Blacklisted Writer Norma Barzman Kicks Off UCLA Film Series

Susan King Los Angeles Times
Barzman wrote the 2003 autobiography "The Red and the Blacklist: The Intimate Memoir of a Hollywood Expatriate" and has been a leader in getting blacklisted writers' credits restored to films that were released with a "front" name. She'll be appearing at the Wilder theatre on her 94th birthday Sept. 15 for a screening of the 1946 drama "The Locket," for which she recently received writing credit.

Grassroots: Guitar in an African Village

Utterly breathtaking guitar performance by an anonymous woman in an African village. Her fingers dance in an original style, producing musical speech we can all understand.

Movie: Boyhood

Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's Boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason

John Oliver: Nuclear Weapons

America has over 4,800 nuclear weapons, and we don’t take terrific care of them. It’s terrifying, basically.

Friday Nite Videos -- August 1, 2014

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John Oliver: Nuclear Weapons. 10 Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm. Movie: Boyhood. Guitar in an African Village. Are US Military Bases and Embassies American Soil?

A Kinder Gentler Bank of America and Other Fairy Tales

Lynn Parramore Alternet
Bank of America and the other giant banks have set their predatory sights on the 25 percent of U.S. residents who rely on the unregulated system of payday lenders, check cashing joints, and pawnshops for their financial services. While the giant banks see an opportunity for maximizing profit, others say this population would best be served by banking through a non-profit institution such as the U.S. Postal Service.

Judge Orders Kellogg to End Lockout, Reinstate Workers

Mike Hall AFL-CIO
Transnational cereal maker Kellogg's has locked out 220 members of the IUF-affiliated BCTGM since October 22 at its factory in Memphis, Tennessee in an effort to force union acceptance of a plan to radically increase the use of casual workers. Yesterday a Judge ordered Kelloggs to return the workers to work.