Norman Lear

Six Pieces Of Wisdom And Advice For College Grads, Inspired By And Borrowed From Norman Lear

Caty Borum Chattoo | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: College Students, Graduation, Education, College Graduation, College, Career Advice, Higher Education, Advice for Grads, Becoming-Fearless, Norman Lear, College News

So much of my "wisdom" or, more accurately, just "stuff that I say," comes from the actual wisdom of the great mentor of my life, the incomparable Norman Lear. Graduation season is the perfect time to share Norman's "Norman-isms."

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The Photographs Of Your Junk (Will Be Publicized)

Posted 01.09.2012

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2011 was a year of Lohan/Kardashian/Weiner-type scandals that should have been a blip on our radar, but instead overwhelmed our social consciousness. ...

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My Start in Television

Norman Lear | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Memoirs, Television History, Norman Lear Memoir, Tv History, TV Online, Norman Lear, Norman Lear Television, TV News

My writing partner Ed Simmons and I were living in L.A. with our families in the summer of 1950, selling living room furniture door to door to support ourselves while trying to break into show business.

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'Same-Sex Marriage Has Not Ruined Anyone Else's Marriage'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 12.08.2011

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Monday night at the sparkling Beverly Wilshire Hotel proved to be a love-fest. Hollywood's best and brightest came out to celebrate television leg...

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"What You Talkin' Bout, Willard?"

Norman Lear | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: 2012 Election, Corporations, Corporation, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Citizens United, Mitt Romney Corporations Are People, Norman Lear, Politics News

"What you talkin' bout, Willard?" Absent a profanity, I don't know a better reaction to Romney's declaration  that "corporations are people".

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Pass the Blame, Pass the Center, Head for the Truth

Carol Smaldino | Posted 10.04.2011

Maybe part of the issue is our own complicity by getting depressed rather than angry.

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Los Angeles Power Couples: The Essential List (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.06.2011

Los Angeles loves its stars -- and if they come in pairs, all the better. But this list doesn't focus on couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; in...

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The Body Needs Burgers

Cheryl Carlesimo | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's something completely satisfying about a great burger. It has a lot of those tastes that the human animal craves.

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PHOTOS: Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban Celebrate Carole Bayer Sager's New Exhibit

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Keith Urban, La Art House, LA Culture, Slidepollajax, Norman Lear, David Geffen, Katherine Ross, Michael Govan, Babyface, Nicole Kidman, Carole Bayer Sager, Los Angeles News

Carole Bayer Sager was surrounded by family and friends last night for a private reception at the West Hollywood gallery LA Art House. Her new exhibit...

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Chelsea Handler Presents 'Bill Of Rights' Award At ACLU Dinner

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Ramona Ripston, Antonio Villaraigosa, Chelsea Handler, Amy Doyle, Slidepollajax, Aclu of Southern California, La Around Town, Paula Poundstone, Hans Zimmer, Norman Lear, Los Angeles News

On Monday, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer was honored for his longtime support of human rights and civil liberties by the ACLU of Southern Califor...

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Springerized America: How Reality & Tabloid TV Corrupts Our Politics & Media

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality Television, House of Representatives, Gop, Reality TV, The Real Housewives of Orange Country, The Real World, George W. Bush, Anderson Cooper, Fox and Friends, The Jerry Springer Show, Keith Olbermann, Roger Ailes, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Tea Party Movement, Richard Blumenthal, Rupert Murdoch, Mtv, Tea Party, Republican Party, Jerry Springer, Rand Paul, Punditocracy, Edwin Newman, Chris Coons, All in the Family, Barack Obama, Charles Kuralt, Christine O'donnell, Yale, Rich Iott, Archie Bunker, Sean Hannity, Jon Stewart, Walter Cronkite, Fox News, Tabloid TV, Republicans, Rachel Maddo, Bill O'Reilly, Libertarian Party, Linda McMahon, Eat the Press, Cnn, Maury Povich, Maury, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, The Daily Show, Countdown, Norman Lear, Tmz, USA Today, George Bush, Media News

Reality and tabloid television are a social virus that has infected the American body politic. In the 1980s, "I'm with Stupid" was a put-down. In 20...

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2010 Workers' Voice Awards: Worker Worthy Pop Culture Standouts

Wyatt Closs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ceos, Immigration, Service Economy, Donna Summer, Matt Damon, The Chemical Brothers, Movies, Mtv, Bailout, Unions, Workplace, Up in the Air, Austin, The Yes Men, JJ Abrams, John Steinbeck, Sundance Film Festival, Protest, Jobs, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Economic Crisis, Folk Art, Film, Labor Unions, Elvis Presley, Tyler Perry, Seth MacFarlane, Adventureland, Awards Season, Entertainment, Work, Jason Reitman, Diego Rivera, Working Women, March on Washington, Books, Janitor, Elaine Elinson, Norman Lear, Economy, Reality Television, Chile, Getty Center, Reality TV, Motorcycles, Bbc, Workers, Martin Starr, Music, Undercover Boss, Arts, Musicians, Television, Nurses, Labor Day, Michael Moore, Edie Falco, Elizabeth Dee, Entertainment News, MTV Video Music Awards, Humble-Pie, Arts News, James Brown, Tom Morello, Politics, Matthew Crawford, Judd Apatow, George Clooney, Hip-Hop, Emmy Awards, Big Banks, Wall Street, Howard Zinn, Boycott, Art, Nurse Jackie, Entertainment News

Wanna honor Labor Day but not work at it? Check out any of these pop culture expressions from the last year. Just in time for your nod to Labor Day, ...

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WORKER WORTHY STANDOUTS: PART 3 - TV COMEDY AND DRAMA

Wyatt Closs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seth MacFarlane, Television, JJ Abrams, Awards Season, Work, Nurses, Edie Falco, Economy, Working Women, Nurse Jackie, Unions, Labor Unions, Emmy Awards, Norman Lear, Tyler Perry, Entertainment News

I have a fantasy where Norman Lear gets in a room with Seth MacFarlane and JJ Abrams and Tyler Perry, does a roundhouse kick Billy Jack style and boom...

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Breaking News: The 30/10 Initiative Is a National Story

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Bel Air, John McCain, Brentwood, President Obama, Washington, George Orwell, 30/10, Npr, Matt Drudge, Santa Monica, Congress, Wikileaks, Los Angeles, David Bohnett Foundation, Tom Friedman, Montana, Metro, Fox News, New York Times, Public Transportation, Bell, Norman Lear, Eli Broad, Roll International Corporation, Subway, Leonardo Dicaprio, Los Angeles News

Let's close the 30/10 deal by being so united in our support that it is on the front page and everyone in Washington knows what we're talking about and asking for.

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The Sound of Service: It's Time to Bring MusicianCorps to LA

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

I attended a briefing this past week that still has me glowing with inspiration. It was a reminder of the miraculous potential of service and the raw power of music.

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Louis C.K.'s "Louie" Succeeds When It's Political

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Fx, Real Time With Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Louis CK, Louie, Political Correctness, Bill Maher, Andrea Chalupa, Norman Lear, Entertainment News

The show relies on gag-riddled skits to show the awkwardness and abuse that comes with making this major life transition, but only succeeds when Louis C.K. goes Norman Lear on us.

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An A-List Publicist's Take on Fame: Less is More and Other Words of Wisdom

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

There's a good reason why we aren't hearing from Sandra Bullock these days. "It's impossible to just say a few words," says veteran public relations s...

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Former Cheney Advisor Talks New Newsite, The Daily Caller

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Daily Caller, Eric Massa, Citizen Journalism, Dick Cheney, Tucker Carlson, President Obama, Norman Lear, Glenn Beck, Neil Patel, Politics News

In today's 2nd Anniversary Show, Wilshire & Washington asks: How can an online news organization succeed, both financially and journalistically, in th...

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Putting the Public Back into Public Interest Broadcasting

Sue Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: USC Annenberg, Marty Kaplin, Fcc, Matthew Hale, Public Interest, Petition to Deny, Broadcast Blues, Norman Lear, Media News

We the people do have some power over what is broadcast in our own communities, at least in theory. But in fact, petitions to deny stations' licenses languish for years, and the FCC has no record of the last time any station's license has been pulled.

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Kimberly Brooks' The Stylist Project Debuts In Los Angeles

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christina Hendricks, Jordana Brewster, Vanity Fair, Kimberly Brooks, Taylor De Cordoba, Dior, Marisa Tomei, Michael Govan, The Stylist Project, Arianna Huffington, Jessica Paster, Arianne Philips, Perrey Reeves, Art, Janie Bryant, Ginnifer Goodwin, Cameron Silver, Nia Vardalos, Rose Apodaca, Nancy Steiner, Arts, Slideshow, James Van Der Beek, Tracee Ellis Ross, Abbie Cornish, Norman Lear, Arts News

Imagine if you went to a museum, and all the people in the paintings were alive and interactive. That's exactly what happened Monday and it was fascinating.

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A Church For People Like Us

Norman Lear | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ever since I smoked my first good cigar, I have felt that if there were no other reason to believe in God, Havana leaf would suffice. I've had similar epiphanies while biting into a ripe peach.

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Thank You, Norman Lear

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maude, Norman-Lear-Center, All in the Family, Entertainment, Norman Lear, Entertainment News

The Norman Lear Center gets its name from a man whose belief in the power of entertainment to degrade and to do good, to demagogue and to uplift, to be both gloriously silly and urgently relevant, made him an industry pioneer.

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Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...

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Sarnoff, Paley and Goldenson

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Norman Lear, Ted Turner, Entertainment News

A Television writer/friend Dom Serafini recently wrote an article about "the good old days of Television Ownership." Dom is not always wrong, but he ...

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Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Documents Radio/TV Diva Gertrude Berg Popular from Great Depression Through McCarthy Era

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Milanos Downey, A Majority of One, Ed Asner, African-Americans, Actresses, Aviva Kempner, Catholic-Americans, Emmy Award, Red Channels, Richmond-Virginia, Documentary Film, Tony Award, Gertrude Berg, Jewish-Americans, Rosalind Russell, Aphrodite Palans Andrew, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Communism, The Black List, Screenwriters, Red Scare, Philip Loeb, Huac, Socialism, Susan Stamberg, Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg, Women Directors, Norman Lear, Radio, The Rise of the Goldbergs, Greek-Americans, The Goldbergs, Entertainment News

Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg underscores a unique moment in our history when the Jewish experience crossed over into households composed of African Americans and Midwesterners, as they all listened to The Rise of the Goldbergs.

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