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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

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John Farr

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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Blood on Junior's Hands as Gotti IV Opens With a Flourish

Jerry Capeci | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Joseph D'Angelo, Michael DiLeonardo, Al Pacino, Mario Puzo, Junior Gotti, John Gotti, Charles Carnesi, Curtis Sliwa, Godfather, New York News
Jerry Capeci

The feds pulled out all stops last week as they began efforts to send John (Junior) Gotti to the same death sentence behind bars that they served up for his dad, the late John Gotti.

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Egyptian Divorcées, Girls Only, Burst Onto Web Radio Scene

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Assafir, Arab World, DivorcéEs, Egypt, Robert De Niro, Tchaikovsky, Hussein Fahmy, Al Pacino, Brian Adams, Sting, Amani El Tunsi, Webcasts, Lebanon, Mahasen Saber, Arabic, Koran, Ed Harris, Moslem, Asharq Al-Awsat, Cairo, Blogposts, Banat W’ Basssss, Omar Sharif, Ayza Atala Wa, Jack Nicholson, Motalakat Radio, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Motalakat is an online radio station launched by Mahasen Saber, a thirty-something Egyptian divorcée and mother for other Egyptian women.

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The Ten Best Movies About Journalism by Farr

John Farr | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Mitchum, Pbs, Journalists, Kirk Douglas, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Jane Fonda, Billy Wilder, American Masters, Best Movies by Farr, Journalism, Sigourney Weaver, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Woodward, Tom Brokaw, Jack-Lemmon, Peter Jennings, Reel 13, 60 Minutes, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Carl Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, Sam Waterston, Dan Rather, Peter Saarsgard, PBS Documentaries, Jason Robards, Robert Redford, Michael Douglas, Entertainment News
John Farr

In the wake of the revered Walter Cronkite's passing, I've attempted to isolate the ten best movies about journalism.

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The State of Play of "State of Play"

William Bradley | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Morrissey, Bbc, Michael Mann, Alan J. Pakula, John Simm, Robert Redford, Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Sydney Pollack, Kevin Macdonald, Paul Newman, State of Play, Journalism, Sally Field, Al Pacino, Blackwater, State of Play Miniseries, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Warren Beatty, 24, Blogging, Life on Mars, Body of Lies, L.A. Confidential, The Insider, All the President's Men, Lowell Bergman, The Parallax View, Jeffrey Wigand, Absence of Malice, Dustin Hoffman, Doctor Who, Entertainment News
William Bradley

State of Play is a political thriller wrapped inside a journalistic thriller that works better as the latter.

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On His Birthday, Taking The Measure Of Brando

John Farr | Posted 05.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Mason, Martin Sheen, Bernardo Bertolucci, Eva Marie Saint, Al Pacino, Mario Puzo, Joshua Logan, Julius Caesar, Tennessee Williams, Montgomery Clift, Lee J. Cobb, Method Acting, Francis Ford Coppola, Stella Adler, Dean Martin, The Godfather, Red Buttons, Apocalypse Now, The Method, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire, Shakespeare, On the Waterfront, Last Tango in Paris, Elia Kazan, James Michener, Entertainment News
John Farr

Brando's filmography provides sufficient proof that the actor's own demons helped stall a career that in its hey-day (the mid-late fifties) seemed limitless in potential.

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Best Movies By Farr -- Celebrating Pacino and De Niro

John Farr | Posted 04.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Academy Awards, Goodfellas, Dog Day Afternoon, Part 2, Midnight Run, Mean Streets, Donnie Brasco, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, This Boy's Life, The Deer Hunter, Ronin, Carlito's Way, Francis Ford Coppola, The Untouchables, The Godfather, Righteous Kill, Taxi Driver, Heat, Angels in America, Sea of Love, Insomnia, Raging Bull, The Insider, Robert De Niro, Serpico, Entertainment News
John Farr

Ultimately, it's tough to call just who is the finer actor, or bigger star. Personally, I give the edge to De Niro.

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Artistically Challenged: How the Economic Crisis Impacts Artists

Ambria Miscia | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Breaking Entertainment News, Entertainment, Al Pacino, Economic Crisis, Annie Liebovitz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Julian Schnabel, Carrie Underwood, Economy, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Ambria Miscia

For many artists, I predict this recession will have no effect whatsoever -- after all, we've been living like vagabonds for years and have it down to a science!

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Al Pacino To Star In "King Lear"

Variety | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, King Lear, Al Pacino, Entertainment News

Al Pacino will play the title role in "King Lear," an adaptation of the Shakespeare play that will be directed by Michael Radford. Radford, who wrote...

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The Best City Movies by Farr

John Farr | Posted 02.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Yasujiro Ozu, Orson Welles, Al Pacino, Burt Lancaster, Faye Dunaway, Cities, Movies, John Huston, Henry Fonda, Marcello Mastroianni, Michael Caine, Jules Dassin, Sidney Lumet, Federico Fellini, Shelley Winters, Best Sidney Lumet Movies, Richard Widmark, Classic Movies, Great City Movies, Jack Nicholson, Elia Kazan, Tony Curtis, Entertainment News
John Farr

For those of you who love cities, movies, and by extension, cities in movies, here's a batch of capital DVD titles, and the capitals that inspired them.

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Everyone Has Advice for Obama

Dave Winer | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cnn, John McCain, Celebrities, Actors, Al Pacino, George Clooney, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Mccain, Joe Biden, Matt Damon, Claire McCaskill, Steve Gillmor, Baracktv, Politics News
Dave Winer

For Joe Biden, John McCain is not your friend and stop saying he is and stop calling him John. We're really tired of all you guys playing inside baseball with each other.

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Robert De Niro And Al Pacino Do Letterman Top Ten "Reasons I Like Being An Actor" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2008 | Entertainment

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On Thursday night's Late Show with David Letterman, he had special guests Al Pacino and Robert De Niro do the Top 10 list. Via satellite and seated in...

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Javier Bardem On Woody Allen, Pacino And Not Having A Driver's License

Time | Posted 09.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Al Pacino, Javier Bardem, Woody Allen, Entertainment News

Was it exciting or frightening to work with Woody Allen? Both. There's excitement because I think he's a genius, but there's also the fear of making...

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Rupert Everett Trashes Clooney, Keaton And More: "All Just Tragic Parodies Of Themselves"

Independent | Amol Rajan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: St. Trinian's Movie, Rupert Everett, Al Pacino, Woody Allen, George Clooney, Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

In a no-holds-barred interview with the UK Independent, movie star Rupert Everett lets loose on some of Hollywood's biggest names. Everett, the break ...

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Francis Ford Coppola Lashes Out At DeNiro, Pacino And Nicholson

GQ via AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

Everyone wants to work with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson _ except Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola _ who directed Pacino and De Niro in ...

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Al Pacino's Gay '80s Flop "Cruising" To Get Second Life

Reuters | Craig Modderno | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cruising, Ronald Reagan, Al Pacino, Nancy Reagan, Entertainment News

America in 1980 was a culture confronting itself. Conservative Ronald Reagan was elected president strongly supporting family values, while at the box...

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