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R.I.P. Amy Winehouse, 1983-2011

Posted in In Memoriam, Music News, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »

As I’m sure you’re aware, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London flat this past Saturday, July 23. She was gifted with a towering voice, a sharp wit, and an artist’s impulse to not do what anyone else wanted her to. In this era of pre-packaged pop songstresses, hers was a raw talent; her [...]

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R.I.P. Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)

Posted in In Memoriam, Movie News, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Sidney Lumet, the film director responsible for such classics as 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, and Serpico, among others, died today, April 9, 2011, of lymphoma at his Manhattan home. I couldn’t hope to better articulate Lumet’s achievements as a filmmaker than Roger Ebert already has, except to say that Lumet never slowed during his feature film [...]

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Goodnight Folks: Remembering Andy Hallett

Posted in In Memoriam, Real Life, Top 100 Characters in Modern Pop Culture, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Fred once told me, after a sinful amount of Chinese food and in lieu of absolutely nothing, ‘I think a lot of people would choose to be green, your shade if they had the choice.’ Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan was unique among his people: he could hear music. Mystic tomes and dimensional portals aside, I [...]

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