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Oscars

Academy Awards have Oscar: Award Names Explained

Some award names make sense. The Golden Globes are, well, a globe that’s golden. The Grammys are short for “gramophone,” which makes sense given the fact that a golden one crowns the music industries highest honor. [...]

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Can Video Games Be Considered Art?

I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember, so when Roger Ebert came out a few years ago and claimed “video games can never be art,” I was one of the many [...]

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Martinis with a Dash of Blackwing

It’s the cocktail of Bond, James Bond, and swell sophisticates everywhere. The signature glass, with its slender stem and geometrically simple bowl, make it as fun to look at as it is to drink. While debates [...]

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Abraham Lincoln… Vampire Hunter?

February 12th marked the 203rd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and, while his birthday is recognized with every passing of the calendar, 2012 marks an historic year in the legacy of the Great Emancipator. This year, [...]

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Man Who Made an Icon

By far the most iconic image in the film adaptation of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, strolling down 5th Avenue in the early, empty hours of the morning in a long [...]

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Pencils and Pop Culture: The Oscars is Fixing What Isn’t Broken

I have a love-hate relationship with the Academy Awards. On the one hand, my family and I throw an Oscar party every year, as we will do at end of this month when the awards air [...]

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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Everlasting Intrigue

There are stories so universal that they are told over and over again. The tales of Don Quixote have been made into over forty different operas; Romeo and Juliet have had their stars cross’d in opera, [...]

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The Kennedy Center Honors Take Wing

The Kennedy Center Honors, which recognizes a select few recipients for their sterling contributions to culture through a lifetime in the performing arts, airs tonight on CBS throughout the United States. Though the awards gala actually [...]

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Pursuing Your Passions: Lessons Learned from Walt Disney

Walt Disney once said of the origins of his most famous character, “Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a [...]

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When Words Aren't Enough: Music in Film

There is a story surrounding composer John Williams and the score for “Schindler’s List.” As both director Steven Spielberg and Williams tell it, Spielberg showed Williams a draft of the film before asking Williams to compose [...]