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Hollywood Directors Go Viral

James Sims | Posted 12.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Wars, Natalie Portman, Werner Herzog, Steven Spielberg, Golden Globes, David Lynch, Film Directors, Hollywood, American Film Institute, Entertainment News

I'd like to look a few directors that won't be getting much attention this awards season -- directors who recently popped up in an internet video.

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The Ultra-Elite Versus The Poor

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, US Poverty, Elite, Middle Class, Hollywood, Politics News

The more I "succeed" in life, the more I'm repulsed by the one-tenth of one percent "above" me and the more I long for the values, ethics, and unseen valor of the "unwashed masses."

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Golden Globe Nominations 2010: Complete List Of Globes Nominees

Posted 12.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Golden Globes Nominations, Golden Globe, Golden Globe 2010, Golden Globes, Golden Globe Nominations 2010, Golden Globe Nominations 2009, Golden Globes Nominees, Award Shows, Hollywood, Golden Globe Nominations, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Nominees for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif. Here is the complete list of Golden Globe Nominations...

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Two Scholars Ask: What if Marriage Is Bad for Us?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 12.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Security, Singled Out, Divorce, Civil Rights, Sociology, Middle Class, Matrimania, Pop Culture, Race, Cultures, Laura Kipnis, Happiness, Friendship, Isolation, Institutions, Politics, Mate Choice, Singlism, Wealth, Retirement Benefits, Love, Health Care, Status Quo, Family, Advocacy, Benefits, Marriage, Lifelong Singles, Domestic Gulag, Myths, Hollywood, Loneliness, Work, Health, Single, Health Insurance, Blaming the Victim, Single With Attitude, Living News

Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.

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Dear Angelenos: Meet Mar Vista, She's Cultured, Creative, and Boasts Buckets of This Little Thing Called Community

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Culver City Los Angeles, Venice, Hollywood, Los Angeles Neighborhood, Mar Vista, Santa Monica-California, Los Angeles News

I'm always conflicted whether it's a good thing or a disappointing fact when I tell people where I live, and they have that blank stare. No one really knows where Mar Vista is.

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Spend 2010 With These Animal-Loving Stars

Wendy Diamond | Posted 12.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ace, Aspca, Pets, Charity, Dogs Deserve Better, Humane Society, Honeybee, Heroes, Mickey Rourke, Tucker, Denver, Movies, Carrie Underwood, Television, Stars, 2010, Hayden Panettiere, Whaleman Foundation, Loki, Calendar, Animal Fair Magazine, Adrian Grenier, Charlize Theron, Oscars, Celebrities, Holidays, Entourage, Animal Fair, Save the Whales, Wendy Diamond, Films, Lucky Diamond, Nbc, Peta, Tv, Lucky, Monster, Hbo, Penny Lane, Terrier, Madison, AnimalFair.Com, American Idol, Dogs, Hollywood, Orson, Delilah, Pup-Peroni, Entertainment News

Has your furry friend been naughty or nice this year? These animal loving superstars are just a few of the celebrities who appear in a new calendar sponsored by Pup-Peroni® and the ASPCA that promotes local animal shelters.

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Meghan McCain Slams Hollywood For 'Hating Our Troops'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Film Criticism, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Meghan McCain, War Movies, Brothers, Movies, Hollywood, Media News

Meghan McCain went to see the movie "Brothers" and didn't like it. I'm not surprised. Based on the film's current score on Rotten Tomatoes, nobody el...

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South Africans Angry Over Casting Of Mandelas

The Guardian | Posted 12.08.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Actors, Nelson Mandela, Jennifer Hudson, Morgan Freeman, Acting, Winnie Mandela, Hollywood, World News

Leading actors in South Africa have spoken out against Hollywood stars cherrypicking the best roles in films about their country. Members of the Creat...

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Afghanistan vs. White House Crashers: Putting Our Priorities in Place

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brave New Films, White House State Dinner, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, The Nation, Ari Melber, Robert Greenwald, Afghanistan, Hollywood, Tiger Woods, President Obama, Politics News

If anything can be said about the week in media, it was that Americans put their priorities where their mouths are: gabbing on and on about the frivolous alongside the deeply serious.

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Hollywood Flacks Provide Better Party Security Than the Secret Service

Rich Robinson | Posted 12.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: White House Party Crashers, Reality TV, Kathy Griffin, Congressional Grandstanding, Hollywood, Flacks, Secret Service, Entertainment News

If those two showed up at a party I was working, I would have gladly sent them packing, back to their rented limo. My clipboard was sacrosanct and no deviations were tolerated!

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In Praise of the Working Artist

Ben Lee | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Working Artist, Musicians, Actors, Hollywood, Justin Timberlake, Australia, Los Angeles News

I first came to Los Angeles to make an album in 1996. Having grown up in Australia, I had a very romantic, and probably not uncommon, view of Hollywood as one giant star-making machine.

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I'm Not Exactly Afraid of Really Intense Fashion

Ellie Kemper | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Clothing, Thanksgiving, Fashion, Harvey Weinstein, Style, New York City, Hollywood, Los Angeles News

In LA, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them. It's a city of discovery and possibility and earthquakes and wildfires; anything can happen.

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9 Ways Hollywood Has Destroyed The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Slidepoll, Independence Day, Godzilla, Disaster Movies, Knowing, Dante's Peak, Roland Emmerich, Armageddon, Will Smith, Terminator 2, I Am Legend, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Hollywood, Comedy News

Hollywood loves to destroy the earth. Whether it comes in the form of an alien attack, a giant lizard, or just a good old fashioned asteroid, director...

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The Black List: The Best Holiday Gift In Hollywood

Special To Huffington Post | Deborah Schoeneman | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: The Black List, Franklin Leonard, Best Scripts, Hottest Scripts, Los Angeles, Black List, Allan Loeb, Hollywood, Los Angeles News

Getting on the Black List -- a Hollywood insider ranking of the best unproduced scripts of the year -- is better than any holiday treat because it tru...

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Hollywood's Power Shift: Fewer, More Dominant Players

The Wrap | Sharon Waxman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Sharon Waxman, The Wrap, Hollywood, Los Angeles News

Hollywood appears to be on the cusp of a new chapter, in which a smaller group of major entertainment companies, fortified by bigger libraries and dee...

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Obamas Welcome Guests With Curry At State Dinner

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.25.2009 | Style

Read More: India, Obamas, Michelle Obama Dress, State Dinner Dress, State Dinner Obamas, State Dinner Obamas Singhs, State Dinner, State Dinner Obama, Manmohan Singh, Barack Obama, Menu, Michelle Obama, Foreign Affairs, Hollywood, State Dinner Wardrobe Malfunction, Style News

WASHINGTON — The first state dinner of the Obama White House had it all: Oscar-winning entertainers, Hollywood moguls, a knockout guest chef and...

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The Hollywood Connection in U.S.-India Relations

Richard F. Celeste | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: New Delhi, Indian Politics, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Barack Obama, President Obama, India, Bollywood, Hollywood, Strategic Relationships, World News

For all the glamor attached to Hollywood and Bollywood in their home countries, their potential in fostering bilateral ties has been scarcely appreciated. But the entertainment sector can be a foreign policy connection.

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Who Knew a Buick Regal could be so Fabulous?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 11.19.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Automakers, Los Angeles, Future of General Motors, General Motors, Buick Lacrosse, Buick, Auto Industry, Hollywood, Los Angeles News

Last Thursday night, I was reluctantly taken to a party. I am constantly going to parties; it's part of the price I pay for working in the Entertai...

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Alexandra Kerry DUI: John Kerry's Daughter Arrested In Los Angeles

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator John Kerry, John Kerry Daughter, Alexandra Kerry Drunk Driving, John Kerry, Alexandra Kerry, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Alexandra Kerry DUI, Politics News

LOS ANGELES — The daughter of Sen. John Kerry was arrested Thursday in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk. Alexandra Kerry, 36, was stopped ...

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In Hollywood, There is No Such Thing as a Lone Gun

Bill Swadley | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Success, Career, Show Business, Networking, Entertainment Industry, Actor, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Entertainment News

Eventually, anyone who wants to make it in the arts is confronted with several "realities" that they must overcome. The first and most important is that no one makes it all by themselves.

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PG-13 at 25: Will the Movies Ever Grow Up (Again)?

Mr. Skin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kate Winslet, Adolescence, Buying Power, Hollywood, Mr. Skin, Pg-13, Entertainment News

Will Hollywood ever look past the financial attractiveness of the PG-13? Or are we forever at the mercy of adolescent buying power?

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The Pride of Precious Jones

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Whites, Harlem, Poverty, Gabourey Sidibe, Real Estate, Race, Hollywood, Barack Obama, New York, Rodney King, South Africa, Unemployed, Precious, Oprah Winfrey, Lenny Kravitz, Blacks, Paula Patton, Lee Daniels, Michael Mccollom, Brooklyn, Sapphire, Push, Mo'Nique, Armand White, A. O. Scott, Divas, The Color Purple, New York Press, Mariah Carey, New York Times, New York News

Almost every African-American knows, is related to, or is acquainted with a Precious Jones or her mother, Mary.

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Actor Matthew Marsden Hides Right-Wing Political Views

Jackson Williams | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Hawk Down, Jerry Falwell, Council for National Policy, Pat Boone, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Willis, Media, Michelle Bachman, Austin American Statesman, Rambo, Dixie Chicks, Forum on the Family, Nra, Phyllis Schlafly, Matthew Marsden, Susan Sarandon, Gary Sinise, James Dobson, Eagle Forum, Moral Majority, Austin, Barry Levinson, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Discovery Institute, Poliwood, Ed Meese, Creative Coalition, Barbra Streisand, Texas, Edwin Meese, Hollywood, Left Behind Books, Tim LaHay, Barack Obama, Clint Eastwood, Left Behind, George Gilder, Miranda Ruling, Mel Gibson, Entertainment, Chuck Norris, Charlton Heston, New York Times, Tim Pawlenty, Tony Perkins, Politics News

If Matthew Marsden is really honored to hang out with anti-gay, religious-right hate mongers -- and that's who he flew halfway across the country to be with in private -- then he should do it in the light of day.

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Antichrist Might Be God-Awful, But That Doesn't Make It Misogynistic

Melissa Lafsky | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Misogyny, Antichrist, Lars Von Trier, Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News

I don't have to tell you that Antichrist sucks. But if this audience-chafing, Cannes-enraging glob of rubbish is so irredeemable, why the hell is every publication still in existence racing to write about it?

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Surviving the Media Circus, Without Becoming the Clown

Barry Levinson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Barry Levinson, Joe Wilson, Poliwood, Wag the Dog, Communications, Jfk, Hollywood, You Lie, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Media News

Communication -- the ability to connect and manipulate -- is perhaps the most interesting part of politics we can observe, and the most frightening.

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