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Let’s not boycott art

In a documentary we’re developing we tackle the world-wide movement to boycott all Israeli artists, scholars and researchers and to pressure international academics and artists to boycott Israel and not go there to lecture or perform. The latest person to [...]

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Hollywood is not your role model

We’re a few weeks removed from the tragedy of the Boston Marathon and the subsequent events that followed. I realize that what I’m about to write may be quite divisive. I’m well aware that we currently live in a country [...]

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The dissolving hero

Roald Dahl has always been my favorite author. I remember devouring his books when I was little, loving that I could dive into a whirlpool of mystical creatures, foul and fantastic characters, and made-up words like crumpscoddle and razztwizzler. Upon [...]

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Selling auditions: is nothing sacred?!

UPDATE 2:30 pm PST April 2, 2013 As of 2:30pm PST we have word that the Casting Directors have taken the audition tapes off the auction block, and instead are donating them to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and [...]

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You are a felon

“You are a felon.”  Those were the words texted by one high school kid to another after the boy bragged via text about raping an unconscious 16 year old girl in Steubenville, Ohio.  The phrase was echoed again on Sunday [...]

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Embrace the F-word

No, this is not going to be a pitch for the MPAA to allow more than two F-bombs before issuing an R rating (although I do think it’s absolutely insane that they find it of paramount importance to shield our [...]

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