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Academics and Policy

Joseph Nye | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Academics, Think Tanks, Obama, Policy, Appointments, Obama Administration Academics, Academy, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News
Joseph Nye

Aside from economists and scientists, very few academics have been appointed to policy positions in the Obama administration. Does the fault for this gap lie with the academy or the administration?

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Future Historians: Blogs Drive U.S. Foreign Policy

Ari Melber | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Orange to Blue, Washington, Cfr, Leslie Gelb, New York Times, Act Blue, Internet Politics, Iraq, Michael Beschloss, Media, Academy, Daily Kos, Foreign Policy, Media News
Ari Melber

For Internet politics, the controversial becomes conventional very quickly. This Sunday's New York Times Book Review has a salient example of blogs' ascension within the conventional wisdom.

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Women & the Oscar Nominations

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Academy Awards, Josh Brolin, The Wrestler, Kate Winslet, Award Season, Angelina Jolie, Happy-Go-Lucky, The Oscars, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, Robert Downey Jr, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Academy, 2009 Oscars, Nominations, Oscar Nominations, Sally Hawkins, Revolutionary Road, Entertainment News, Danny Boyle, Milk, Oscars, Heath Ledger, Michael Shannon, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

After a great year for women at the box office, the lack of a film about a woman in the final five stings.

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Oscar Noms: They Wuz Robbed!

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Revolutionary Road, Sally Hawkins, The Wrestler, Nominations, Oscars, Academy, Oscar Nominations, Happy-Go-Lucky, 2009 Oscars, Award Season, Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie, The Oscars, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, Robert Downey Jr, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Milk, Danny Boyle, Heath Ledger, Michael Shannon, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Yes, Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei received acting nominations. But The Wrestler -- one of the fiercest, most moving, most resourceful independent entries of the year -- was shut out in the major categories.

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Women in Hollywood: The Critics, the Directors, the Actresses, the Oscars and Where are the Female D.P.s?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Holywood Execs, Actresses, Feminist, Silver Screen, Womne, Sheery Lansing, Anne Hathaway, Studios, Sophie's Choice, Female Directors, Meryl Streep, Celluloid Ceiling, Directors of Photogrpahy, Motion Picture Association of America, Ocars, Academy, Entertainment News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

It's Hollywood's loss. To keep women out of the nominations and awards for the Oscars. To ignore female film critics. To pretend women directors of photography do not exist.

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