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On Nina Simone, Spider-Man, And What It Means To Be A Black Cultural Icon

We have to remember our heroes. They’re important to us. America is all about remembrance — we remember the Alamo, 9/11. The only thing that always falls to the wayside is black culture. As Barack Obama once affirmed, America is black culture. Our culture continues to entertain and empower long after our heroes have passed…. Read more »

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On Nina Simone, Spider-Man, And What It Means To Be A Black Cultural Icon

This Weekend in NYC: Join Movieline and Being Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash at the Apple Store

Kevin Clash. You know him . You love him. Or at least you love Elmo, the enduringly, endearingly winsome Muppet whom Clash brings to furry red life for a living — an association profiled in the award-winning new documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey . But it’s just a matter of getting to know Clash, which will be easier than ever for New Yorkers who drop by the Apple Store this weekend. (And that’s not even counting our special guest. Ahem!)

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This Weekend in NYC: Join Movieline and Being Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash at the Apple Store

Herzog, James Among the Snubs on Academy’s 2011 Oscar Documentary Short List

Another year, another ruthless paring down of the Oscar-caliber documentary feature crop, with the acclaimed likes of Werner Herzog’s Into the Abyss , Steve James’s The Interrupters , Asif Kapadia’s Senna and others falling by the wayside as the Academy whittled its 125 submissions to 15 shortlist contenders.

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Labels hope Apple’s ‘Cocktail’ will boost album sales

According to the Financial Times , Apple and the Big 4 record labels are setting new plans in action in an effort to increase digital sales of full albums, which they believe have fallen to the wayside while individual song downloads grow exponentially. The project, dubbed ‘Cocktail’ , is a joint venture between Apple, EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and UMG , and sources say the labels hope to have it up and running by September. The plan is to offer interactive features with music digital albums, such as photos, lyrics, wallpapers, that can be viewed outside of iTunes .

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