A notorious English criminal family has broken up, and four of its members sentenced to 50 years behind bars. The Johnson family gang was responsible for a huge number of heists and lived a luxurious lifestyle."A GANG of gypsy burglars have been jailed for Britain's biggest...
Have any seen the Wild China series on the Travel Channel this week?So what do NP contributors think of the series so far?IMHO it's an obvious PR ploy and found omitted subjects kind of offensive.No tigers. And Episode Three: about Tibet! IMHO an interesting informative...
There's every reason to be suspicious of the Chinese. They are the largest producer and supplier of doping products in the world. While there is some evidence that the Chinese Olympic Committee is...
You'd think that by now the infamous Sacha Baron Cohen, of Ali G and Borat fame, would have a tough time arranging (ie. staging) crazy interviews without the interviewees immediately realizing they were being...
Sherman Alexie, who can be a real hoot, has some poignant things to say about this film revival."THE Exiles,” a film about American Indians living on the edge of downtown Los Angeles in the 1950s, is both a chronicle and a casualty of neglect: a movie about a forsaken...
At this year's AnimeExpo 2008, running through July 6 in Los Angeles, Anime Expo® has teamed with Bang Zoom!® Entertainment to offer free voice acting workshops that will give participants a taste of voice acting with insiders’ tips, general discussions and chances to dub...
"The Alex Jones Show is a nationally syndicated news/talk show based out of Austin, TX. The show is syndicated by the Genesis Communication Network on over 60 AM and FM radio stations across the United States, as...
"A three-part documentary of the best-selling book, “The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West” by Harvard and Oxford historian Niall Ferguson. Monday night at 10 on Ch. 13....
OpinonBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBen Stein, what's not to say about this ex-Nixon speechwriter who was a part of history when the Watergate inquiry and Nixon's downfall came about in the mid 70's. ...
LOS ANGELES – The 17 TH ANNUAL PAN AFRICAN FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL (PAFF), America's largest and most prestigious Black film and arts festival, is now accepting submissions for their 2009 signature event taking...
Rupert Everett, never far out of trouble, takes a swing at Britain's wartime soldiers. Perhaps he's confusing his movie lot experiences as an actor portraying a soldier as the same thing as being a soldier.Until this...
A Pakistani documentary has won the highest award at a competition in Abu Dhabi.“Dinner with the President”, a film by Sabiha Sumar and Sachithanandam Sathananthan was conferred the Grand Award...
"In a new television documentary, the Apollo 11 astronauts tell their amazing story. Roger Highfield reports On May 25, 1961, in a speech before Congress, John F Kennedy launched what he admitted was "the most...
" Israeli filmmakers and directors remove taboos from the Israel-Arab wars and see them as valuable resources for anti war movies.The successful Beaufort, Oscar nominated...
In a post Dec. 5, 2007, I expressed skepticism about fast-food filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s claim that he had found Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Three months later, I wrote a post about the release of a trailer...