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In Blood of a Poet, the first film in Jean Cocteau's Orphic trilogy, photographer Lee Miller stars as a statue who comes to life. Other images in the film include people using mirrors as doors between life and death, a mouth appearing on the poet's palm, and a well dressed couple playing cards in the snow while a boy bleeds at their feet, so a statue who starts talking and offering advice seems perfectly reasonable.
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Jack Pendarvis reads the first chapter of Awesome, a humorous and heartwarming tale of the richest, sexiest, handsomest giant you'll ever meet.
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Music Review : Last of the Blacksmiths: Young Family Song
Posted by Ben van Houten at 7:00AM
Jul 01, 2008
In the mid-1990s, a Houston DJ named DJ Screw gained widespread attention for pioneering a unique style of remixing known as "Chopped and Screwed," in which he would use a turntable to shift an existing rap or R&B song's pitch significantly downward and drastically slow its tempo.
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Dancer, Artist Enlivens Death Valley Junction
In 1967 a flat tire led dancer and artist Marta Becket to Death Valley, an opera house — and her life's work. Today, she no longer dances, but she continues to attract an audience.
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As It Turns Out, 'The Wackness' Is Largely Dope
An adolescent drug dealer and a middle-aged therapist barter their respective goods and services — and former Nickelodeon star Josh Peck nearly steals the movie out from under Oscar winner Ben Kingsley.
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Turning the Chinese Quake Comic
Tales of heroism and survival following the Sichuan earthquake last May inspired graphic artist Coco Wang to turn those stories into a comic book. Wang says that the images and the stories helped people outside of China understand more about the humanity of the Chinese people.