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Joel Gilbert: Birthers Asking Wrong Question on Obama Parentage

RJ Carter · June 7, 2012

When Joel Gilbert wrote and produced "Atomic Jihad: Ahmadinejad's Coming War for Islamic Revival and Obama's Politics of Defeat," the film became a feature at the CPAC Conference and went on to win an award at the Hudson Institute Film Festival.

Kathryn Beaumont: Wonderland Days

RJ Carter · February 1, 2011

When Walt Disney was looking for someone to lend her voice to the animated heroine of "Alice in Wonderland," a young English girl who had recently come to America caught his ear.

Chloe Grace Moretz: You're a Hit, Girl!

RJ Carter · August 2, 2010

It's a long way from the sunny meadows of the Hundred Acre Wood to the crime filled streets of gritty vigilantism, but plucky Chloe Grace Moretz has made the journey and become a sensation.

Carmen Reed: Surviving the Haunting in Connecticut

RJ Carter · July 14, 2009

In "The Haunting in Connecticut," Virginia Madsen plays the mother of a young man with cancer who stands as the nexus of supernatural activity when the family rents a former funeral home.

Stephen Anderson: Meet the Director Behind "Meet the Robinsons"

RJ Carter · October 15, 2007
Stephen Anderson has over ten years of experience working for Disney's animation department. Starting as a story artist on "Tarzan," Anderson continued with other successful Disney projects like "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Brother Bear."

Bruce Campbell: On Making Love, Books, and Movies

Troy Riser · November 28, 2005

It's easy to be a Bruce Campbell fan. One gets the sense that he is what he appears to be: capable, hardworking, smart, with a keen sense of his strengths and limitations.

Vincenzo Natali: Turtles All The Way Down

Troy Riser · October 21, 2005

Canadian director Vincenzo Natali's latest film "Nothing" will soon be released on DVD. Natali's first feature-length film, "Cube", about a group of amnesiac strangers trapped in a giant, lethal puzzle box, garnered high praise for its smart scripting, conceptual originality, and deft direction.

Stan Lee: On Green Brutes and Blonde Strippers

RJ Carter · July 3, 2003

Stan Lee. If you want to talk about comic book creators with your non-comic friends, his name is one of a select few you can bring up with a good chance he'll be someone they've heard of. He's not the father of the modern comic book--that title goes to men who came before him.

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