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Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Tuesday's Top 5 News Items

Sigourney Weaver Resurrected for ‘Avatar’ Sequels … Will Play Different Character I don’t remember much about “Avatar” — I mean other than the numbing of the ass about halfway through. But I do remember the characters played by Sigourney Weaver

Hollywood Playbook: Monday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Monday's Top 5 News Items

Variety: Taxpayers Will Subsidize Hollywood Forever According to Variety, 40 states out of 50 now offer some kind of incentive to attract Hollywood film and television productions. Permanency — of what is known as “corporate welfare” when Hollywood’s Top 1%

Victims of Taliban Atrocities Horrified By Bergdahl Prisoner Swap

Afghan victims of Taliban atrocities are giving Obama’s decision to release 5 Taliban commanders in exchange for American deserter, Bowe Bergdahl, an unambiguous thumbs down.  The five are accused of terrorizing “large swathes of Afghanistan and carrying out atrocities which

Op-Ed: A Confused Higher Education Official in Texas

Op-Ed: A Confused Higher Education Official in Texas

Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) threw down the gauntlet in a May 30, 2014 San Antonio Express News opinion piece “Common Core Controversy in Texas Distracting, Unneccessary” in which he declared

North Carolina Nervous About Ditching Common Core Standards

North Carolina Nervous About Ditching Common Core Standards

On Tuesday North Carolina’s House Education Committee voted 27-16 to require state officials to begin studying replacement standards for the Common Core, though it appears lawmakers are anxious about breaking completely from the nationalized standards. The bill, HB 1061, which

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Wednesday's Top 5 News Items

Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Delayed 7 Months – February 2015 With Warners’ promotion machine already in second gear (but not 5th), the movie predicted to be the biggest flop of the summer has been delayed for 7 months just 7 weeks

Decomposed Body Found in L.A. Shopping Mall

Decomposed Body Found in L.A. Shopping Mall

A decomposing body was found in a parked car at a Los Angeles shopping mall after “several days,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the local CBS News affiliate.  A local resident, noting the smell, called police, and

Cameron Drops Plan To Legislate Overseas Aid Minimum

Cameron Drops Plan To Legislate Overseas Aid Minimum

British Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have ditched the government’s controversial pledge to make spending 0.7 percent of GDP a legal requirement. Nick Clegg revealed that the promise, which had proved unpopular with many Conservatives will not appear in

New Startup Crowdpac Aims to 'Give Politics Back to People'

New Startup Crowdpac Aims to 'Give Politics Back to People'

An innovative new political technology startup called Crowdpac wants to take the confusion out of the political process and provide voters with the resources they need to make informed voting decisions. Their motto: “This election, vote wisely, not blindly.” According