Interview: Morgan Geist

Interesting:
Turn off your radio then close your eyes. Not too tight though, just enough to block out the light. If you sit absolutely still and listen closely, you just might hear the drums in the distance. The faint pounding isn’t coming from far away though. It’s your pulse pumping quietly, indispensably. The

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Feature: Mike Leigh and Happy Go Lucky

Thanks Kent, for pointing out:
Jean Genet once argued that poetry was not some divine, sensuous act, but rather that it was born “on Saturdays, when, to clean the rooms, housewives put the red velvet chairs, gilded mirrors, and mahogany tables outside, in the nearby meadow.” Over the past several decades acclaimed writer-director

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Donovan Still A ‘Sunshine Superman’ At 62

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WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) - Standing in the rain wasn’t going to dampen Donovan’s spirits. He had come to a field in this Catskills arts colony
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Dr. Pepper Bosses Will Fufill Promise If ‘Chinese Democracy’ Is Released In 2008

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The upcoming release of Guns N’ Roses long-awaited LP Chinese Democracy has sent bosses at soft drinks giant Dr Pepper scrambling for a refill after they promised to offer free soda to everyone in America if the band released the album by the end of 2008.
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Frank Sinatra Is Diddy’s ‘Imaginary Friend’

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Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs counts the late Frank Sinatra as one of his “imaginary friends”. The hip-hop star, who has previously hailed Sinatra as his style icon, pays homage to the entertainer in a new advertisement for Ciroc Vodka.
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MTV Rings in 20th Anniversary of ‘Headbanger’s Ball’

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While it’s currently without a VJ and on MTV2, Headbangers Ball will celebrate 20 years (sorta) of neck-snapping programming later this month. Starting on October 20, MTV2 will air an Avenged Sevenfold concert, a live Metallica performance, and a roundtable discussion featuring the show’s past

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Seth Rogen Attempting a Cancer Comedy

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Seth Rogen’s career continues to blaze. The actor, who is currently shedding pounds and toning up for his lead role in The Green Hornet, will produce and take a supporting role in I’m With Cancer for Mandate Pictures. The film was written by Will Reiser, a former producer for HBO’s Da Ali […]

Tim Fite Teams Up With Man Man For Fall Tour

Frank sends us:
Tim Fite and Man Man will set out on their “You Are My Manifest Destiny” tour tomorrow, with a show at the Pearl Street Ballroom in North Hampton, MA. The Anti- label mates will hit 18 cities together, including one final Halloween night show in Man Man’s hometown of Philadelphia.
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Hayden Christensen and Screen Gems Good For Three

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Screen Gems and Hayden Christensen have inked a three-picture deal, which adds two more films to Christensen’s schedule for the studio.
He is already working on Bone Deep for Screen Gems. As part of the deal, the actor will bring projects to the studio with his brother and partner Tove

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Sting Gives Up Acting

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Rocker Sting has given up pursuing a career on the big screen - because it’s “too much hard work”.
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