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After 25 years of incessant mental abuse, housewife Naomi Holbroke (Bonnie Loren) has finally had it up to here with beingberated by her insufferable husbandNaomi handles her midlife crisis by leaving the creep for the Cannes Film Festival where she attempts to kickstart her career by auditioning for the lead in a film just being cast by Billy Rust (Mario Van Peebles), a one-hit wonder who's trying to revitalize his own after a long dry spell


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Going through puberty is tough, but tougher when you're a hermaphrodite

In some ways, 14 year-old Spork (Savannah Stehlin) is your typical adolescent trying to negotiate her way through those awkward years. Her being frizzy-haired, overweight and hailing from the wrong side of the tracks makes her easy prey for CherryLane Middle School's exclusive clique of popular blondes ...


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Company recently won the Audience Award at dance competition in Germany

High off their recent competition win in Germany, The Northwest Dance Project will present their "Summer Splendors" show featuring premiers from choreographers Sarah Slipper, Carla Mann, Loni Landon and Lauren Edson at their studio and performance center.
Unlike many of their big scale performances, Summer Splendors will take place in their intimate studio/performance space at 833 N. Shaver St. (at Mississippi Avenue) in Portland

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'35 & Ticking' is a satisfying Black romance comedy

When you think of African-American romance flicks featuring an ensemble cast, films like The Best Man, Love Jones and Brown Sugar immediately come to mind. You can add 35 & Ticking to that rare genre, although the movie doesn't quite measure up to any of the aforementioned black classics.


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The Hangover Part II Kung Fu Panda 2 Hello Lonseome Puzzle Spork Tied to a Chair The Tree of Life Tuesday, after Christmas

The Hangover Part II Kung Fu Panda 2 Hello Lonseome Puzzle Spork Tied to a Chair The Tree of Life Tuesday, after Christmas


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Unnecessary illness and death costs the country trillions

A series of films, starting Thursday May 26,  presented by The Urban League of Portland's V.O.I.C.E. (Voicing Our Involvement through Community Engagement) Project will help you understand why African Americans live sicker and die younger because of racism and inequality. Did we mention it costs us trillions.

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At 5:30 p.m today, the Portland Office of Human Relations will be showing a free screening of "American Outrage," the story of a pair of Western Shoshone women who fought the federal government for 35 years for the right to graze their cattle on land designated for the Shoshone people.
The documentary film will screen at 5315 N. Vancouver Ave. Food and refreshments are provided.
To watch the trailer, click here


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From practicing medicine to hosting the Billboard Music Awards, the doctor does it all

On TV, he's appeared in a number of series and currently enjoys the recurring role of angry Spanish teacher Señor Chang on the NBC sitcom "Community." He has also done a number of television specials, most recently hosting this year's Billboard Awards.
As for his private life, Ken's wife, Tran, is a physician, too, and they have twin daughters, Alexa and Zooey. Here, he talks about reprising his role as the flamboyant Mr. Chow in The Hangover Part II

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Documentary shows political pundits that yes, indeed, Black poetry/rap is art

Right-wing pundits such as Karl Rove and Sarah Palin recently had a field day trashing Common when the Chicago-born rapper was invited to the White House to participate on poetry night. That elitist reaction raises an interesting question: does the hip-hop style of rhyming and its down-to-earth subject-matter about life in the 'hood deserve the same respect as the classical couplets of Keats and other lofty lyricists whose work benefits from ivory-towered academia's stamp of approval?
The answer to that question might lie in simply screening Louder Than a Bomb


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The Beaver, Midnight in Paris, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Big Uneasy, Bloodworth, Cost of a Soul, Hard Breakers

The Beaver, Midnight in Paris, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Big Uneasy, Bloodworth, Cost of a Soul, Hard Breakers


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