Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. | | | | Tarantino edits "The Hateful Eight" into a 4-hour mini-series on Netflix. I'm in.
(The Weinstein Company) | | | | |  | “Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.”
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| | rantnrave:// No rants and raves today because I spent yesterday watching AG BARR look like he was a divorcee in an arbitration... Back tomorrow with OSCARS, OTT and the middle of film... Did you know GLORIA STEINEM's MS. MAGAZINE was almost called Bitch? Or that HUGH HEFNER's first magazine, SHUDDER, was devoted to his love of horror movies? Or that the torrid trysts from TIME INC.'s early days would put "MAD MEN," and maybe even Hefner, to shame? We look between the pages of your favorite periodicals in our REDEF MediaSET: "Stop the Presses: Oral Histories of Magazines"... Breaking news: Metal bands love fantasy books and fantasy TV series and write songs, even whole albums, about them! But the "GAME OF THRONES" mark on music is much wider than that, as these songs from and inspired by the epic series prove. We take a look REDEF MusicSET: "Winter Is Humming: Songs Inspired by Ice and Fire"... Some great reads, watches, and listens... Happy Birthday to TIMIR KARIA, ANTHONY NOTO, TONIA O'CONNOR MAYES, SIMON ENDRES, ALEX KASSAN, KATE H HOBBS, SCOTT CAMPBELL, GARY ELLIS, and BEN HURST. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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| Did you know Gloria Steinem's Ms. Magazine was almost called Bitch? Or that Hugh Hefner's first magazine, Shudder, was devoted to his love of horror movies? Or that the torrid trysts from Time Inc.'s early days would put "Mad Men," and maybe even Hefner, to shame? We look between the pages of your favorite periodicals. | | |
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 | Vox |
| A tough, new enforcement regime is becoming a geopolitical minefield for venture capitalists and startups. | | |
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 | Tribeca Film Festical |
| Watch the premiere of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro’s #Tribeca2019 Talk in which these two brilliant artists sit down for a rare conversation to discuss their celebrated careers and iconic film collaborations, from MEAN STREETS to the forthcoming THE IRISHMAN. | | |
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 | CrimeReads |
| Donald J. Sobol created a mystery icon and sold millions of books. But who was he? | | |
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| REDEF |
| What's exciting about OTT video isn't the way it's delivered, but how it will change content itself. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive this president. | | |
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 | The Ezra Klein Show |
| 2013 was David Brooks’s worst year. “The realities that used to define my life fell away,” he says. His marriage ended. His children moved out. The conservative movement was undergoing the crack-up that would lead to Donald Trump, and to Brooks’s excommunication. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The long read: Outsiders and the disenfranchised have always embraced the existence of wild plots and cover-ups. But now the biggest conspiracy-mongers are in charge | | |
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 | recode |
| Haskell took up the reins of "New York Magazine" this year after its 15-year editor Adam Moss stepped away. | | |
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 | Aeon Magazine |
| Some cultural products live on and others die out. We all know this. But why do some works of creativity thrive and make history, while others disappear as soon as they have been released? What makes an idea, a poem, a song, a fashion item popular? | | |
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 | Popular Science |
| Our streets: past, present, and future. | | |
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 | Rationally Speaking |
| Economist Tyler Cowen discusses his latest book, "Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero." Why has anti-capitalist sentiment increased recently, and to what extent is it justified? How much are corporations to blame for wage stagnation, climbing cost of living, or the slow response to climate change? Tyler and Julia also explore their various disagreements. | | |
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 | The Information |
| Netflix, Amazon and other new streaming services have expanded into most every programming genre on television, with the notable exception of news. Former CBS News President David Rhodes explains that by saying news is “unloved” by new video entrants because it is “risky and it’s expensive as well as accident prone.” | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Pot policy is suddenly a hot topic for federal lawmakers - and on the 2020 campaign trail | | |
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 | WNYC |
| How the superstar investigative journalist became a polarizing national figure, and what she's working on now. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The artificial-intelligence system has transformed a corner of suburban Oregon into a testing ground for the future of criminal justice. | | |
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 | Time Magazine |
| Even for the Western Cape, a province known for its stunning vistas, the view from the settlement of Imizamo Yethu is extraordinary. A panorama of rolling hills, sand dunes and stone cliffs unfurls to the sea. | | |
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 | Esquire |
| Elizabeth Kendall’s memoir was released in 1981 to little fanfare and it’s been out of print for decades. Now, it’s being made into a highly anticipated Netflix movie. | | |
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 | The Verge |
| A damning investigation revealing the many small failures that led to 346 lives being lost. | | |
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 | Medium |
| Jaron Lanier is a founding father of the field of virtual reality and a Silicon Valley veteran with experience working for companies ranging from Atari to Microsoft Research. Without knowledge of his other writings, one might be surprised that he published a book in 2018 titled "Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now." | | |
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 | POLITICO |
| The great media disruption comes for the "Des Moines Register." | | |
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 | Quartz |
| It may soon stop being cool to try so damn hard. | | |
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