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...cast a vivid spotlight on their locale, as has been done in the past. In Mexico City in 1968, when Tommy Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the medal podium, the resulting image awakened the world to American racial injustice. In Sydney, the naming of Aboriginal track star Cathy Freeman as torch bearer and her meteoric rise in media popularity brought to light the horrors of the Australian government’s genocidal actions against its Aboriginal population. Coupling awareness of Chinese atrocities with Olympic media coverage—which has brought a geopolitical gaze to the sports...
...putting on the roller skates, now they’re about to step on the rink,” says Chad Hugo, one half of producing duo The Neptunes. Hugo’s co-producer and N.E.R.D frontman Pharrell Williams was responsible for signing Chester French to Star Trak Entertainment, an imprint of Interscope Records, over a year...
...Save the Fan,” but Leitch’s soapbox is hardly compelling. His argues that ESPN has ties to the NFL, NBA, and other major sports associations and so has little incentive to publish sports news that reflects poorly on these groups or threatens the star players who are their greatest sources of revenue. But the only knowledge we can glean from this rant against ESPN is that the network refused to cover the story that Michael Vick, in his glory days, knowingly transmitted an STI to an unsuspecting woman. The public, says Leitch, has a right...
...video is filled with naughty behavior appropriate for “The Little Rascals.” This is why this music video fails as a rock video, although it makes a decent pop video: it fits all ages, showing a clean-cut singer-protagonist and a blonde TV star with a girl-next-door appeal. But the viewer is left feeling much like the girl in the video, waiting for satisfaction that DeGraw simply can’t deliver. Eventually, the video looks like a tribute to Aerosmith, only without the daring, the cutting-edge feel, or the freshness...
...felt like a big party. Everyone was pretty young on the set and we all just had a blast,” said Sturgess. The film, which chronicles Ben’s foray into gambling as a means of paying his medical school tuition, also stars Kate Bosworth as his love interest and Kevin Spacey as the leader of Ben’s blackjack team. “I like how it’s about everyday people going against the system and coming out on top,” said Sturgess. Before filming, the actor was completely...