In 2010, an estimated 4.2 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, creating the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The culprit, an uncapped BP wellhead, that for 87 days released oil and methane gas into the ocean. The effects of the catastrophe are still felt today due to the lingering environmental […]
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‘The Hurt Business’ Shows The Bloody And Beaten Face Of Mixed Martial Arts…And Its Fighters
Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA for short, is the fastest growing sport in the United States today. Combining the flash of professional wrestling with the brutality of boxing, MMA draws thousands to live events and sells millions of pay-per-view orders. MMA is also the subject of a new documentary from Vlad Yudin (who also made […]
‘Author: The JT LeRoy Story’ – The Tell-All Story Behind The Phony Literary ‘It Boy’
JT LeRoy was a real-life Cinderella: an androgynous boy with a truck stop prostitute for a mother who lived a life of drug addiction and sexual abuse before becoming a literary phenomenon when his first autobiographical book, Sarah, was published in 1999. JT LeRoy was also a fraud: an identity manufactured by writer Laura Albert […]
Growing Up Works Well For Bridget Jones
The last time we saw Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) she was in her underwear, braving the cold London air as she and Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) had a romantic moment. It was a fitting end to Jones’ love story, which has always been more about the girl coming of age than it has the men […]
‘Gleason’ Shows The Vulnerability Of A City’s Hero
Former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason’s football career can be defined in a single play. On September 25th, 2006, in the Saints’ first home game since their city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Gleason blocked a punt by the Atlanta Falcons that was returned for a touchdown, the first score of a game which […]