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Annette Bourdeau

Kevin Smith: The Oscars Are Like A High School Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Annette Bourdeau | Posted 03.31.2012

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Get ready for some juicy gossip and insider tales: Kevin Smith is about to do another live Q&A session. This time around, he's expanding his audience ...

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Grumpy Conservatives Survey Post-Iowa Scene

Dan Kennedy | Posted 03.05.2012

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Dan Kennedy

The Pollyanna award goes to Ross Douthat of the New York Times, who thinks caucus-goers did themselves proud last night. "Presented with the weakest presidential field of any major party in a generation," he writes, "they made the best of a bad situation."

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Director Fires Expletive At Awards Show

Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Red State, Independent Spirit Awards, Kevin Smith Independent Spirit Awards, Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith Red State, Independent Spirit Awards 2011, Video, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Kevin Smith has a very dedicated core audience for his comic books, podcasts and films, but the nominating committee at the Independent Spirit Awards,...

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Jack's Mannequin, Ivy & Scars On 45: Chatting With Andrew McMahon, Dominique Durand and Danny Bemrose, Michael Parks' Download

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Red State, Scars on 45, Guster, There's Something About Mary, Relient K, Michael Parks, Andy Chase, Tinted Windows, Matt Nathanson, Ivy, Smashing Pumpkins, Cee Lo Green, James Iha, The Boxer Rebellion, Danny Bemrose, Marc Broussard, Grey's Anatomy, Emmylou Harris, Dominique Durand, Jack's Mannequin, Adam Schlesinger, Roswell, Matt Thiessen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"My goal is always just to write about the real things that happen everyday. Frankly, most of those things are very sensational, but they're only made sensational by the fact that they're turned into songs."

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Review: Red State

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.22.2011

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Scott Mendelson

If Kevin Smith is serious about leaving behind the world of Jay and Silent Bob, then Red State is a troubling sign that the man behind View Askew may have no place else to go.

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Portrait of the (f)Artist as a Young Man

Kevin Smith | Posted 11.22.2011

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Kevin Smith

My most cherished responsibility as a bona fide indie filmmaker is to let everyone know the shot is always worth taking. It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential return is immeasurable.

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Kevin Smith's 'Red State': Masterful, Spiritually Powerful

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.09.2011

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Cathleen Falsani

Smith uses shock-and-awe violence in "Red State" to bring viewers into the fullness of his commentary on the nature of belief, religious fanaticism and insipid hatred masked as piety.

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New Beverly

Kevin Smith | Posted 10.10.2011

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Kevin Smith

Eons ago, I saw Slacker and it made me think I could be a filmmaker. I've spent the last 20 years telling audiences they could be the same.

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WATCH: The Time Kevin Smith Told Harvey Weinstein To STFU

Posted 09.24.2011

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Film mogul Harvey Weinstein has cast a large shadow over the entertainment business since first hitting it big with "Pulp Fiction" in 1994 and more re...

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Will There Ever Be A New 'Jay & Silent Bob' Movie?

Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Jay and Silent Bob, Video, Jason Mewes, Red State, Jason Mewes Podcast, Smodcast Podcast, Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith Red State, Jason Mewes Interview, Movies, Entertainment News

Jason Mewes is one half of the famed indie film team Jay and Silent Bob. Needless to say, he is not the silent one. The foul-mouthed icon sat down ...

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We Can Self-Publish Books, Why Not More Films?

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Red State, Polygamy, Oprah Winfrey, Independent Film, Sons of Perdition, Self-Publishing, Self-Distribution, Kevin Smith, Tyler Measom, Warren Jeffs, Media News
Bryan Young

Some might argue that it's impossible to self-distribute a film like that without a personality like Kevin Smith behind it, but those saying that would be wrong.

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Kevin Smith Loses MAJOR Weight After Airline Dispute

popeater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mallrats, Kevin Smith Weight Loss, Red State, Kevin Smith Southwest, Clerks, Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith 65 Pounds, Movies, View Askew, Entertainment News

At least that was the case for Kevin Smith. The director and 'Jay and Silent Bob' star told Joy Behar about his 65-pound weight loss in a high-energy ...

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Exciting Times in Park City

Jon Reiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Reiss

With the number of films being made worldwide exploding, and with the still constrained channels of traditional distribution, the need for new ways for filmmakers to connect with audiences is as needed as ever.

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Silent Bob Strikes Back

Tribeca Film | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tribeca Film

This week at Sundance, director Kevin Smith stuck it to the studios and bought his own flick for $20. Indie-filmmaking 2.0? You be the judge.

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Indie Film Lives, Thrives, Blossoms & Blooms!

Ted Hope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean Durkin, Red State, Sundance Film Festival, The Woods, Jonah Hill, Another Earth, Philip DeFranco, Brit Marling, Ryan Higa, The Sound of My Voice, Elizabeth Olsen, Lance Weiler, Christine Vachon, Borderline Films, Killer/Hope, Kevin Smith, Marthamarcymaymarlene, Wongfuproductions, Entertainment News
Ted Hope

The rapidity, volume, and consistency of deals blossoming at Sundance should give investors more confidence that the business of indie film is back. And the good news doesn't end there.

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Live From Sundance 2011: Parting Thoughts

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Sundance has transformed over the years from a film festival -- which implies the celebration of film and filmmakers -- into a film market, where products are bought and sold.

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Live from Sundance 2011: Day 4

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Images -- political and otherwise -- often have only the most tenuous relationship with reality. As it happened, that idea was a significant factor in several of the films I saw at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday.

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Live From Sundance 2011: Day 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Red State, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, Jeremy Irons, Old Cats, Pedro Peirana, Paul Giamatti, Harry Belafonte, Catfish, The Wire, Kevin Spacy, Reagan, Belgica Castro, Stanley Tucci, Park City, Morgan Spurlick, The Devil's Double, Win Win, Sundance, Kevin Smith, Hobo With a Shotgun, Sundance Film Festival, Margin Call, Chile, Dominic West, Higher Ground, 2011, Tom Mccarthy, The Station Agent, Sebastian Silva, Vera Farmiga, Eugene Jarecki, Zachary Quinto, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, The Black Power Mixtape, Sing Your Song, The Visitor, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

On Thursday, the opening day of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, my actual Sundance day began and ended with the opening night screening of Susan Rost...

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Melissa Leo -- She's a Fighter

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Red State, Mildred Pierce, Golden Globes, David O. Russell, Conviction, Treme, Mark Wahlberg, Purchase College, Marshall Fine Interview, Welcome to the Rileys, Todd Haynes, Hbo, Marshall Fine, All My Children, Christian Bale, Frozen River, The Fighter, Melissa Leo, Oscars, Kevin Smith, Melissa Leo Interview, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

She's been a working actor for almost 30 years - having dropped out of Purchase College of the State University of New York to take a role on All My C...

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WATCH: Trailer For Kevin Smith's Fred Phelps-Based Religious Horror Film 'Red State'

Posted 05.25.2011

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This isn't your older brother's Kevin Smith. The New Jersey indie filmmaker, made famous for his slacker comedy cult classics 'Clerks' and 'Mallrats,...

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Review: The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

Rupert Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rupert Russell

Director Julien Nitzberg and producer Johnny Knoxville's , The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, is an almost anthropological study of redneck culture, done through a portrait of it at it's most extreme, crystallized into the form of the White family, local celebrities of Boone County, WV.

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Red State Anxiety and The Constitution

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Herrington

Red States, apparently, do not understand that the further out onto the ice of constitutional education they skate, the thinner the ice becomes for the ideology of conservatism.

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Sam Stein

Palin To Appear In The Not "Real Virginia"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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On December 5, 2009, Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will head to Fairfax, Virginia, for a stop on her book tour to promote "Going Rogue". The loc...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 1, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eat The Press Operative Karla sends us the awesome cover of the April edition of D Magazine, featuring George W. Bush cold-chillin' in some Photoshopp...

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Red State or Blue State: Your Vote Counts

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Kelly

If you're a Republican voter in a Democratic-leaning state, or a Democratic voter in Republican territory, is your vote in vain?

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