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I am sure I can’t add anything to all the professional obituaries of Adam Yauch, so I thought I’d add something a little more personal. Back in the early to mid-1980s, there were two musical movements happening in New York City that were important and influential to me and my friends (among many many others, [...] Congratulations to director Kirby Dick and producer Any Ziering for the pickup of their powerful new doc The Invisible War by Cinedigm Entertainment Group and New Video. I saw the film at Sundance and in addition to being a great film, it’s extraordinarily important in these times of increasing violence against and institutionalized subjugation of [...] On Monday night I was among a relatively privileged few that were invited to a special screening of Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory that was held at CAA, with Berlinger and one of the West Memphis 3, Jason Baldwin, in attendance for a Q&A, following the screening. After seeing the Paradise [...] According to the Wall Street Journal, Kodak, that giant of all things film, is preparing for a potential Chapter 11 filing, should some plans to sell digital patents not pan out. Wow. For a company that was once synonymous with photography, this is a sad day. Not that it’s entirely unexpected. According to the piece, [...] While Budd Schulberg was indeed a great writer, we cannot forget the role that he and others played in the shameful period in our nation’s history known as McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklist. [...] William Shatner reads Sarah Palin’s farewell speech. Nuff said. [...] Franken wins, according to the Minnesota state canvassing board. Coleman to fight in court. [...] Proposition 8: The Musical. You’ll laugh so hard, you’ll turn gay! [...] |
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