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Date: 11/08/2011
Here's today's dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media. Tower Heist raises moral questions. Over the weekend I caught up with the comedy starring Ben Stiller as the leader of a group of working stiffs (that includes Matthew Broderick) in a caper that involves hiring a professional thief (Eddie Murphy) to break into the penthouse apartment of a Bernie Madoff-like portfolio manager/swi ...
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Date: 11/04/2011
If the Occupy Wall Street crowd decided to make it movie it would be "Tower Heist," the story of 99%-ers stealing back from a 1% guy what he stole from them. Alan Alda has a lot of fun playing a bad guy for a change, a Madoff-style villain named Arthur Shaw who takes a daily swim in his rooftop pool with an enormous painting of a hundred dollar bill along the bottom. He lives in the penthouse o ...
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Date: 08/22/2011
The award for the biggest "I told you so" of all time has to go to Harry Markopolos, who fought for nine years to convince anyone -- regulator, prosecutor, journalist, or customer -- that Bernard Madoff was a crook. Finally, Madoff turned himself in for what turned out to be the biggest financial fraud in history. At least, it's the biggest one we know about so far. And it continues to make hea ...
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Date: 08/18/2011
Remember when Bernie Madoff defrauded his investors of over $18 billion dollars, a number so staggering that you can't even begin to comprehend it? Well, a new documentary is coming out that focuses on the efforts of one man, Henry Markopolos, who tried to blow the whistle on Madoff for nearly 10 years. No one, not the SEC, not the government, not even the press would listen to him. The docume ...
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Date: 05/31/2011
" Franklin & Bash " is a new lawyer show on TNT. It is about two brash, rule-breaking best friend lawyers who join a very conservative, old-school law firm. It is sometimes silly but it is sexy, funny, and fun. And it stars two guys who have been acting since their teens, Breckin Meyer ("The Craft," "Clueless," "Garfield," "Robot Chicken") and Mark-Paul Gosselaar ("Saved By the Bell," "NYP ...
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Date: 03/02/2011
Belief Beat usually covers hard news or stories that make multiple headlines, but now that it's March, let's look back at a few interesting February features you may have missed: Gay Parenting Takes Off In Bible Belt (CNN Belief Blog) Spanish Nun Leaves Convent Over Facebook (National Catholic Reporter) In an Amish Village, the SEC Charges Financial Fraud (Washington Post) ...
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