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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.
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.
Carol Smaldino | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment
This is a film that can be so moving in stunningly powerful ways that it may be tempting to avoid watching it.
Joe Wright | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment
To have the love that I hold dear for the community of the Skid Row residents called into question is hurtful.
Sarah Newman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Sharon Waxman | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media
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.
Auburn McCanta | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
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.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2009 | Style
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 ...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment
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...
Deborah De Santis | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living
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...
Michael Giltz | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment