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Broadway’s smash hit musical Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Featuring the original Broadway cast, including Tony nominees Chad Kimball and Montego Glover, as well as Derrick Baskin, J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart, Michael McGrath and Cass Morgan. Memphis is the historic first Best Musical Tony Award winner to air on U.S. national television with its original principals while simultaneously continuing a successful Broadway run and national tour.
http://www.publicmedianewswire.com/?p=548Broadway’s smash hit musical Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards® including... more
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NEW YORK – MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK kicks off its three-part second season February 3 on PBS, with a multifaceted journey through the history of American song by the acclaimed musician and five-time Grammy®-nominated vocalist. Produced and directed by Amber Edwards of Hudson West Productions, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK gives viewers an intimate look at Feinstein on stage, behind the scenes and on the road, where he has all-new adventures in his quest to celebrate and preserve the gems of classic American music. The show airs Fridays, February 3-17, 2012, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS.
http://www.publicmedianewswire.com/?p=507NEW YORK – MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK kicks off its three-part... more
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Tony Bennett: Duets II, a presentation of THIRTEEN’s Great Performances, features the singer’s greatest hits, performed by Bennett and today’s biggest stars, including John Mayer, Michael Bublé, k.d. lang, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Queen Latifah, Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Faith Hill, Alejandro Sanz, Carrie Underwood and more.
http://www.publicmedianewswire.com/?p=421Tony Bennett: Duets II, a presentation of THIRTEEN’s Great Performances,... more
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January 17, 2012
FRONTLINE travels to three continents to explore the debate about nuclear power: Is it safe? What are the alternatives? And could a Fukushima-style disaster happen in the U.S.?January 17, 2012
FRONTLINE travels to three continents to explore the debate about... more
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Beginning midnight Wednesday, some major Internet companies could go dark for 24 hours as part of an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. Ray Suarez discusses the planned blackout with Ben Huh, the CEO of a participating company, and NBC Universal's Rick Cotton, who supports the legislation as written.Beginning midnight Wednesday, some major Internet companies could go dark for 24 hours... more
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PBS has announced highlights of its broadcast schedule for winter/spring 2012, including two just announced miniseries: CLINTON, a profile of the 42nd president, from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., an exploration of the backgrounds of famous Americhttp://www.publicmedianewswire.com/?p=417PBS has announced highlights of its broadcast schedule for winter/spring 2012,... more
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This two-minute mockumentary may have the answer. If was produced by BAMPA -- the Barely Any Motion Picture Association.
http://youtu.be/sdeKW76y_3UThis two-minute mockumentary may have the answer. If was produced by BAMPA -- the... more
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This film and book project is a collaboration of evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker. They weave a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, and biology with humanistic insights
concerning the nature of the universe.
PBS National Broadcast Premiere coming this December.
Click here for listings nationwide. WNET Ch. 13 in New York City will broadcast the film primetime on December 7th, 8:00pm.
More at the linkThis film and book project is a collaboration of evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas... more
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Did it happen on Saturday Sept 24th?Can anyone collaborate or dismiss this story???
"The second major problem is inherent within the mass media. Reporters need to know how and when to challenge authority to protect their own and the public’s rights. A camera crew from the PBS “Frontline” series was at the protest, but abruptly stopped recording the demonstration after Brower was arrested and either before or during Biren-Wright’s arrest. Rob Kall later said that a member of the “Frontline” crew told him the police informed them they would be arrested if they continued to film the demonstration."Did it happen on Saturday Sept 24th?Can anyone collaborate or dismiss this story???... more
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Public Television’s StoryCorps oral history project is premiering “The StoryCorps 9/11 Series,” three new animated films commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The three-minute animated short films by the Rausch Brothers animators were created to preserve the memories of those who lost loved ones that tragic day. While the films are presented in a vintage cartoon-style, they carry deeply emotional heft due to the tragedy inherent in their stories. They are simple works, befitting the everyday lives that were nonetheless changed forever nearly 10 years ago. A major reason that 9/11 is such a tragedy is that it happened to people not unlike you or me, and these films do an amazing job of crystallizing that central truth.
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the three animated short films, “John and Joe,” “Always a Family” and “She Was the One.
”http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/the-10th-anniversary-of-911-the-storycorps-911-series/Public Television’s StoryCorps oral history project is premiering “The... more
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In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli — the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser ("Fast Food Nation"), Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma") along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms' Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising — and often shocking truths — about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
Food, Inc. will be accompanied by Notes on Milk, a short variation of the 2007 feature documentary Milk in the Land: Ballad of an American Drink. Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum, whose Hybrid aired on POV in 2002, take a quirky and poetic look at some lesser-known aspects of America’s favorite drink: the industry’s spiritual underpinnings, politics and the struggle of independent farmers.
Please note: This is an encore broadcast. Not all PBS stations choose to rebroadcast encore presentations. Please check local listings two weeks before August 16 to see whether this show will be airing. Food, Inc. had its premiere broadcast on POV on April 21, 2010.
(120 minutes)
http://www.pbs.org/pov/foodinc/In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food... more
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Too cold in Detroit for me, but it is nice to see young people stepping up to make chanes they can believe in. :)Too cold in Detroit for me, but it is nice to see young people stepping up to make... more
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A new book Le petit livre bleu (The little blue book) claims that the Smurfs, those sarsaparailla-eating little blue denizens of Smurf village who talk about smurfing this and smurfing that, are anti-Semitic and racist. This, on top of earlier claims that, due to their living in a cooperative-like environment where everybody contributes to Smurf society, the Smurfs are communists, "Small Men Under Red Force," as one American critic says.
The author of the book, Antoine Buéno, a lecturer at Sciences Po university in Paris, says in the Guardian that he's been surprised at the "hyper violent" reaction to his claims among Smurf fans, some of whom have said he has "paranoid delusions" and is a "dream breaker." Some more unhappy Smurf devotee critique via the Telegraph:
"What a disgrace to soil the legends of our childhood," wrote Bibouille on the "Schtroumpfmania" website.
Another, called Anastasia wrote: "It's not hard to find anti-Semitism in Shakespeare or Balzac." The author's arguments spring "from his own obsessions ... the hooked nose of a wizard is neither Jewish nor Goy, it's a traditional for wizards," she wrote.
Buéno has indeed said he has "feared for his physical safety and insisted he meant no harm," according to the Telegraph.
So what's causing the big smurf-roar?
Belgian artist Peyo, whose real name was Thierry Culliford, created the Smurfs in 1958. Since their original appearance in comics, there have been animated films, a TV series, all manner of merchandise, theme parks, video games, an Ice Capades show; Sony is to release the first of three live-action/computer generated Smurf films on July 29. Buéno's critique starts with Peyo's very first work which was title The Black Smurfs in French and retitled The Purple Smurfs in English on the grounds of political correctness:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/06/smurfs-accused-antisemitism-racism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwJKTzq_XPg&feature=player_embeddedA new book Le petit livre bleu (The little blue book) claims that the Smurfs, those... more
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http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/29/pbs-hacked-in-retrib.html
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The PBS.org website, and data associated with the PBS television network, its programs, and its affiliate stations, appear to have just been hacked by an entity calling itself LulzSec. The information compromised and published appears to include network, server, and database details and logins, as well as user login data for some PBS staff and contractors who access the PBS computer network.
They identify themselves as unrelated to "Anonymous".
According to the tweets, the intrusion is in retribution for the recent "Wikisecrets" episode on Wikileaks, which was perceived by Wikileaks and its supporters to be unfair to Wikileaks.
A statement from LulzSec:
Greetings, Internets. We just finished watching WikiSecrets and were less than impressed. We decided to sail our Lulz Boat over to the PBS servers for further... perusing. As you should know by now, not even that fancy-ass fortress from the third shitty Pirates of the Caribbean movie (first one was better!) can withhold our barrage of chaos and lulz. Anyway, unnecessary sequels aside... wait, actually: second and third Matrix movies sucked too! Anyway, say hello to the insides of the PBS servers, folks. They best watch where they're sailing next time.
While the PBS program Frontline may have been the intended target, the scope of intrusion and damage was significantly more broad.
LulzSec posted an overview of the data and defacements here.
Here's a cache of the fake "Tupac still alive in New Zealand" story the intruders put up. Unfortunately, Tupac remains dead, and PBS NewsHour social media and online engagement point person Teresa Gorman is spending her Sunday night on Twitter repeating that fact to many incredulous individuals and news organizations.http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/29/pbs-hacked-in-retrib.html
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“Never Sorry” is a fascinating 17-minute documentary short film about China’s renowned dissident artist Ai Wei Wei by freelance filmmaker Alison Klayman, who spent several months documenting his work and life, as well as capturing his many provocations and scuffles with the government. So who’s really so afraid of Ai Wei Wei? Well, the Chinese government for one. Ai Wei Wei is China’s most famous contemporary artist, acclaimed for his solo exhibitions the world-over.
Much to the Chinese government authorities’ chagrin, Ai Wei Wei has vociferously used his fame to speak his mind. A prolific blogger and tweeter, Wei Wei often publishes angry writings against injustice, corruption and abuse, which the Chinese censors invariably take down. Most famously, after assisting in the design of China’s renowned 2008 Olympic Stadium (the Bird’s Nest), Ai Wei Wei publicly repudiated the project and the whole Olympic buildup as a preposterous fraud to put on a “good face” for the international community.
A mere 5 days after the PBS television airing on March 29th of this short film, Ai Wei Wei was detained by police at Beijing airport, and proceeded to vanish. No word was given about where he was taken, only a vague statement from authorities that he had committed “economic crimes.” His associates and lawyer were also targeted and disappeared. A global outcry went out, blasting the Chinese government for what was deemed a politically motivated move; however, the protests appeared to have no effect. Youth culture began to assert itself, and based on the title of this short film, stencil graffiti and light tags imaging Ai Wei Wei went up all around Hong Kong and mainland China, in spite of extraordinary risks.
After 43 days of silence, Ai Wei Wei’s wife was finally allowed to visit him on May 15th. She has confirmed that he had not been maltreated and appeared to be in good health, but his imprisonment does not look as though it will be overturned any time soon. So for the time being, Ai Wei Wei is now China’s best known detainee.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, as well as the fascinating documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/never-sorry-whos-so-afraid-of-ai-wei-wei/“Never Sorry” is a fascinating 17-minute documentary short film about... more
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Blacks in Cuba: A look at being black in Cuba and issues of race, racism, and their reflection in society and everyday life in the island nation.
In Cuba Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported to produce its enormously profitable 19th century sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro's Communist revolution in 1959Blacks in Cuba: A look at being black in Cuba and issues of race, racism, and their... more
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In the first episode of the four-hour series THE ASCENT OF MONEY, economist and historian Niall Ferguson documents the roots of money and finance in the conquest of the Americas, from the Incan empire to the Louisiana territory.
In the second episode of the four-hour series THE ASCENT OF MONEY, economist and historian Niall Ferguson explores John Law and his Louisiana territory Ponzi scheme; bond markets that supported warfare in Europe.
In "Risky Business," part three of the four-part THE ASCENT OF MONEY, economist and historian Niall Ferguson examines the roots of the insurance industry, natural disasters and risk management, and the history of hedge funds.
July 8th, 2009
In the final episode of four-part THE ASCENT OF MONEY series, Niall Ferguson chronicles the spread of good -- and bad -- financial practices across the globe, the meteoric rise of the American real estate market, and the consequences of the subprime mortgage fiasco.
July 17th, 2009
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ascentofmoney/featured/the-ascent-of-money-episode-1-from-bullion-to-bubbles/44/In the first episode of the four-hour series THE ASCENT OF MONEY, economist and... more
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Congressman Ron Paul was on PBS to discuss Libya with Tavis Smiley. Near the very end, the topics of a potential government shutdown and the good doctor's political future come up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a8JAVdf6MUCongressman Ron Paul was on PBS to discuss Libya with Tavis Smiley. Near the very end,... more
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WASHINGTON, DC - In their latest assault on public television, Republican lawmakers have vowed not only to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS, but also to locate and destroy every last Sesame Street toy, book and video. Sesame Street, the educational Muppet series which has delighted children for decades is, perhaps, the most identifiable program that would be left without a home should PBS lose all its funding - which is precisely why it is the prime target for Republicans.
"What we don't want is to destroy a show that children are going to miss," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). "That's why we're asking parents to take away all their kids' Sesame Street toys, so that they won't be reminded of what they've lost. I mean, we're not monsters."
The proposed legislation would require parents to pry their babies' Cookie Monster rattles from their itty bitty hands and snatch Elmo videos away from their toddlers' big, uncomprehending eyes, and surrender them to the office of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). From there, all the Sesame Street memorabilia and other precious childhood memories would be incinerated in a massive bonfire on the National Mall in a Koch Industries-sponsored event called For the Children.
Speaker Boehner encouraged parents to act, whether or not the legislation passes. "Regardless of the outcome of the bill," said Boehner, "we are calling on all parents to surrender their kids' Sesame Street stuff. The public bonfire will happen. There's nothing Sesame Street or PBS offers that can't be accomplished without using taxpayer dollars. The fraction of a percent we'll save by taking away Sesame Street, Teletubbies, Arthur and other beloved icons of children's programming will help offset the massive cost of the Bush tax cuts that America's wealthiest so desperately need. Our children can't live in a fantasy world forever."
Boehner promised that the attack on Sesame Street is only the beginning. "We are crafting legislation at the moment that would at last strip the collective bargaining rights of workers at The Electric Company. If the babies and toddlers of America have a problem with that, fuck 'em."
For more Election 2012 laughs, visit www.SuperTuesdayNews.com - political satire served up daily!WASHINGTON, DC - In their latest assault on public television, Republican lawmakers... more
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