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Medals Of Freedom: Obama Honors Ted Kennedy, Harvey Milk And 14 Others

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvey Milk, Ted Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Billie Jean King, Sidney Poitier, Chita Rivera, Mary Robinson, Janet Davison Rowley, Desmond Tut, Muhammed Yunus, Joe Medicine Crow, Joseph Medicine Crow, Joseph Lowery, Stephen Hawking, Jack Kemp, Pedro Jose Greer, Nancy Brinker, Nancy Goodman Brinker, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ...

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Beer Summit

Giles Slade | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Nobody has the right to obstruct anyone else's pursuit of happiness. Have a brewski, and chill. For God's sake! Let's get the wheels back on the wagon.

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Hollywood's Hottest Older Men: Better With Age? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harrison Ford, Hugh Hefner, Clint Eastwood, Anthony Hopkins, James Brolin, Slidepoll, Donald Sutherland, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, Patrick Stewart, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News

Aging men in Hollywood have it easier than their female counterparts, thanks to the distinguished male sexiness that can be found in salt-and-pepper h...

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Just When Did The Quality Of Hollywood Films Start To Drop?

John Farr | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Shia La Beouf, Richard Dreyfuss, William Holden, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Classic Film, Angelina Jolie, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Downey Jr, Cary Grant, Robin Williams, Christian Bale, Ingrid Bergman, Foreign Films, Jack Lemmon, Paul Hogan, Bette Midler, Dancing With the Stars, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Technology, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Tyrone Power, John Travolta, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Danny Devito, John Wayne, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Myrna Loy, Will Smith, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Adam Sandler, Steve McQueen, Daniel Craig, Meg Ryan, Tom Selleck, Hollywood, The Quigley Poll, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News

While Hollywood continues to dominate the global film market, the most original, intelligent, and enduring movies today are being made outside this country.

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"Gay, or Straight, Black, or White: Love is Love, Right is Right!" Right?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Civil Liberties, Lesbian, George W. Bush, Gays and Lesbians, Harry-Belafonte, African-American History, Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights, Edna Thomas, Gay Rights, Walter Nagel, Tiger Woods, Racism, Frederick Douglass, African-American Issues, Jasmyne Cannick, Sammy Davis Jr., Phillip Johnson, Pearl Bailey, Olivia Whyndham, Michael Bloomberg, Walter-White, Mildred Loving Interracial Marriage, Lena Horne, Interacial Relationships, Interacial-Sex, Interracial Marriage, Jimmie Daniels, Gays in the Military, Seal, Martin Luther King, Jack Johnson, Homophobia, California Gay Marriage Ban, Bayard Rustin, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Sidney Poitier, Living News

Many activist gays have readily embraced the notion that "Queers" are "today's African Americans," with marriage equality an issue comparable to earlier more bitter struggles for civil rights.

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A Valentine's Day Inspiration: To Sir, With Love

Julia Moulden | Posted 03.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, To Sir With Love, Obama, New Radicals, Positive Energy, Behavioural Science, Boomers, Sacramento, Valentine's Day, Doing Good, Sidney Poitier, Featured Contributor, Living News

Looking for a great movie for Valentine's Day? Something to help you believe again in the power of love to save people's lives and change the world? ...

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A Great Lack of Latinos at the Academy Awards

Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Denzel Washington, Latinos, Anthony Quinn, Kate Winslet, Guillermo Del Toro, Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel, Hispanic, Gael Garcia Bernal, The Oscars, Jose Ferrer, Pan's Labyrinth, Viva Zapata, Babel, Rita Moreno, Benicio Del Toro, West Side Story, Penelope Cruz, Halle Berry, Charlton Heston, Cyrano De Bergerac, Oscar Firsts, Adriana Barraza, Touch of Evil, Aimee Mann, Sidney Poitier, Traffic, Movies, Video, Entertainment News

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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For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1

John Farr | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sidney Poitier, Family Stress Holidays, Family Values, Anne Bancroft, A Christmas Carol, Little Fugitive, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn, Dennis Quaid Meg Ryan, Steve McQueen, Classic Movies, The Red Shoes, Gary Cooper, Movies, Eric Holder, Entertainment News

Regardless of one's faith, at its core the holidays involve gatherings of extended family spanning all life-stages, so it makes sense to lay in a store of films that all generations can watch and enjoy together.

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Best Movies By Farr: Obama's Glorious Leap, and Key Films About The African-American Experience

John Farr | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Denzel Washington, Paul Winfield, Slavery, Cicely Tyson, Spike Lee, African-Americans, African-American Films, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News

Prior to the 1960s, race portrayals in movies were mostly confined to servants and railroad porters. Only with the advent of the Civil Rights movement did the film industry dare address the authentic black experience.

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