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Why Read When You Can Watch?

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media

What did I learn from my 3 week media experiment? It's easier to zone out in front of a glowing rectangle than engage in reading.

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For Father's Day, A Few Cinematic Takes On Being A Dad

John Farr | Posted 06.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Movie Recommendations, Spencer Tracy, Akira Kurosawa, Vincente Minnelli, Robert Duvall, Vittorio De Sica, Movie Reviews, Emir Kusturica Best Movies, Meryl Streep, Fatherhood, Father's Day, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck, Fathers, Entertainment News

Prior to this Sunday, why not check out some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how we either rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short.

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It's Official: Nobody's Cool. (Kerouac Posthumously Blows It)

Dean Sluyter | Posted 05.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Baseball, James Dean, Nirvana, Jack Kerouac, Cool, Lester Young, Prez, Beats, Beatniks, Hipsters, Hippies, Buddha, Miles Davis, Jazz, Fantasy Baseball, Charlie Parker, Beat Generation, Meditation, Marlon Brando, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Dan Brown, Fashion, Style News

But cool as an outer pose, as an attitude you can cop, is dead. When the truly cool people show up in your life, you won't recognize them -- they'll be too cool for that.

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On Her Birthday, The Best Elizabeth Taylor Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Celebrity Birthdays, Rock Hudson, Shelley Winters, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Classic Movies, Roddy McDowall, Montgomery Clift, Entertainment News

After last night's dizzying spectacle at the Oscars, let's talk about someone who really defines the word "star". This impossibly beautiful performer was, and is, a true product of Hollywood.

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Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Edward G. Robinson, The English Patient, The Exorcist, Tom Hanks, History of the Academy Awards, Julie Andrews, Milk, Fred MacMurray, John Wayne, The Wrestler Stanley Kubrick, As Good as It Gets, Capote, The Great Ziegfeld, Traffic, L.A. Confidential, Driving Miss Daisy, Dr. Strangelove, Fargo, High Noon, Million Dollar Baby, Joan Allen, My Left Foot, Around the World in Eighty Days, Slumdog Millionaire, The Academy Awards, The Sting, Rocky Balboa, Letters From Iwo Jima, Double Indemnity, Shirley MacLaine, Rex Harrison, Little Miss Sunshine, Ed Harris, Life Is Beautiful, Peter Finch, Shakespeare in Love, Charles Chaplin, James Dean, Giant, Crash, My Man Godfrey, Barbara Stanwyck, The Contender, Network, Imelda Staunton, Academy Awards, Titanic, Louis B. Mayer; Daryl Zanuck; Samuel L Goldwyn, Hotel Rwanda, The Apartment, The Departed, Peter Sellers, Pulp Fiction, Burt Lancaster, Gladiator, Vera Drake, Sean Penn, Modern Times, Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago, Field of Dreams, Billy Wilder, Pollock, Al Jolson, Forrest Gump, William Powell, John Travolta, Carole Lombard, Singin' in the Rain, Taxi Driver, Cecil B. DeMille, My Fair Lady, Jack Lemmon, The Searchers, The Hours, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

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Why Brando Matters - An Audio Book Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media

TITLE Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando AUTHOR Stefan Kanfer Former Time Magazine writer and editor, author of ...

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Air Flair: Airlines That Go Above and Beyond!

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 12.10.2008 | Living

Airlines are making creative attempts to win international travelers loyalty. They are constantly seeking out ways to gain a leg up on the competition...

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Rock On, Jimmy Dean

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: James Dean, Rebel WIthout a Cause, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Every year, during the last week of September, people from all across America--and countries as far away as Australia--invade the small Indiana town o...

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What the Hell Is a Minka Kelly?

Larry Amoros | Posted 05.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ed Westwick, Miley Cyrus, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Taylor Momsen, People Magazine, Brooke SHields, Minka Kelly, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Szohr, Chace Crawford, Heidi Montag, Leighton Meester, Ginnifer Goodwin, Laura Prepon, Miranda Lambert, Lana Turner, Blake Lively, Isla Fisher, Rhianna, James Dean, Kathy Griffin, Audrina Partridge, Christina Hendriks, Ingrid Hoffman, Mischa Barton, Lauren Conrad, Rebecca Romijn, Hannah Montana, Kate Hudson, Justin Timberlake, Penn Badgley, Entertainment News

If they're famous, shouldn't I have heard of them? Maybe not be thoroughly familiar with their work, but as a fellow member of the "show biz community" shouldn't I have at least in passing, caught mention of their names?

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Forbes' Richest Dead Celebrities Topped By Elvis

AP | Posted 10.30.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, James Dean, John Lennon, George Harrison, Tupac Shakur, Steve McQueen, Dr. Seuss, Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein, Entertainment News

Elvis Presley is still the King. Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past 12 months, has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's lis...

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15 Going On 50: How Gossip Girl is Killing Youth Culture

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 10.24.2007 | Living

Read More: Gossip Girl, The Graduate, Trust Fund, Upper East Side, Natalie Wood, James Dean, Rebel WIthout a Cause, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Heathers, Clueless, Teenagers, Fashion, Living News