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Banned filmmaker directs Olympic spectacle

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Renegade filmmaker Zhang Yimou is the mastermind behind the Olympic opening ceremonies.
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World Cos-play Summit

This weekend, the sixth annual World Cos-play Summit is taking place in Nagoya, Japan -- for manga fans, its the ultimate competition....
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Post-Postmodernism

Salman Rushdie's multi-layered novel, three types of postmodernism identified, and Stuff White People Like....
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Steve Earle talks about "The Wire"

Steve Earle sings about leaving his adopted home and falling in love again, and talks about his role on HBO's "The Wire."...
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An interview with Ze Frank

Internet super-celebrity Ze Frank's year-long daily video blog project, The Show, was one of the first great successes of the video blog world....
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Heroes, Anti-heroes & Regular Folks

Comic books aren't just about people in long underwear hitting each other -- they're also a vital medium for individual artistic expression. ...
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Generation Kill

David Simon, creator of "The Wire," talks about his new seven-part mini-series on HBO about the 2003 invasion of Iraq....
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Peace, love, lyrics and loot

John Lennon's hand-scrawled lyrics for "Give Peace a Chance" goes up for auction at Christie's....
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American Icons: Lincoln Memorial

How the Lincoln Memorial became America's soapbox and how it speaks to the better angels of our nature....
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The nerd in American history and life

Nerds: movies have been made about their revenge, candies named after them, and they have been cast aside -- until now?...
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