Tag: documentary
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Thanks To Leon Gast’s New HBO Documentary, It’s Hard Not To Love Ron Galella (Unless You’re Jackie O, Marlon Brando, Liz Taylor…)
Early morning in a Detroit hotel room and I’m watching another Sheila Nevins HBO doc. This one’s about Rob Galella, the grandfather of paparazzi, who has the fake teeth (Marlon Brando knocked out the real ones) and restraining orders against him to prove it. His photos don’t astound, it’s the genius of how he managed…
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We Had A Tiff, Now He’s Got One With Conan O’Brien, But Newark Mayor Cory Booker Is My Friday Follow On Twitter
It’s hard not to be inspired by what Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s accomplished so far in the city I grew up next to and terrified of. Did you catch Mark Levin’s Sundance Channel documentary on Cory last week? Last I remember, Newark’s where my grandpa got mugged in the pharmacy he owned. The new Newark = tough on…
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Matt Damon, Chris Moore & The History Channel (and Aniboom)
Nancy Dubuc at The History Channel is betting big on THE PEOPLE SPEAK, an interpretation of Howard Zinn’s legendary A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The doc has the potential to be History Channel’s own PLANET EARTH type franchise. I’ve seen some, it’s pretty powerful to watch — and could the timing be any…