Culture (Page 59)
November 24, 2019
In ‘Stranger with a Camera’ Filmmaker Re-examines Community’s Past
In late September, 1967, Canadian journalist Hugh O’Connor was shot and killed outside of a home in Jeremiah, Kentucky. The latest in a string of reporters who’d trekked into Appalachia to report from the epicenter of crushing labor and poverty, O’Connor was a victim, in part, of growing resentment of the media in the wake Appalachian portrayals and coverage from the War on Poverty.
November 24, 2019
I Walked in the NYC Veterans Day Parade
It is a cold and sunny day on November 11th in New York City. A perfect day for a walk in Central Park and a hot green tea, but I am reminded that it is the Veterans Day Parade on 5th Avenue.
November 24, 2019
Podcast: A Conversation with Comedy’s Rich Murphy
On the premiere episode of “Casual Convo With Marsha”, entertainment industry veteran and manager-to-the-stars, Rich Murphy, discusses his humble beginnings […]
November 24, 2019
He’s BAAACK! Eddie Murphy is Returning to Stand-up Comedy
Eddie Murphy will be bringing the funny in 2020! According to several news outlets, including an article in The New […]
November 21, 2019
The Fake Sheikh
For 25 years, an undercover British journalist sensationalized the front pages of tabloid magazines with reports that exposed the dirty secrets and habits of royals, celebrities, and athletes. Known as the “Fake Sheikh” or the “King of the Sting,” his face and true name remained a mystery to the millions of readers who enjoyed (or feared) his stories. In 2014, a very public trial exposed not only the identity of the journalist but blew the door open over questions of ethics, lies, and if the measures used by this journalist qualified as journalism or manipulation.