, Vietnam War, Jon Hamm, Racial Issues, Los Angeles News, Jerry Brown, Culture News, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Barack Obama, Entertainment News, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, 24, The West Wing, The Sopranos, Elisabeth Moss, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Fortunately, Woodstock is still a long ways off. And the Summer of Love is, too (along with San Francisco), though it's just over a year away in the Mad Men universe. But the rumblings of change -- in this case racial change and generational change -- are getting much louder.

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The Real Game Change: Palinism's Rise, Moderate Republicanism's Eclipse

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Sinatra, Arianna Huffington, Jerry Brown, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, The Manchurian Candidate, Far Right, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, 2012 Presidential Elections, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party, Steve Schmidt, Game Change, John McCain, Gary Hart, Rick Perry, Maria Shriver, Dick Cheney, Ralph Nader, Entertainment News, Media News, Video, Politics News
William Bradley

The term "game change," like so many sports-oriented terms in politics, is decidedly over-used. But the events depicted in the Game Change film really do constitute just that, though not in the way that my friend Steve Schmidt intended it.

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Iconic Entertainment News Magazine Goes Up For Sale

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Variety, Variety Magazine for Sale, Future of Magazines, Reed-Business-Information, Entertainment Industry, Variety Magazine, Variety Magazine Entertainment, Entertainment News, Variety Entertainment, Trade Magazines, Entertainment Trade Magazines, Magazines, Media News

Variety magazine's parent company Reed Business Information (RBI) announced on Friday that it has started the process of selling the iconic entertainm...

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Travel Channel Premiere: Slice of Brooklyn

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: TV News, Pizza, Brooklyn Bus Tour, Tony Muia, Entertainment News, Brooklyn, Travel Channel, A Slice of Brooklyn, Italian Food, Video, Brooklyn Pizza, New York Pizza, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

"Viewers will get to see all the amazing foods, neighborhoods and visual beauty of Brooklyn and truly understand why our company slogan is 'Manhattan? FUHGETTABOUDIT!'"

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Review: Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: New Album, Nebraska, Tom Morello, Soul, Michelle Moore, Wrecking Ball, Gospel, Music News, Blues, Born in the USA, Country, World Tour, Clarence Clemons, Hip Hop, Entertainment News, Ron Aniello, Alan Lomax, Album Review, E Street Band, Rock and Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

Wrecking Ball stands as Springsteen's best album release in almost thirty years. It's both wrenching and jubilant; looking back and looking forward; steeped in sorrow as well as celebratory and undaunted.

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Playing For Change: Building Schools, One Soulful Note at a Time

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Entertainment News, Playing for Change, Mark Johnson, Grandpa Elliott, World Music, Playing for Change Music, Playing for Change Foundation, World Music Tour, Video, Impact News
Kristi York Wooten

Hyped since its 2004 launch and now in the midst of an expansive international tour, Playing For Change is proving to be so much more than a cover band with multinational cred.

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Dion DiMucci in Conversation With Steven Van Zandt at the 92nd Street Y

Holly Cara Price | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Joe?S Pub, New Album, Bronx, Music News, Buddy Holly, Steven Van Zandt, Blues, New York City, Dion DiMucci, Dion and the Belmonts, Entertainment News, Jerry Lieber, Doo Wop, 92y, Hank Williams, Country Music, Dovells, Outlaw Country, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

Just imagine you're sitting in your own living room and it's nice and cozy and quiet, and across from you in two comfy chairs are Dion DiMucci and Steven Van Zandt talking, for 90 minutes, about Dion's long and amazing career.

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Brennan Williams

James Fortune: From Homeless To Chart-Topper

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Video, James Fortune, James Fortune Identity, Entertainment, Homelessness, Marvin Sapp, Marvin Sapp Never Would Have Made It, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, f.i.y.A., Entertainment News, Black Voices News

Landing on top of Billboard's Top 200 chart is no easy feat in today's music scene. For gospel recording artist James Fortune, accomplishing chart-top...

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Clint Eastwood Addresses Commercial Buzz: 'I'm Not Politically Affiliated With Obama'

Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Clint Eastwood Politics, Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Commercial, Karl Rove, Chrysler, Clint Eastwood It's Half Time in America, Political Hollywood, Auto Bailout, Clint Eastwood, Video, Fox News, Super Bowl Commercials, Entertainment News, Clint Eastwood Auto Bailout, Entertainment News

After a day filled with chatter about the political implications of his "Halftime in America" Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler, acting legend Clint ...

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Netflix Series Lilyhammer: Little Stevie's Gangsta Rap Debuts February 6

Holly Cara Price | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Norway, Lilyhammer, TV News, Netflix, Sopranos, E Street Band, Entertainment News, Steven Van Zandt, Lillehammer Norway, Lilyhammer Review, Lilyhammer Netdlix, TV News
Holly Cara Price

The story begins as Frankie Tagliano, a mobbed up New York bar owner, becomes a FBI informant and is sent away on the witness protection plan by his own request to Norway.

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Like & Dislike List: Back to the Future on Broadway, Office Spin-Off, New Hunger Games and More!

Kris LoPresto | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Michael J. Fox, Metropolitan Opera, The Ring Cycle, Dwight Schrute, The Office, Super Bowl, Ferris Bueller, Super Bowl Ads, Gotterdammerung, Good Day, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ice Cube, Back to the Future, Entertainment News, Media News, Mockingjay, The Hunger Games, Nbc, Entertainment News
Kris LoPresto

Like: The Ferris Bueller Honda Super Bowl Spot. Over 10 million views and counting! For a commercial! Does anyone not love this spot?

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First Look: 'Game Change' Trailer With Julianne Moore & Ed Harris

Posted 01.31.2012

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The full first look at Julianne Moore playing Sarah Palin has been revealed, and it's not all that pretty. Moore plays the former governor of Alask...

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