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D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns
Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Harry Reid, Academy Awards, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Frost Nixon (movie)
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For David O. Russell, an entry in his own 'Silver Linings Playbook'
The last time David O. Russell went to the White House, to screen “Three Kings” for Bill Clinton in 1999, he brought his 5-year-old son Matthew. Russell didn’t fully know it then, but a world of struggle loomed for the boy, who grappled...
Tags: Academy Awards, Bipolar Disorder, Family, Entertainment, White House
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The Video Game Fallacy
Sen. Lamar Alexander recently echoed the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre when he said, “Video games is a bigger problem than guns… Because video games affect people.” This is so stupid one rolls his eyes at the need to write a column...
Tags: Gaming, Entertainment, National Rifle Association of America, Miami Beach
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In NRA-land, we're all crack shots and cold-blooded killers
After a tragedy like the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., the injection of anything short of seriousness into the subsequent public discourse about guns is touchy. But the National Rifle Association blasted numerous rounds into...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sylvester Stallone, Movies, Entertainment, Wayne LaPierre
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Business People - Dec. 30
Housing Authority of Washington County The Washington County Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 27 approved the appointments of John Lestitian and Toni Sandridge to the Housing Authority of Washington County Board of Commissioners, each for a five-...
Tags: Criminals, Finance, Entertainment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Financial and Business Services
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NRA to America: Blame yourself, not us
After a week of silence following the massacre in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association went on the attack Friday morning, insisting that mass killings are the fault of the media, politicians who pass laws banning firearms from schools, the...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America
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Is Tom Cruise big enough to carry 'Jack Reacher'?
The opening minutes of the action-thriller "Jack Reacher" unfold with a display of gun violence that will be strikingly familiar to anyone who has been horrified by headline news in recent weeks. A sniper is shown assembling his long-range assault rifle....Tags: Quentin Tarantino, George W. Bush, The Usual Suspects (movie), Dick Cheney, Tom Cruise
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Going to school on video game violence
The students filtered in. They smelled of cigarettes and cold. They dropped their backpacks and peeled off their Gore-Tex. Then Lisa Buscani, one of the five instructors who teaches Ethics in Computer Games and Cinema at DePaul University, after...
Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Southern California, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Django Unchained (movie)
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Guns in America: Arming the right people can save lives
Everyone knows the terrible litany of gun violence: Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Ft. Hood, Tucson, the Cinemark movie theater in Colorado, the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Sandy Hook Elementary School. Here are some examples you may not have heard...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Wayne LaPierre, Palace Theater
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Sean Rich and his “Lords of War” search for military history in new NGC series
Channel Guide MagazineNational Geographic Channel's (NGC) new series Lords of War makes its debut this Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 9pm ET/PT, and follows modern-day treasure hunter Sean Rich on a mission to track down masterpieces of military history. Throughout the 16-part series,... -
Sundance 2013: Robert Redford weighs in on Hollywood and violence
PARK CITY, Utah -- Violence in entertainment isn't just a topic for Washington this week -- it's also on the mind of Sundance Film Festival organizers. Days after a White House Task Force on Gun Violence led by Vice President Joe Biden met with a...
Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Movies, Entertainment, The Company You Keep (movie)
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DC Hot Spots - 2012 Women of Vision Awards
The WIFV Women of Vision Awards celebrate women's creative and technical achievements in media. WIFV Executive Members nominate women for these awards. We are delighted and honored to recognize these trail blazers! This year the WIFV Board of Directors...
Tags: Human Interest, Agnieszka Holland
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