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Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?
I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop...
Tags: Personal Income, Dillard University, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Howard University, Spelman College
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Jennifer Lawrence gets costume close-up in 'X-Men' director's photo
Jennifer Lawrence returns as Mystique in "X-Men: Days of Future Past," and she's got a costumed photo to prove it. Director Bryan Singer is bringing new meaning to the phrase "behind the scenes," using social media to pique fan interest for his next...
Tags: Michael Fassbender, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult
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Melissa Joan Hart says Kickstarter failure 'started out wrong'
Not every Kickstarter film-funding effort ends in multimillion-dollar success, a la actor-writer-director Zach Braff's recent campaign or that achieved by the cast and creators of the canceled CW show "Veronica Mars." Just ask actress Melissa Joan Hart,...
Tags: The CW (tv network), Movies, Entertainment, Ronald Reagan, ABC Family (tv network)
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Britain: Horror attraction combines dark ride with haunted maze
A unique new haunted attraction opening this summer at a small United Kingdom theme park will combine a walk-through horror maze featuring live actors with a dark ride journey inside an abandoned mine shaft. The Hobs Pit maze and ride is set to open...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Social Media, Marketing, Frankenstein (movie, 1931), Amusement and Theme Parks
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'Cleopatra,' a spectacle on- and off-screen
There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick. Martin Landau remembers the day when he realized "Cleopatra" stars Elizabeth Taylor and...
Tags: Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Movies, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Entertainment
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Cannes 2013: Festival robberies echo past heists, real and on film
By Mark OlsenTwo high-profile robberies at this year's Cannes Film Festival have attracted a lot of attention, but they're the hardly the first such heists (on screen, or off). First, a stash of Chopard jewelry reportedly valued at more than $1 million was taken...Tags: Theft, Los Angeles Hotels, Cannes Film Festival, Festive Events, The Departed (movie)
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August Wilson's words came straight from his soul
Stage and film legend James Earl Jones once said, "It's hard for an actor to go wrong if he's true to the words that August has written." As an actor and writer, I have found that statement to be true of only a few playwrights. There is usually at least...
Tags: Theater, Broadway Theater, Fences (music group), Muddy Waters, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
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The Fountain's 'Heart Song' gives voice to flamenco's depths
Two years ago Stephen Sachs began working on a play about the philosophy and practice of flamenco. He figured he had all the material he needed, having spent years in close proximity to flamenco dancers as the co-artistic director of the Fountain Theatre,...
Tags: Juanita Jennings, Entertainment, Human Interest, Dance, Arts and Culture
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'Star Trek Into Darkness' a worthy enterprise, critics say
It wouldn't be quite accurate to say that J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" reboot boldly went where no man had gone before. After all, such familiar faces such as Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock and Uhura were along for the ride (though played by new actors), as was...
Tags: Chris Pine, Star Trek (movie, 2009), The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Benedict Cumberbatch
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Cannes 2013: The musical side of the Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Los Angeles Times Film CriticCANNES, France -- In close to three decades of filmmaking, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have shared a lot of looks. But with "Inside Llewyn Davis," which had itsĀ premiere in Festival de Cannes competition Sunday, one particular glance said it all. "At...Tags: Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Scott Rudin, Octavia Spencer, Cannes Film Festival
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Cannes: With 'The Congress,' Ari Folman votes for new audacity
CANNES, France -- Few independent directors have won as many plaudits for their visual inventiveness as Ari Folman. Five years ago, the Israeli first-timer came to Cannes and caught the film world’s attention with his combat piece “Waltz...
Tags: Politics, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Robin Wright, Tom Cruise, Animation (Movie Genre)
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