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...acne-ridden band-geek Jake—as they prepare to finish their high school careers in Warsaw, Indiana.The heart of the film belongs to Hannah, who dreams about moving to Hollywood and making inspirational films—which is ironic, given that she is already the star of the film before us. Her goals of escaping a small town are relatable, and the familial troubles that haunt her broken life at home make her instantly sympathetic.This is how “American Teen” moves beyond its updated “Breakfast Club” scenario. Burstein manages...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: American Teen | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

Screenwriter Robert Benton looks a little like Warren Beatty and talks a little like Dustin Hoffman—which is fitting, since both have worked for him. Benton has a whole constellation of stars to his name, but he left them all behind for his talk with New York Times book critic Janet Maslin at Kirkland House on Monday. Benton is wise in the ways of Hollywood as the martyred-then-hallowed screenwriter of “Bonnie and Clyde” and the beatified and Academy Award-winning writer-director of “Kramer vs. Kramer...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Benton on Books, Beatty, and Bond | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...side of the debate stage is Star Trek, however, the question-asking side looks like Dragnet. In the Democratic debates, Obama and Hillary Clinton have taken questions from Charles Gibson, Brian Williams, Tim Russert, Wolf Blitzer--white guy, white guy, white guy, white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Replacing Katie Couric with a White Dude? | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...able to go to the cinema in the evening. I'm already so "flooded" with the atrocities of the war that even the worst reports have no effect on me. I simply can't believe that one day I'll be able to leave the house without the yellow star. Or even that this war will end one day ... If this happens, I will probably lose my mind from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland's Anne Frank | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...bled ... When I was already on the street, I ran into someone "in uniform," and I felt that I couldn't take it anymore. My head was spinning. I was pretty sure he was going to beat me ... but apparently he was drunk and didn't see the "yellow star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland's Anne Frank | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

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