Word: mainstream
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...mainstream movie about coping with grief would be complete without some comic relief, or at least that's what the studio presumably told the screenwriters, Mike Thompson and Brandon Camp, who also directed. To that end, we have Judy Greer and Dan Fogler. Greer has made a career of playing the wry best friend (27 Dresses, 13 Going on 30, The Wedding Planner). She plays Marty, a poetess, flower arranger and dispenser of advice to Eloise, and as usual, she's cute, funny and charming enough to be able to recite a poem featuring a phallus without making you hate...
...member at the Poynter Institute, ... said he hopes this will become a ‘teachable moment.’” It seems to me that it is also an opportunity for a premier college newspaper to apply skills for investigative journalism that are increasingly disappearing from mainstream print media. What are responsible academic researchers finding out about the motivation and mechanism of such “denial” movements, including denials of the Holocaust, the “birther” movement, and so many more? Do these movements get more visibility or involvement in hard...
...connecting indoor air pollution - mostly from cooking - to the premature death of women and children in developing countries. But scientists weren't the only winners: Joel Salatin, a pioneering sustainable farmer in Virginia, and Chip Giller, the publisher of the green website Grist.org, both won for changing attitudes in mainstream agriculture and the media...
...These days, Yang has become part of Australia's artistic mainstream himself, witnessing along the way an evolution in the country's attitude toward its minorities, particularly gays and Asians. He also notices more tolerance and diversity. "It's a slow process," he says. "There's always some resistance to change, but if the new attitudes hang around for long enough, then people start to accept them...
...admitting it. "Everybody's questioning my motives and asking, Have I thought about all this?" he says. "No. I'm just going to dance and have fun." But he has to know, as we all do, that stars don't end up on a reality show - even a mainstream, wholesome one like DWTS - at the height of their powers. Liddell is taking a break from fighting, Carter is trying to put some tabloid antics behind him, and Natalie Coughlin is a swimmer - most recognizable when wearing a skull-hugging cap. They're on the show because they're looking...