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The Top 10 Advocates for the Homeless of 2010

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zachary Bonner, 100khomes, Bill Clinton, Department of Veterans Affairs, Steve Lopez, Phillip Mangano, Mark Horvath, Homelessness, Common Ground, Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), Los Angeles, The Soloist, David Letterman, La Impact, Impact News

Has anyone or anything this year influenced the way this country addresses homelessness? I'm no David Letterman, but here is my Top Ten list of trendsetters of homelessness in 2010.

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Lost Angels at LAFilm Festival, Friday 6/25: Director Thomas Napper Illuminates Skid Row

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Napper, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Poverty, The Chorus, LA CAN, Robert Downey, Safer Cities Initiative, General Dogon, Jamie Foxx, Lost Angels, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Dreamworks, Mental Illness, Juilliard School of Music, Skid Row, Homelessness, Paramount, Homeless, Los Angeles Times, Jr., Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Big Time Picture Company, Los Angeles Film Festival, Movie Trailer, Los Angeles News

Thomas Napper fills every frame with the realities of Skid Row. His lens shines the light on a people and a place too many choose to turn away from.

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DVDS: New Miss Marple Doesn't Slay Me and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

The Soloist was oscar bair but no one was nibbling. Down on his luck Downey helps talented but homeless Foxx in this TV movie-ready story.

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Showing Up for "The Soloist"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Write, Colonialism, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Carol Smaldino, Homelessness, US Poverty, Schizophrenia, Racism, Jamie Foxx, Accountability, Robert Downey Jr, Compassion, Entertainment News

This is a film that can be so moving in stunningly powerful ways that it may be tempting to avoid watching it.

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Why I Hired the Homeless to Work on The Soloist

Joe Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, Homelessness, Film, Skid Row, The Soloist, Celebrities Talk Politics, Entertainment News

To have the love that I hold dear for the community of the Skid Row residents called into question is hurtful.

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Soloists Everywhere Making a Difference

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Homelessness, Takepart, Robert Downey, Jamie Foxx, Jr., Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Entertainment News

Our commitment will make a difference in changing the landscape of our society so that all homeless people and those with mental illness are treated as our equals and nothing less.

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Joe Wright's The Soloist Exploits the Skid Row Community

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Ben Hong, Safer City Inititiative, The Soloist, Steve Lopez, Poverty, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Incarceration, LA CAN, Jiulliard School of Performing Arts, Jaywalking, Downtown Los Angeles, Atonement, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Mental Illness, Casey Huran, Skid Row, Homelessness, Federico Fellini, Gary Foster, Lawlessness, Los Angeles Times, Pride and Prejudice, Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Gentrification, Sci, Entertainment News

Instead of telling the tales of the homeless, the film portrayed them as a Fellini-esque monolith -- a tainted Gomorrah teeming with decadence and dereliction.

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The Soloist Chases an L.A. That Isn't There

Sharon Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Lopez, The Soloist, L.A. Times, Sharon Waxman, LA Times, Newspapers, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Media News

Once upon a time it fell to the local newspaper to remind me that I was part of an urban landscape, the second largest in the nation. But it started to lose me several years back.

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Bloated Welfare or Supportive Housing: Opposite Ends of the Homeless World

Auburn McCanta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing First, Nathaniel Ayers, Department of Economic Security, Senator Russell Pearce, The Soloist, Robert Downey Jr, Politics News

There aren't enough green shelter cots for all our new homeless men, women and children... it's clear that the little guy is once again taking it on the chin.

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The Soloist Premiere: Foxx, Downey, Halle Berry & More (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jamie Foxx, Film, Slideshow, Halle Berry, Nathaniel Ayers, The Soloist, Robert Downey Jr, Catherine Keener, Entertainment News

The long-awaited "The Soloist" had its premiere in Los Angeles on Monday night. The love was rampant among costars Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr, Cathe...

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Caption This Photo, Vote For Tuesday's Best, See Monday's Winner!

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jamie Foxx, Caption Contest, The Soloist, The Soloist Premier, Robert Downey Jr, Poll, Comedy News

Original Caption: Cast members Jamie Foxx, right, and Robert Downey Jr. pose together at the premiere of "The Soloist" in Los Angeles on Monday, April...

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Halle Berry's Flip-Flops: Love Them Or Lose Them? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Soloist, Halle Berry, Halle Berry's Flip-Flops, Poll, Style News

At the Los Angeles premiere for "The Soloist" on Monday night, star Jamie Foxx's friend Halle Berry showed up wearing a formal full-length dress, but ...

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Small Good News: Hollywood Acts Up

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Participant Media, All for Good, Jeffry Skoll, The Soloist, The Giving Life, Small Good News, Healthy Living News

What do you do once you've been the founding president of eBay? Good work, if you're Jeffrey Skoll, who oversees a network of socially-co...

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What The Soloist Tells Us About Homelessness and Mental Illness in America

Deborah De Santis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Behavioral Illness, Mental Illness, Paranoid, The Soloist, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia, Los Angeles-California, Entertainment News

For those of us who work to help prevent and end homelessness, The Soloist is an all-too-real reminder of the daily obstacles people who are homeless and their advocates face.

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Newspaper Death Rattle: Movies Don't Tell the Half of It

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Soloist, Robert Downey Jr., State of Play, Catherine Keener, Russell Crowe, Death of Newspapers, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Entertainment News

Much has been made of the fact that, within two weeks, we have two movies that deal with the crisis in newspapers that is threatening contemporary journalism as we know it.

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