GlobalShift

American Idol judge Simon Cowell may be hard on human beings but he’s soft on animals. To prove it, he’s pledged his support to the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and its campaign to get international recognition for animal welfare. They call it the  “Why Animals Matter to Me” program and here [...]

If you were watching The Oscars last night you heard all about the film Precious: Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire. The film had already picked up several awards before heading to the Kodak and they left last night with Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Set in Harlem in 1987, it [...]

Today, March 8, 2010, is International Women’s Day and we have a salute to an amazing woman who could have ended up a statistic but instead ended up a star. She is called Precious and her story is so difficult to watch you want to turn away from the screen and yet so compelling you [...]

Creativity is something we’d all like to have. The ability to see not just “what is”, but “what could be”. Enviable is the ability of finding innovative solutions to both personal and global problems, and all the successes that may accompany such breakthroughs. While it’s true that some aspect of creativity is genetic (in the [...]

Today, we have guest author Danielle Turchiano an entertainment reporter and CEO of IBG, a company that hosts fundraising events where fans get to hang out with their favorite stars.
They say charity starts at home, and my personal experience has proven to be the rule and not the exception. I grew up watching my [...]

Imagine if Fran Drescher had auditioned for Avatar. It’s a good laugh for a great cause.
Watch the clip then take the Take180 Challenge or visit Cancerschmancer.org for more information on how you can help in the fight against cancer.

On Sunday, March 7th, the Oscars will be giving out awards to this past year’s best films. One of the potential winners is the documentary “Burma VJ” which stars U Gawsita, a Buddhist monk from Burma who has been living as refugee in Utica, NY for the past year.
“Burma VJ”is about a peaceful protest lead [...]

Rapper Lil Wayne may be “hip-hop’s greatest unstoppable force,” but starting March 2, he’ll be forced to stop for 12 months. Lil Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter, is going to jail for gun possession, as he should. The rapper is certainly not the only celebrity to be caught up in illegal activities, but he’s one [...]

Webster’s dictionary defines sublime simply as awe-inspiring. When I studied art, we learned sublime to mean something beyond this; more of a mixture of horror and beauty. This definition (as well as entropy) tripped me up. It is one thing to understand logically the definition, but to imagine it or see it in the world is quite another. Mostly what I think of as horrible are the terrible things we do to each other and I cannot for the life of me find these things beautiful.

Former Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer has recently come under fire for her “Evelyn Evelyn” project, a fabricated musical duo featuring conjoined twins. What does Palmer’s latest creation mean for the dialogue and perception of disability in the status quo?