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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.
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
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.
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
Maybe I’ll see it, I do love watching comeuppance.
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.
OOOOH, 2.
Oprah ‘suffers racism’ in Zurich
US talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she was the victim of racism while shopping for handbags during a recent visit to Switzerland.
There’s no amount of money to buy yourself out of racism.
Underemployed while being a Black American
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…
That explains a lot and I do love a good chart.
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…
