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Applause

The Importance of Applause

Randi Miller | Posted 03.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Randi Miller

People often wonder aloud why other people choose to get up on stage at karaoke, or perform in front of other people in a play or give a speech at a fundraiser, and it's always difficult for me to see why it's so hard for them to understand.

Exposed: Concert Audience Abuse!

Mark C. Miller | Posted 01.06.2013 | Comedy
Mark C. Miller

If I wanted to dance, I would have gone dancing. And if your music is so wonderful that it moves me to dance, I'm fully capable of doing it on my own; I don't need you to guage my excitement level.

Talk Show Audience Applaud Obama's Presidential Advice to Romney

Max Atkinson | Posted 11.20.2012 | Media
Max Atkinson

I may have been rather critical of President Obama's rather uninspiring (for him) acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, but was rather more impressed by his performance on the David Letterman Show.

Excessive 'Clapping Along' and the 'Round of Applause'

Michael Ziegfeld | Posted 03.19.2012 | Gay Voices
Michael Ziegfeld

I am finally coming out against the stage performer's abuse of the request for us, the audience, to "clap along." This also goes for the request to give someone -- a guest musician, an assistant, an audience member -- a "round of applause."

The best films of 2011 - so far

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

So - if the movie year had ended June 30 and we had to choose the best films of 2011 from the releases that hit American screens since Jan. 1, which o...

HuffPost Review: Applause

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

I may have seen her before, but it wasn't until I saw Applause that the name of actress Paprika Steen stuck in my head. Now I can't get her off my mind.

Paprika Steen Deserves Applause

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Looking sleepy from jet lag - she's just returned to New York after a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles - and complaining a little about the bone-chilling...

Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Day 4

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Sunday in Toronto saw three films back to back that offered powerful, sometimes disturbing ruminations on the idea of family.