In defense of Jamie Lee Curtis

by Cláudio Alves

Yes, I know that title is ridiculous. After all, nepo baby extraordinaire Jamie Lee Curtis just achieved the highest form of recognition in her industry, winning the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award after having already nabbed a SAG in the same category. Moreover, Everything Everywhere All At Once, the film she's been championing ever since it premiered at last year's SXSW, became a sweeping sensation, our latest Best Picture champion. And yet, if you love the actress or have some fondness for her performance, social media has proved a hostile environment. It started way before the Oscar nominations when the possibility of Curtis making the lineup to Stephanie Hsu's detriment angered multitudes…

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SXSW: Fighting for ALS Care in "No Ordinary Campaign"

by Abe Friedtanzer

There are many diseases and medical conditions that may be known by name to a large percentage of the public without there being any true understanding of what they are. One of the most prominent is ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease with an unpromising life expectancy for those diagnosed. As the stirring new documentary No Ordinary Campaign explores, there is much that can be done to combat ALS, but there are important changes required within the system to help offer hope to those who are currently facing a death sentence.

At the center of No Ordinary Campaign is Brian Wallach, who met his wife Sandra while working on President Barack Obama’s campaign and was diagnosed with ALS at age thirty-seven...

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Podcast: Oscar Season Finale (and Career Futures)

It's all over but the post-mortem and the huge sigh of relief that another awards season is over. Team Experience has a multiple time zone conversation to talk about the 95th Academy Awards and the season in general: Nathaniel in NYC, Ben Miller in Texas, Chris James in Los Angeles, and Baby Clyde in London. Hope you enjoy and do carry on the conversation in the comments, wherever you are.

1 hr and 10 minutes
00:01 Intros & Oscar parties
05:00 Length of the season / staying power of Everything Everywhere All At Once
19:00 Original Song performances / Acceptance speeches
33:00 The internet turning on Jamie Lee Curtis
38:00 Career futures: Paul Mescal, Hong Chau, Stephanie Hsu, Austin Butler, Colin Farrell
46:00 Miscellania: Kidman, Malala, Kimmel
1:02:00 Final thoughts - which acting nominee returns first? 

You can listen to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify or download the attachment below. 

Goodbye to the Oscar Season

Reader's Choice - Let's watch ____ together

Hey readers. Now that the Oscar coverage is wrapping let's return to our great love of RANDOMNESS. Let's watch something together and discuss. I want to see something I've never seen before so I looked at the current streaming crop and picked four I should catch up with. Decide which I have to write about by next Thursday March 23rd

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Your choices are Denmark's first Oscar winner and foodie favourite Babette's Feast (1987), the Jayne Mansfield rom-com Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), the sleeper hit action flick John Wick (2014) starring Keanu Reeves, and Robert Altman's infamous Popeye (1980)... and yes, I too, think it's strange that I haven't seen any of these particular films which all have pockets of devout admirers. 

Streaming: Keira Knightley in "The Boston Strangler"

by Matt St Clair

Dynamic of an actress as she may be, Keira Knightley remains quite stuck in the past. As she brilliantly makes each role she plays her own, she consistently transports us into different time periods whether it’s WWII (Atonement, The Aftermath), 5th century AD (King Arthur), or 18th century England (The Duchess). This time around, Knightley is taken to the early 1960s in Boston Strangler, the new journalism crime drama written and directed by Matt Ruskin (Crown Heights)... 

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