Life before Mickey
In an excerpt from Neal Gabler's massive biography of Walt Disney, the young animator arrives in Hollywood -- and gets his break.
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 12:30 PM UTCEntertainment Disney, Books
Neal Gabler
Entertainment Disney, Books
Method anchor
Star newsman Anderson Cooper is defined less by his experience than by an old-fashioned Hollywood marketing campaign.
Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006 12:00 PM UTC 32Entertainment CNN, Anderson Cooper, Television
Mel on the cross
Hollywood may shun Mel Gibson for his anti-Semitic ravings, but the right wing in George Bush's increasingly hate-filled America won't.
Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006 12:10 PM UTC 191Entertainment Anti-Semitism
Downloading death
Millions will watch Nicholas Berg's tragic murder online not for prurient reasons or to gain insight into evil. They will watch because of the overwhelming urge to be in the know.
Thursday, May 13, 2004 9:03 PM UTCEntertainment
Pax Schwarzenegger
He's got the boots and the twang, but Bush is no cowboy when it comes to foreign policy. Instead, he's the Terminator, a cyborg lumbering through a very long revenge movie.
Thursday, Apr 10, 2003 7:16 PM UTCAll Salon Iraq war
The real face of war
The pictures of killed and captured American troops reveal the dreadful truth about war -- one the docile "embedded" press corps won't touch.
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“A splendid little war”
Forget WWII or Vietnam. The real comparison for an invasion of Iraq is the Spanish-American War, when an aimless U.S. presidency and a lazy media looked for redemption.
Friday, Feb 21, 2003 10:40 PM UTCAll Salon George W. Bush, Iraq, Middle East
Neal Gabler is the author of "Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality."
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