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Shadow Cities

On a late spring morning almost two years ago, while walking on Broadway, I suddenly noticed that something terrible had happened to Straus Park. The small park, located just where Broadway…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 18, 1997
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4187 words)

Stories We Tell: A post by Sarah Polley

The following is a guest post from filmmaker Sarah Polley about her new film, Stories We Tell. *** Today in Venice my latest film, Stories We Tell, will be screening for the first time. Until now,…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 29, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1730 words)

Teen Titan

When Scooter Braun, the manager of Justin Bieber and a stable of other pop stars, was growing up, his favorite comic-book hero was Superman. “I liked everything he stood for,” Braun, who is…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 3, 2012
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6870 words)

The Secrets and Lies of Joe Paterno: Profiles: GQ

SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 2 minutes (747 words)

Tour Bus Confidential: Behind Music's Bumpy Road Show

Once invited to party with their employers, today's long-haul bus drivers are taken for granted and under threat of extinction as the the music industry continues to slash costs. DAVID PEISNER meets…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (606 words)

Tour Bus Confidential: Behind Music's Bumpy Road Show

Once invited to party with their employers, today's long-haul bus drivers are both taken for granted and under threat of extinction as the touring business flattens out and the music industry…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (615 words)

Pussy Riot Closing Statements

On August 8th, the three members of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot delivered their closing statements at the Moscow Khamovniki District Court. Charged with “hooliganism motivated by…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 13, 2012
LENGTH: 28 minutes (7090 words)

We Are Alive

Nearly half a century ago, when Elvis Presley was filming “Harum Scarum” and “Help!” was on the charts, a moody, father-haunted, yet uncannily charismatic Shore rat named Bruce Springsteen was…
PUBLISHED: July 30, 2012
LENGTH: 62 minutes (15690 words)

The Importance of Being Orwell

WHY HE WROTE George Orwell, whose diaries are being published 62 years after his death. Adapted from an introduction by Christopher Hitchens to Diaries, by George Orwell, to be published next month…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 8, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2878 words)
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