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Review: 'Valentino's Ghost' hits media's portrayal of Arabs, Muslims
Writer-director Michael Singh's documentary "Valentino's Ghost" connects the United States' Middle East foreign policy agenda to the American media's often negative portrayals of Arabs and Muslims. It's a provocative, absorbing — and at times...
Tags: Islam, Entertainment, Aladdin (movie), Israel, Religion and Belief
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Fest Notebook: Tribeca Comes Into Its Own With Diverse Slate
VarietyEver since the Tribeca Film Festival physically departed Tribeca and more or less abandoned its uniquely over-specific 9/11 and âmade in NYCâ slants, it has become more reflective of national and/or global developments, tackled via a smorgasbord of...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Arts and Culture, Oceana, OxyContin (drug), Herring
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Carnett: Speech by any other accent would sound as sweet
Ever used a phony accent to fool somebody? Yeah, me too. When I was an 18-year-old college student, in 1963, my buddy Steve and I tried to impress girls at the beach with our English accents. We'd recently appeared in a Shakespearean production on...Tags: Suffolk (England), England, Kelsey Grammer, Mary Poppins (movie), Entertainment
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'Distant Intimacy,' Gaddis letters open up very different literary lives
The Buffalo NewsIf one is to believe Joseph Epstein's introduction to "Distant Intimacy" -- one of the most wickedly entertaining books anyone is likely to concoct all year -- he and his 335-page email correspondent Frederic Raphael still haven't met. Nor have they...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Authors, Nobel Prize Awards, Tom Conti
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Candice Bergen 'Knocks on Wood' to retrieve her past
Liz Smith"THE ENEMY of good conversation is the person who has 'something to say!' Conversation is not for making a point. ... There is no winning in conversation," wrote Henry Fairlie. Oh my! I have so many friends and acquaintances who have a distinctly...Tags: Physical Conditions, Louis B. Mayer, Allergies, Arts and Culture, Liz Smith
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Bette Midler: She'll 'Eat You Last' -- if you don't see her, first!
Liz Smith"Honneeeeee!" said the Hollywood agent Michael Black kissing me Sue Mengers-style after the opening night of Bette Midler's one-woman play where she brings Sue back to life on Broadway. Michael and I had made a pact to see the show separately and then...Tags: Liz Smith, Diane von Furstenberg, Philosophy, Glenn Close, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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5 Lessons From the Tribeca Film Festival
ReutersApr 29 (TheWrap.com) - This year's Tribeca Film Festival began on April 17 with a rock 'n' roll movie, "Mistaken for Strangers," and had its official closing-night gala on Saturday with the appearance of Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis for...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Oceana, Entertainment, Elaine Stritch, John Slattery
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The Sunday Conversation: Blake Bailey rediscovers 'Lost Weekend' author
In his new biography, "Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson," Blake Bailey explores the tormented life of the author of "The Lost Weekend" — the once-celebrated 1944 novel that led to the Oscar-winning film...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, The Lost Weekend (movie), Academy Awards, Authors
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Personality drives this Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK — In 11 previous editions, the Tribeca Film Festival has showcased dozens of glitzy studio productions and stars — Tobey Maguire and his "Spider-Man 3" crew rode into town in 2007, Tom Cruise opened "Mission: Impossible III" here in...
Tags: Elaine Stritch, Entertainment, War Witch (movie), Spider (music group), Whoopi Goldberg
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Are the Rolling Stones still worth it? Their fans think so!
Liz Smith"IT IS actually very, very soul destroying," says NewsBeast's editor Tina Brown to Bloomberg TV's question about the business-side fixation with numbers and demos over quality content and editorial integrity. MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC! Even though some fans...Tags: Madonna, Entertainment, Auction Service, Staples Center, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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'Cinderella': There's always a party at Chez Rossini
Inevitably, our tastes change as we grow older. Most of the pop songs that once served as anthems are now exercises in nostalgia, calling up happy ghosts rather than anything new and urgent. The dense romantic adventure novel that we swore by in our teens...
Tags: Entertainment, Gonorrhea , James Conlon, Music Industry, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Tommy Tune -- cowboy boots and a new show
Liz Smith"New York Times Shills for Lee Radziwill." So went the headline on Sharon Waxman's article last weekend for Yahoo about The New York Times' new glam magazine T, which presented Ms. Radziwill of Paris, France as everything but the second coming. The...Tags: Mike Nichols, United Van Lines Incorporated, Newspaper and Magazine, Carol Channing, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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