A few weeks ago I received an email from a friend with whom I went to school. A mutual acquaintance had sent him a note in distress-- his sister was a prostitute. Although never close, the ...
Read more »Yesterday, championship boxer Floyd Mayweather caused a minor stir when he took to Twitter and posted this: Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black ...
Read more »We're smack dab in the middle of an NBA Golden Age. Think about it, there are about four generations of players currently playing all near or just past their prime. The late nineties warriors like ...
Read more »Movies have been described as art for the masses, the most universal of art forms. So there's an irony that when movies were at their most accessible, silent and simple, people watched in theatres ...
Read more »The 2008 Democratic primary was one of the more closely contested in recent memory. The race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to become the Democratic nominee stretched well into the summer, ...
Read more »Time is cruel to movie stars. Other than a timeless few like Meryl Streep or Denzel Washington, few actors manage to sustain careers at the very top of the food chain. Look at the recent IMDB ...
Read more »Last week a Papa John's cashier was fired after using a racial slur to describe an Asian patron of the restaurant. For the sake of efficiency and ease of identification, the receipt issued by the ...
Read more »From an objective standpoint, HUGO doesn't quite work as a film. Its structure is ungainly, character motivations are remembered then quickly forgotten, and by the end of the film you're not ...
Read more »The MISSION IMPOSSIBLE films make up one of the odder action movie franchises today. Lacking the mythology and gadgetry of James Bond, or the balls to the wall action of the Bourne movies, Mission ...
Read more »It's rare that a bunch of guys will get together and start discussing the Kardashians, but that's what alcohol and minus ten degree weather will do to you. What was the topic? Was Kim Kardashian ...
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"It's playing in the background during his appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, and I think one commentator mentions it briefly."
Colin"Do they talk about James Brown's 'Night Train'?"
max"Interesting. So do you agree with a dream profession? Or do you think that notion has spoiled us and things should revert back to just being happy with any work at all?"
Mike Radoslav
"According the the HBO documentary "Secrets of the Tribe", Kenneth Good did not choose Yarima for his bride. The Yanomami tribal leader gave Yarima to him. Good did not court Yarima."
Nick Connor