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David Edelstein of Vulture writes: Documentary . A starchy word, isn't it? It comes from the Latin documentum, meaning lesson or proof, and carries an implicit threat: Time for class, children. That's better than a quiz, for sure, but nothing ...

May 19: PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 79. TV personality David Hartman is 78. Actor James Fox is 74. Actress Nancy Kwan is 74. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in "Star Wars") is 69. Musician Pete Townshend is 68. Singer-bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is ...

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If you were teaching a course on how to manage personal finances, one of the best pieces of advice you could give is to avoid attending a for-profit college. A series of government and media investigations have exposed that signing up with a ...

A movie lover's contributions to Slate's movie coverage. Roger Ebert in 2006 Photo by David Livingston/ I look to books for facts and to movies for feelings, Roger Ebert wrote in Slate in the 2001 Movie Club, debating the magazine's then film critic ...

Anat Hoffman is confronted by Israeli police at the Western Wall. (Photo credit: Michal Fattal/Women of the Wall) Anat Hoffman arrested at the Western Wall. (Photo credit: Michal Fattal/Women of the Wall) Anat Hoffman arrested at the Western Wall.

The Old Globes new artistic director, Barry Edelstein, is a noted Shakespearean, and its 2013-14 season, the first hes picked, will give extra emphasis to the Bard, beyond the separate summer series that typically offers at least two Shakespeare ...

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Neal Edelstein (Mulholland Dr., The Ring, The Invisible) and his Hooked Digital Media partners have their sights on the future of content consumption. Theyre banking on it moving to the micro-screen. Their new digital production ...