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“We were sitting at a bar commiserating about the industry, and we sort of came upon this frustration of the state of sports media, particularly in Chicago,” Lieberman said. “It’s a world capital…”
The art of death
“We’re born to die,” Harris said. “It’s a universal part of our lives. I thought it would register to all kinds of people to realize what some of the artistic representations of death have been...”
Off the line with Alinea
“What if we really start looking at the entire dining experience as a composition instead of a sequence of dishes?” Kastner mused. “What if we start mapping it and plotting it out, kind of like you would a piece of music?”
Interview: Rian Johnson on ‘Looper’
“As a storyteller, if you’re going to that place, you have to respect it, and you have to make sure that it is a really authentic moral choice this character has to make and then deal with.”
‘FML’ takes stance against homophobia
“My hope for the play is that the events that are rendered are honest and they resemble real life,” Gubbins said. “I hope that students who come and see the play are moved...”
A ‘wise’ Wolfe once said…
“I was kind of interested in the idea of writing lyrics that were trending toward the darker side against music that was on a lighter side,” Wolfe said. “But it didn’t seem to be working…”
Westboro church’s ignorance not excusable
I’ve always felt a sense of pride for who I am and where I come from, though at times it wasn’t easy. Some may think that being gay and coming from a highly religious family in southern Iowa would be rough, and they would be right.
Romney, Big Bird not of same feather
PBS came to Big Bird’s aid, stating on its website, “Governor Romney does not understand the value the American people place on public broadcasting and the outstanding return on investment the system delivers to our nation.”
‘MythBusters’ explodes into Chicago
“It’s not really an exhibition about the ‘MythBusters.’ It’s an exhibition about the scientific method seen through the filter of that larger-than-life, highly experimental process that they go through on that show.”