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Bud Black could have retired to his home near San Diego to devote his time and energy to his five grandchildren. After all, Black has accomplished plenty during his 45 years in professional baseball. He has two World Series rings, one as a pitcher with Kansas City in 1985 and one with the Angels as … Read more

The Problem and the Solution: Why Palpatine from Star Wars is One of the Great Movie Villains | MZS

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Palpatine successfully uses the arsonist-firefighter strategy more times as the saga unfolds. In “Attack of the Clones,” all the stuff involving the separatist movement (led by former Jedi Count Dooku) is an elaborate long con. It’s intended to confront the Galactic Senate with a threat so immense that they’ll vote to give Chancellor “emergency powers” to … Read more

Part of the Solution: Matthew Modine on Acting, Empathy, and Hard Miles

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Matthew Modine has been acting in movies for over 40 years. He started out in the ’80s and ’90s in a string of memorable films, including “Vision Quest,” Alan Parker’s “Birdy” (opposite another talented unknown named Nicolas Cage), Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” and two Robert Altman ensemble dramas, “Streamers” and “Short Cuts.” At 65, after a solid quarter-century … Read more