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California Love

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.16.2012

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D. R. Tucker

I don't remember watching The Earth Day Special when it was first broadcast by ABC in April 1990. Perhaps if I had watched it 22 years ago, I would have avoided falling for the right's denialist trap.

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Rick Santorum Is a Better Father Than I

Tony Phillips | Posted 04.16.2012

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Tony Phillips

I know there are those who might question the appropriateness of aligning a child with any political lobbying group in that child's toddlerhood and to them I say, "Commie!"

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A True Spiritual Warrior -- Robert Easton

Laura Mola | Posted 02.27.2012

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Laura Mola

Robert Easton was a teacher, a guru, and a support to a myriad of acting students who treasured him as the gem he was and treated him accordingly.

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The Greatest Hollywood Director You May Never Have Heard Of

John Farr | Posted 09.10.2011

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John Farr

Which Hollywood director actually made the most great movies? In the Alsace area of Germany, future director William Wyler was born. Here is a sampling of his best movies covering three full decades.

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Charlton Heston's 'El Cid': A Hero for Our Time

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Shasha

In our time when Muslim and Christian find themselves at odds, the story of El Cid and his Muslim allies can teach us a very important lesson.

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Actor Matthew Marsden Hides Right-Wing Political Views

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackson Williams

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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Ten Secrets of The Ten Commandments

Bruce Feiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Ten Commandments, Ten Plagues, Bruce Feiler, Charlton Heston, Cecil B. DeMille, Moses, Statue of Liberty, The Liberty Bell, Entertainment News
Bruce Feiler

I was offered exclusive access to DeMille's private papers and personal memorabilia collection. They portray a man obsessed with Communism and determined to turn the biblical prophet into an ardent Cold Warrior.

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Seder Talking Points: Seven Secrets of Passover

Bruce Feiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Feiler

You, too, can be a seder know-it-all. Herewith are selected seder talking points to help you steer your Passover conversation away from the same tired jokes about matzah and constipation.

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Religulous Dogma

Philip Goldberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Philip Goldberg

Why do the militant atheists insist on this intellectual dishonesty? Maybe because confrontational language and side-splitting satire help them make their case.

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Charlton Heston the Face of the USA? How Moses Was Chosen for the Great Seal

Bruce Feiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Feiler

The committee's report offers vivid, behind-the-scenes evidence that the founders of the United States viewed themselves as acting in the image of Moses.

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Palin's Last Shot On Wolves & Ashley Judd; Congress Shoots Back

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shannyn Moore

As an Alaskan who has trapped and hunted, the aerial killing of animals is to hunting what hiring a hooker is to dating. A sure thing, with no work. No wonder it appealed to former governor Palin.

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A Great Lack of Latinos at the Academy Awards

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Cubias

In the eighty-one years the Academy has been handing out awards, just 14 Hispanics have been nominated for acting Oscars. The last was Adriana Barraza in 2007 for Babel.

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Deborah Kerr Rhymes With Star, and What a Star She Was: She Deserves to Be Remembered, Too

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

Though Kerr was 86 and had been out of the public eye for a number of years, her film and stage career, spanning four and a half decades, had secured her legendary status in motion picture history.

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P.O.W., It's the New Teflon

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

McCain has been tweaking his P.O.W. story, with some variation, for many years. For Democrats, critiquing its overuse is too little, too late.

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The Frakking Nukes

Daniel Holloway | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Holloway

But one of the reasons Battlestar works so well is that humanity's demise is rooted in its Alfred E. Neuman-esque attitude toward the machines of war.

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Whoopi Goldberg Remembers Charlton Heston, Plants One On Joy

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today on "The View" the ladies took a few moments to remember film legend Charlton Heston, who died over the weekend. Whoopi recounted how excited she...

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Damn Dirty NYT! Got Heston's Age Wrong, Ruined My Pun

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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When legendary film actor and NRA spokesman Charlton Heston died this weekend, the AP said he was 84 — and the NYT said he was 83. Who was right?

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Charlton Heston: A Look Back

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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MSNBC looks back at Charlton Heston's life, from Moses and Ben-Hur to NRA and civil rights activist. Charlton Heston died last night at age 83. ...

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Charlton Heston Dead at 83

New York Times | ROBERT BERKVIST | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charlton Heston, who appeared in some 100 films in his 60-year acting career but who is remembered chiefly for his monumental, jut-jawed portrayals of...

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