Arts & Life
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Monkey See
Breakin' The Rules: 20 General Principles Suspended In 'Fast And Furious 6'
May 23, 2013 There are many principles of day-to-day life that don't make their way into the Fast, Furious universe.
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Really Most Sincerely Bad: Fox's Nasty 'Does Someone Have To Go?'
May 23, 2013 A distasteful new show forces employees to turn on each other in a phony display of power.
Pitbull Gets 'Epic': 'You Constantly Have To Defend Your Success'
May 23, 2013 Armando Christian Perez — better known as Pitbull or Mr. Worldwide — has sold five million albums and had No. 1 hits in more than 15 countries. He tells NPR's Michel Martin about using music as an escape and playing a well-dressed toad in the animated film Epic.
Television
Douglas, Damon Illuminate HBO's 'Candelabra'
May 23, 2013 Steven Soderbergh's latest film is a showbiz story about Vegas icon Liberace and his secret lover — played, respectively, by Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, both terrific in their roles. It premieres Sunday on HBO.
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'Before Midnight': Jesse And Celine Are Older Now, And So Are We
May 23, 2013 It took Jesse and Celine 18 years to find themselves back where they started in the lovely third installment of the series that began with 1995's Before Sunrise.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Parallels
China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal
May 22, 2013 In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monkey See
'Arrested Development' Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media
May 21, 2013 Brands that found their original audiences in traditional, old-media platforms are finding ways to keep going in the world of new media.
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The Starfleet Divide: The 'Star Trek' Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates
May 21, 2013 J.J. Abrams isn't the first guy to bait Star Trek fans by messing with the brand.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Performing Arts
At L.A.'s UnCabaret, 25 Years Of Letting It All Hang Out
May 20, 2013 Launched as an alternative to the stale stylings of the '80s stand-up circuit, Beth Lapides' event bills itself as a venue for "idiosyncratic, conversational comedy." It's helped establish careers for performers from Kathy Griffin to Randy and Jason Sklar.
Television
Mel Brooks: 'I'm An EGOT; I Don't Need Any More'
May 20, 2013 The screenwriter, producer, director and actor, whose name has become synonymous with American comedy, talks about his penchant for spoofs and his decades-long friendship with Carl Reiner. Brooks, who is among a handful of people who've won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, is the subject of a new documentary on PBS.
