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Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Should ‘The Slap’ spell the end of our celebrity addiction?

Editors April 1, 2022
When we, as a society, decide to celebrate and revere a group of individuals based solely on the fact that they’re good on television or in movies, we inevitably run into situations where their god-like statuses are exposed as false.
The 91st Academy Awards will be held in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. COURTESY OF ADAM ROSE/ FLICKR

REVIEW: Oscars viewers face ceremony of uncertainty after chaotic, problematic year

Pat LaMarco February 22, 2019
With declining ratings and an ever-more-negative reception from the public, the Oscars try to gain respect once again.
Despite having different experiences than his onscreen character, “Boyhood” star Ellar Coltrane connected to the universal ideas of growing up. PHOTO COURTESY OF IFC FILMS

INTERVIEW: Ellar Coltrane finds some of himself in his ‘Boyhood’ character

Cat McCarrey September 19, 2014

Ellar Coltrane uses a flip phone. The star of “Boyhood,” whose entire maturation process is seen on screen by each person who contributed to its $21,808,498-and-counting box office take, had to search...

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