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Diversity in the Newsroom: TV Execs Never Seem to Find That Person of Color

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Despite progress, black journalists say television executives need to do a better job with diversity.

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Behind ‘The New Black’: The Real Piper’s Prison Story : NPR

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When she was 24, Piper Kerman dated a woman who was part of a drug smuggling ring. Years later, after being named as part of that ring, Kerman served time in a federal prison and at one point shared a cell with her former girlfriend.

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Film Review: Elysium (Dir: Neill Blomkamp)

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Here is my review of the new feature film Elysium by District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.

Elysium (109 min)
Dir: Neill Blomkamp
Cast

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This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style | The Nation

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Last week marked what would have been the eighty-ninth birthday of the late James Baldwin—novelist, essayist and, for the last decade of his life, valued member of The Nation’s editorial board.

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Film Review: Elysium (Dir: Neill Blomkamp)

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Here is my review of the new feature film Elysium by District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.

Elysium (109 min)
Dir: Neill Blomkamp
Cast

Charity Thomas’s insight:

Maybe I’ll see it, I do love watching comeuppance.  

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Report: Ex-JPMorgan Employees To Be Arrested Over ‘London Whale’ Scandal

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Two former JPMorgan Chase employees are expected to be arrested for their roles in the London Whale scandal that lost the bank roughly $6.2 billion, The New York Times reports.

Charity Thomas’s insight:

OOOOH, 2.

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Oprah ‘suffers racism’ in Zurich

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US talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she was the victim of racism while shopping for handbags during a recent visit to Switzerland.

Charity Thomas’s insight:

There’s no amount of money to buy yourself out of racism.

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Underemployed while being a Black American

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Working as a cashier
while being black
teaches you a few things,
but none so important as this:
people assume you’ve done nothing
with your life because of the job you have.
My saving grace is my…

Charting 20 Years Of Summer Box Office Movies & The Death Of The *Original* Screenplay

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A worth-sharing chart (below) created by USA Today, which doesn’t necessarily tells us anything we don’t already know (that sequels, prequels, spin-offs, reboots, remakes, etc dominate Hollywood studio filmmaking today – specifically, the summer…

Charity Thomas’s insight:

That explains a lot and I do love a good chart.

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Johnny Depp Blames Critics For ‘Lone Ranger’ Flop, Damon Lindelof Mourns Blockbuster Formula & No One Likes 3D

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From “Man of Steel” to “Star Trek Into Darkness,” incoherence in Hollywood filmmaking has attained new heights in the past few summer months, to the point where a mid-level actioner like “2 Guns” can garner appreciation simply by not leveling a…

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