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When YouTube Stunts Go Too Far
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around
It’s called “gallon smashing,” when pranksters carrying gallons of milk or juice pretend to slip and fall and, in the process, the containers crash to
Oddly Familiar: A Ben Stiller Show Reunion
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
by Abby Cañeda on Playing Around
As part of the recent New York Comedy Festival, The Paley Center for Media held a panel discussion about The Ben Stiller Show, the short-lived
I May Be a Twin, But I’m One of a Kind—Meet Will and Anthony Nunziata
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Will Nunziata wore glasses so I might easily distinguish between him and his identical twin, Anthony. As children, their mother often dressed one in red
Who Should Be a School Bus Monitor?
Monday, June 25th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around
By now the whole world has seen the video of a group of middle school boys bullying Karen Klein, the school bus monitor in Greece,
I Spy—Photography and the Theater of the Street At Washington’s National Gallery of Art
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Before cell phones and security cameras invaded our privacy, photographers were capturing images of people who, going about their everyday lives, were unaware that their
Cabaret Honors Its Own
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
In a year when the cabaret community has taken some major hits (the passing of Donald Smith, founder of The Mabel Mercer Foundation and its
Ellen Kaye Sings Ice Wine: Songs for Dark Winter Nights
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Ice Wine is purportedly about getting through the long. “tough” winter to hopeful spring. “Sort of from (Woody Allen’s) Love and Death to (Ingmar Bergman’s)
The Obamas—Jodi Kantor’s Book Creates a Firestorm
Monday, January 16th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
In the acknowledgement portion of The Obamas, author Jodi Kantor thanks many of her friends for their support including Shira Stutman, adding: “Shira insisted that
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