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David Mamet's Race Against the Cultural Clock

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 12.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Racial-Justice, David Alan Grier, The Practice, Kerry Washington, Broadway, Rape Trials, David Mamet, Race, Boston Legal, James Spader, Richard Thomas, New York News

While most conversations about race inspire deep ambivalence if not outright silence, Mamet converts the stage into a raucous racial seminar jacked up on truth serum.

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Stage Struck

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Theatre, Entertainment, Parts and Labor, Show Business, Abraham Lincoln, David Dean Bottrell, Better Angels, Boston Legal, Los Angeles, Colony Theatre, Home News

Theatre in L.A. is sort of a strange beast. When I first arrived here to seek my fortune as a screenwriter, I was floored by the number of small theat...

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Small Town Values in a Big Time Lawyer

Don McNay | Posted 10.10.2009 | Impact

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It could be that President Obama is a small town guy after all. His early adulthood on the south side of Chicago is where he found a "small town" environment that embraced him.

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Death by Resume

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: David Dean Bottrell, Entertainment, Boston Legal, Show Business, Screenwriting, Hollywood, Living News

Who am I anyway? Am I my resume? We all want to be one of the cool kids. It's tough to let go.

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State of the Union

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sag, Entertainment, Parts and Labor, Show Business, SAG Elections, David Dean Bottrell, Screen Actors Guild, Unions, Boston Legal, Hollywood, Bluray, Aftra, Martin Sheen, Old Media vs. New Media, Writers' Strike Opinion, Aftra-and-Studios, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike, Cable Tv, SAG Strike, Amptp, Doug Allen, Ed Harris, AFTRA Negotiations, Dvr, New Media Advertising, New Media, Alan Rosenberg, Politics News

If the new SAG leadership doesn't rapidly start taking all the painful, but necessary steps to merge with AFTRA, we are fucked.

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Hollywood's Family Affair

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Dean Bottrell, Entertainment, Hollywood, Parts and Labor, Boston Legal, Show Business, Ryan O'Neal, Entertainment News

Other people's family fights always make me uncomfortable. That's why I cringed a little last week as I watched Ryan O'Neal's oldest son, Griffin, spewing a few choice memories about his nutty father on Larry King Live.

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Under-Employment

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Under-Employment, Job Losses, Jobs, Acting, Job Loss, Unemployment, Writing, Entertainment, Show Business, Boston Legal, Hollywood, Living News

In my humble opinion, the trick is not to obsess or become phobic about periods of "under-employment," but to realize that (for most of us) they are simply inevitable.

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A Little Work

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: David Dean Bottrell, Comedy, Hollywood, Parts and Labor, Boston Legal, Entertainment, Plastic Surgery, Living News

"Maybe a little tuck on the upper lids" and a "small injection of collagen" might help with the lines around my mouth. What lines around my mouth?!

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They're Going A Different Way...

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 08.20.2009 | Style

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I was fired. Suddenly, time sort of stopped. Then something happened that I thought only occurred in movies. I had a flashback.

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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

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I had fallen for the biggest joke addicts ever play on themselves: That somehow, they can have "just one."

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Kings and Angels

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Entertainment News, Farrah Fawcett, David Dean Bottrell, Boston Legal, Entertainment News

When icons of that stature pass away it does leave a mark and I'm of a generation that remembers the trajectory of both of those entertainers vividly.

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Leap of Faith

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Parts and Labor, Entertainment, David Dean Bottrell, Spirituality, Hollywood, Boston Legal, Show Business, Living News

Creativity is by definition an act of faith. I frankly don't know where I get the balls to sit down at this computer and attempt to write.

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Racial Advancement on TV: Is the Progress Depicted Well-Intentioned Fantasy?

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

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I've been noticing over the past several years a tendency for the Media to depict racial togetherness in a manner that doesn't come close to representing reality.

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Q & A: Versatile Actor Craig Bierko Bets On A Revived Guys And Dolls

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.05.2009 | Entertainment

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In this exclusive Q & A, Craig Bierko talks about the state of Broadway and the world.

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Greening Hollywood: Rosario Dawson Takes Home EMA's Futures Award

Paige Donner | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment

Rosario Dawson took home the Futures Award and remembered her days as a child when she had no choice but to compost.

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Why Boston Legal is One of Broadcast's Best

Ed Martin | Posted 05.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: William Shatner, Upfronts, David E. Kelley, James Gandolfini, Friday Night Lights, The Practice, Boston Legal, Jon Hamm, Abc, Mad Men, LA Law, The West Wing, The Sopranos, Candice Bergen, Entertainment News

Many series just haven't been themselves since the strike, but Legal has rocked, with episodes so emotionally rich and resonant that they would seem to ensure Emmy nominations galore.

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Shatner, Priceline Celebrate 10 (Profitable) Years Together

Los Angeles Times | Alana Semuels | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Shatner Priceline, Priceline.com, William Shatner, Denny Crane, Boston Legal, Priceline, Captain Kirk, Star Trek, Business News

The cameras zoomed in on William Shatner as he raced a baby carriage through a crowded outdoor restaurant in Koreatown. Dressed in a black suit, his ...

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