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Is the moon really grey or full of colors?

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Controversial Christmas Display, Jesus versus Santa

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Always Controversial Cornel West Disses Obama, Survives Cancer and Almost Spent His Life in Prison |

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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST on HuffPost: Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell on UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US

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Rapping Fireman bigs up smoke alarms fo' fire-izzle

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USDA Classifies PETA As A Terrorist Threat

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This is a direct upload of the video for the story previously posted on the Movies page under the title, "MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST: Tim Burton at MoMA"

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So you go into this room at New York’s Museum of Modern Art’s Tim Burton exhibit, and it’s like striking gold: the Jack Skellington figure is there, along with a choice selection of the replacement heads that were used to animate dialogue; there’s the creepy, completely covered baby Penguin wicker stroller from BATMAN RETURNS; you can see a MARS ATTACKS stop-motion figure and some test footage shot before Burton decided to go CG; plus the headless horseman figure and the EDWARD SCISSORHANDS outfit and ED WOOD’s angora sweater. Film geek heaven — and a must-have for MMP’s second video podcast.

I pull out my camcorder and power up, and am instantly intercepted by a MoMA PR person, who politely but firmly informs me that practically nothing in the room, save for Edward and Headless and a vitrine with some figures from THE CORPSE BRIDE, can be filmed.

“Including,” she points out, “the angora sweater.”

Okay, I can dig that, for whatever reasons legal or contextual, stuff may be off-limits (fortunately, no such prohibitions existed for the rest of the exhibit, and, as you’ll see in the video, it’s a big durn exhibit). But specifically throwing the barbed wire up around the angora sweater? Really? Is there some sort of legal constraint, or is this humble strip of fluff so iconic of… something… that dissemination of its presence here could completely blow the intent of the exhibit?

So sorry, all you PLAN 9 maniacs. You want to worship at the alter of the angora, you’re just going to have to make a pilgrimage to New York. Happily, once you’ve performed your obeisances, you’ll then have an opportunity to drink deeply of Tim Burton’s mad genius. There are tons of concept work here, drawn by Burton’s own hand, plus a stunning variety of original and heretofore unseen artwork, sculptures and installations created specifically for the exhibit, and a copy of the hard-to-see HANSEL AND GRETEL adaptation that Burton directed for Disney in 1982.

A lot of the film stuff — including concept designs for ALICE IN WONDERLAND and the aborted Burton version of SUPERMAN RETURNS — was not verboten, so you get a taste of it in this podcast, along with a good sampling of original art, some thoughts from the exhibit’s curators on the director’s life and work, and some footage of Burton’s very Tim Burtonesque appearance at the press presentation. Click on the player above to get a look.This is a direct upload of the video for the story previously posted on the Movies... more

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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST on HuffPost: Tim Burton at MoMA

So you go into this room at New York’s Museum of Modern Art’s Tim Burton exhibit, and it’s like striking gold: the Jack Skellington figure is there, along with a choice selection of the replacement heads that were used to animate dialogue; there’s the creepy, completely covered baby Penguin wicker stroller from BATMAN RETURNS; you can see a MARS ATTACKS stop-motion figure and some test footage shot before Burton decided to go CG; plus the headless horseman figure and the EDWARD SCISSORHANDS outfit and ED WOOD’s angora sweater. Film geek heaven — and a must-have for MMP’s second video podcast.

I pull out my camcorder and power up, and am instantly intercepted by a MoMA PR person, who politely but firmly informs me that practically nothing in the room, save for Edward and Headless and a vitrine with some figures from THE CORPSE BRIDE, can be filmed.

“Including,” she points out, “the angora sweater.”

Okay, I can dig that, for whatever reasons legal or contextual, stuff may be off-limits (fortunately, no such prohibitions existed for the rest of the exhibit, and, as you’ll see in the video, it’s a big durn exhibit). But specifically throwing the barbed wire up around the angora sweater? Really? Is there some sort of legal constraint, or is this humble strip of fluff so iconic of… something… that dissemination of its presence here could completely blow the intent of the exhibit?

So sorry, all you PLAN 9 maniacs. You want to worship at the alter of the angora, you’re just going to have to make a pilgrimage to New York. Happily, once you’ve performed your obeisances, you’ll then have an opportunity to drink deeply of Tim Burton’s mad genius. There are tons of concept work here, drawn by Burton’s own hand, plus a stunning variety of original and heretofore unseen artwork, sculptures and installations created specifically for the exhibit, and a copy of the hard-to-see HANSEL AND GRETEL adaptation that Burton directed for Disney in 1982.

A lot of the film stuff — including concept designs for ALICE IN WONDERLAND and the aborted Burton version of SUPERMAN RETURNS — was not verboten, so you get a taste of it in this podcast, along with a good sampling of original art, some thoughts from the exhibit’s curators on the director’s life and work, and some footage of Burton’s very Tim Burtonesque appearance at the press presentation. Click on the player above to get a look.So you go into this room at New York’s Museum of Modern Art’s Tim Burton... more

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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST on HuffPost: PIRATE RADIO Part 2: Hoffman, Nighy, Curtis

Richard Curtis had a death in the family. I’d flown in to London to do the... more

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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST on HuffPost: PIRATE RADIO Part 1: Nick Frost, Talulah Riley, Tom Sturridge

So here’s what I did on my class trip to London: shoot a video featuring people... more

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Surprise surprise...Female Force: Princess Diana causes controversy

The Female Force: Princess Diana comic released recently has faced criticism for... more

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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST on HuffPost: Anthony Fabian on SKIN

You could probably forge a good, absurdist, dark comedy out of a government where... more

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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST on HuffPost: Lars von Trier's ANTICHRIST: A Conversation

“Lars von Trier doesn’t like to fly.” “Lars von Trier... more

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25 killed by bombing in Baghdad-What REALLY happened?

At the time of this post the dust has yet to settle.. BAGHDAD: A car bomb exploded... more

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"Government climate change ad investigated after 350 complaints." Watch the ad.

What do you think of this UK ad about climate change? People complained to be... more

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Fox News Calls Offensive ‘Illegal Alien’ Halloween Costume ‘Fantastic’

Immigration activists are calling on retailers to stop selling a controversial... more

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MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST: (Almost) Live from London: PIRATE RADIO vs. THE BOAT THAT ROCKED

So I figured, while I’m in London interviewing some of the people involved with... more

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