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Are We There Yet? Iconic Road Trip Movies

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraulein Stinnes, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Bjarne Henriksen, Eric Von Moeller, Around the World in 80 Days, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Transamerica, Little Miss Sunshine, Sandra Huller, Rain Man, Peewee?S Big Adventure, Jules Verne, Shane Taylor, Easy Rider, Adler Standard, Clarenore Stinnes, Paul Cotter, Bomber, Road Trip, Borat, Lake Baikal, Greta Garbo, Thelma and Louise, Im Auto Durch Zwei Welten, Benjamin Whitrow, Carl-Axel Soderstrom, Film, Arts News
George Heymont

Long before Mapquest, Yahoo, and Google Maps offered instant gratification for drivers trying to figure out the best way to get from one place to anot...

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Transgender Artists Help Make Transformative Art

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Jack Byrne, Hemaphrodite, Lgbt, Rebecca Swan, Felicity Huffman, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, Rita Hayworth, Transamerica, Maria Callas, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Kirsty MacDonald, Nelson Mandela, Zackie Achmat, Maori, Frederic Delius, Ema Lyon, National Film Board of Thailand, Gertrude Stein, David Wall, Simon Knoli, Assume Nothing, Robert Mapplethorpe, Prodigal Sons, Fig Trees, Four Saints in Three Acts, Drag King, Orson Welles, Drag Queen, Fennimore and Gerda, Tim McCaskell, Virgil Thomsen, John Greyson, Shigeyuki Kihara, Die Tote Stadt, Insects in the Back Yard, Gugu Diamini, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, Peter Sellars, New York City Opera, Transgender, AIDS Activism, Mani Bruce Mitchell, Kimberly Reed, St. Theresa of Avila, Oja Kodar, Stephen Lewis, Arts News
George Heymont

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A Land Without Men for Men Without Land: Travels Through the Amazon

Doug Gunzelmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transamerica, Cycling, Deforestation, Amazon, Amazon River, Green News
Doug Gunzelmann

I successfully crossed the entire continent with nearly 2,000 miles on unpaved tracks through the world's greatest jungle. But I left the Amazon with more questions than answers as is often the case when one becomes so embedded in something.

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A San Francisco Landmark Goes Green

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Green Technology, Economy, Green, Green Building, Green Business, Green Living, Transamerica, Business, Green News
Gavin Newsom

The most famous building in San Francisco is also one of the most environmentally friendly in the country: The Transamerica Pyramid building has achieved a LEED Gold certification.

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GENDER BENDERS: Which Actors Are Believable Playing The Opposite Sex? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mrs-Doubtfire, The World According to Garp, Tootsie, Slidepoll, White Chicks, The Crying Game, Boys Don't Cry, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, The Wedding Singer, Transgender, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Norbit, Sleepaway-Camp, The-Birdcage, Transgender Movies, Transamerica, Transgender Film, Breakfast on Pluto, Taking Woodstock, Entertainment News

Liev Schreiber plays a gun-toting transvestite in 'Taking Woodstock,' Ang Lee's latest film, but he's hardly the first actor to take on a gender-bendi...

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