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Give Charlie Sheen a Break

He's one of if not the best male actor on television, and with the way sports personalities are paid such ridiculous salaries, why not let Hollywood's royalty have some room?

(LOS ANGELES) - Nobody is going to convince me that NBC didn't light Charlie Sheen poorly this week during his interview with Jeff Rossen; and one of the network shows this week put on the chump hat by using an ultra wide fisheye type filter to make Sheen appear distorted.

Downward camera angles; super wide shots to make Charlie Sheen look small with their (had to be) intentionally non-flattering lighting; baited questions for his girlfriends about whether or not they represent a "mother" figure to his twins; what a total set up that was.

Jesus Seminar Scholars to Discuss the Origins of Christianity

Jesus Seminar Spring Meeting in Salem begins on the 30th of March and runs through the 2nd of April.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Scholars of the Jesus Seminar will meet in Salem, Oregon to discuss the origins of Christianity.

This meeting includes a conversation with renowned feminist biblical scholar, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, a workshop by L. Michael White, recently featured on the PBS Frontline documentary, From Jesus to Christ; and an evening with film-maker Paul Verhoeven, discussing his new book, Jesus of Nazareth.

Stuttering Gets the Royal Treatment on the Big Screen

The Stuttering Foundation Applauds The King’s Speech for Raising Worldwide Awareness

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) - With the release of the critically acclaimed new film, The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, it is most timely to highlight the plight of those who stutter and the resources that are available to them.

This incredibly complex disorder affects 68 million people worldwide.

Theft of Bread Daily and the Worst Circuses In World History

Fools Conned by Knaves...

(PHILADELPHIA, Pa.) - The Roman Empire dispensed bread and circuses to its citizenry to distract them from the criminality that had taken over Rome c.46BC.

America c.2010 confiscates it's citizenry bread daily and perpetuates phony and artificial circuses to the masses who have no clue as to where to storm let alone where the gates are located.

The King of Gonzo War Journalism and I - PART 2

Dodging bullets with the world's most famous living war photographer in Vietnam.

(HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam) - My relationship with Page began in Saigon or, as the North Vietnamese like to call it, Ho Chi Minh City, a name which has never quite stuck with the locals who still prefer to use the traditional name.

Page refers to the city in its rapidly developing form as a “syphilitic whore”.

The King of Gonzo War Journalism and I- PART 1

Clarity amid controversy...

(HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam) - The history between Page and me goes deeper then the black and white shots fired in the press. Deeper than both of us decided to make public during the battle.

Arguably, Page rates as the third-greatest to ever pick up a camera and to become a combat photographer, perhaps behind Larry Burrows and Robert Capa. Page is a man who understands the meaning of survival more than most human beings alive today or those of generations past.

Jessica Alba & Kate Hudson `The Killer Inside Me`

Women, especially those with the wealth & power to make a change should be spear heading the movement.

(CLEVELAND) - We began with the, "Bimbo Revolution I II & III" followed by, "Violence Against Against Females" and now comes the Coup de grace. The expression coup de grâce (pronounced /ˌkuːdə ˈɡrɑːs/; French: [kudəɡʁas], "blow of mercy") means a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature.

However, can we really end the suffering of violence towards women when women themselves accept the roles of the wounded creature?

Violence Against Females (15 year-old Josie Lou Ratley)

Perhaps the nation will someday invest in the treatment and care of people who have survived, and the education of the offenders, otherwise it just goes on and on.

(CLEVELAND) - Neither women or children are not placed on the earth to be abused, and it is sad that this has to a subject in our modern society.

Sadly, family abuse is a widespread problem in America and the examples constantly cited by news anchors assail us, and should be a wake up call for everyone that it is time to put our foot down and demand an end.

Bimbo Revolution I II & III

Every celebrity has a role in helping preserve dignity for women.

(CLEVELAND) - Americans need to re secure their moral foundation. There are positive elements in society and they need to be moved to the forefront.

There is just too much smut sliming its way out of Hollywood and into the hearts and minds of easily influenced American youth and young adults. It isn't just Hollywood and film, it is also the music industry, the Internet, and more. Billboards are frequently used tools of exploitation.

Gary Coleman (A Different Strokes Memorial) R.I.P.

What you talkin' about Willis?

(LOS ANGELES) - Good luck finding someone in the USA who lived in the 70's and 80's, who isn't familiar with Gary Coleman. He was a child star who had a very hard time emerging from that role as an adult.

Gary Coleman was adopted as an infant and had three different surgeries for his kidney condition before he was five years old.