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Tithing Stephen Baldwin

I’m not sure which is worst — Christian Evangelicals binding their belief in God to the phony redemption of multiple murderers — or Stephen Baldwin begging for money on the internet because he feels “bullied” by those on the internet who think his evangelical rebirth is a fraud and sham invented just to help pay off his debts.

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American Express Does Fuzzy Math

It was May 9, 2010, and Delta Airlines had made it clear to me that they were not going to do the right thing and get me a new flight home.  I had to trek over to Jet Blue to get a ticket. Unfortunately, we sometimes make the biggest mistakes when we feel as though we are under the gun, so to speak.


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2010 is the Year of Living Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix died almost 40 years ago — and yet today, he is more popular and relevant than ever.   Here is Jimi is on the cover of the April 2010 edition of Guitar World Magazine.

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Oscar Box Office Bumping

The 82nd Academy Awards are coming up on Sunday.  Here’s a fantastic chart that shows how much money is re-earned for a movie after winning the Best Picture Oscar. 

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Celebrity Infantilization of Cancer

When celebrities get involved with charity causes, be prepared to buy something after having it shilled to you — but have we sunk so low with the celebrity cause that we are now considered children in need of Pied Piping into the River for the drowning of our national sorrows?  You can’t throw a rock in the air today without it coming down and hitting an advertisement on a Viacom network — like MTV and VH1 — and not be smashed in the face with celebrity pleadings for “StandUp2Cancer.org.”


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Celebrity Response to Haiti: Genuine, or PR?

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the government response was slow and inadequate — as we well know by now. The ensuing celebrity response was amazing. Photographs of Brad Pitt helping out really touched me. There’s something about when a celebrity really messes up in the eye of the public and then shortly thereafter does a tremendous act of charity that makes me wonder why said celebrity did it. 
Now the suffering in Haiti is in the midst of the celebrity cause.

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The Problem with One Set Plays

In addition to the awful reality that One Act Plays are ruining the Modern Theatre,
one set plays are killing off any and all theatrical design aesthetic and that deathly trend cannot die soon enough.

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The First Withering in a Failing Economy

The first thing to wither in a failing economy are the rights of the minority individual.  I’ll give you a real world example that will set the ominous tone to come for the rest of us.

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Cash in Pocket

We live in the world of virtual money — but has the ATM card replaced the money in your pocket?

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No Helen Keller Miracle on Broadway

“The Miracle Worker” is making a revival run on Broadway this Winter and the unfortunate news is that the role of Helen Keller will not be played by a Deaf or Blind actress, but rather by Hearing child actress Abigail Breslin.

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