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Casting Complete for Attic's Staging of Charles Busch's Red Scare on Sunset (Playbill) 26 August 2008Attic Studios and Attic Theatre Ensemble will present Charles Busch's comedic take on McCarthyism, Red Scare on Sunset, Sept. 12-Oct. 18 at The Attic Theatre & Film Center in Los Angeles.
Politics, drama mix throughout history (Rocky Mountain News) 02 September 2008At their worst, they're called agitprop, dramas that sacrifice art for propaganda. At their best, they can change hearts and minds. The list of great politically themed plays is not short; here are 10 that stirred our souls. You'll notice many come from the 1930s - apparently a Great Depression and the rise of Fascism stirs the playwriting soul.
Richard Widmark: Rebel With a Cause (The New York Sun) 22 August 2008In 1983, the Telluride Film Festival was known to film aficionados as much for its annual tributes to cinema greats as it was for being a showcase for emerging talent. Arriving in the thin Rocky Mountain air 25 years ago, I was pleased to discover that one of the tributees was to be the Russian writer-director Andre Tarkovsky. But I was ecstatic about the other honoree: the American actor and ...
Nixon (DVD Talk) 20 August 2008Nixon Holywood Pictures Home Entertainment 1995 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 213 min. / Blu-ray / Street Date August 19, 2008 / Starring Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, E.G. Marshall, David Paymer, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, J.T. Walsh, James Woods, Brian Bedford, Kevin Dunn, Annabeth Gish, Larry Hagman, Edward Herrmann, Madeline Kahn, ...
Red-scare blacklist inspires colorful documentary 'Trumbo' (Boston Herald) 12 August 2008In the 1940s, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter - in the 1950s, he had to work without credit. Trumbo was one of the Hollywood Ten - persons...
The demonization of liberals takes a deadly turn (Greeley Tribune) 14 August 2008The recent shooting in Knoxville, Tenn., the Associated Press reports, was in large part a hate crime. The shooter "hated liberals," so he went to a Unitarian Church in order to kill some.
Team Fortress 2's Heavy to Don Boxing Gloves in Update (1up.com) 13 August 2008Slower speed guarantees temporary critical hits; cry some more!
Industry buzz (San Francisco Chronicle) 10 August 2008L.A. kiss-off: Woody Allen's sun-drenched new film, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," opens Friday, the same weekend as Alex Holdridge's romantic comedy "In Search of a Midnight Kiss." Set in Los Angeles and shot entirely in black and white, "Kiss" has frequently...
Songwriter, musician Erik Darling dies at 74 (Akron Beacon Journal) 08 August 2008Erik Darling, 74, the reedy-voiced guitarist and banjo player who deftly stepped in when Pete Seeger left the pioneering folk music group the Weavers, has died of lymphoma.
'60s songwriter Erik Darling dies at 74 (Seattle Times) 08 August 2008Erik Darling, the reedy-voiced guitarist and banjo player who deftly stepped in when Pete Seeger left the pioneering folk music group The Weavers, has died after battling lymphoma. He was 74.