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American Apparel Settles with Woody Allen Over Billboard
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Esther Kustanowitz
Remember the Woody Allen billboard for American Apparel? Remember the lawsuit for $10M by the Woodman against the “vertically integrated” clothing company that indicated the billboard wasn’t in any way approved of by Woody Allen? Well, there’s a settlement, and AA will have to pay Allen $5M for the unlicensed use of his image. But…
‘The Higher the Hair, the Closer to God’? The Prom as Sacred
By
Donna Freitas
As someone who both writes and adores YA (young adult) novels, and has her own share of prom-going experiences to draw on, I get a bit nostalgic this time of year when I see a limo pull up at a fine restaurant and several high school couples–dressed in their finest–step out of it. And while…
‘Me So Holy’ App Too Much for Apple
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Paul O'Donnell
Christians are supposed to see Jesus in everyone, but might not appreciate seeing everyone in Jesus. Or so say the iPhone gatekeepers at Apple. This week Apple rejected a new application that allowed users to crop a picture of their mug or a friend’s into one of several standard depictions of Jesus. The inventor of…
‘Angels & Demons’ Gives Physicists Their 15 Minutes
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Paul O'Donnell
After the firestorm of Vatican opprobrium for “The Da Vinci Code” three years ago, the producers of “Angels & Demons” may have counted on further ecclesial disapproval to help publicize today’s opening of the “Code” sequel. The official Roman Catholic response, however, has been relatively sanguine–perhaps, as Elizabeth Lev points out on Politics Daily, because…
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