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Film Screening – The People Speak – Tonight in Wechsler Theater 5:30pm

The School of Communication and Center for Social Media and the Department of Justice, Law and Society of the School of Public Affairs are hosting a screening of The People Speak tonight in Wechsler Theater at 5:30pm. See their invitation below: Dear students and faculty, What do Matt Damon, Pink, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, John … Continue reading “Film Screening – The People Speak – Tonight in Wechsler Theater 5:30pm”

The School of Communication and Center for Social Media and the Department of Justice, Law and Society of the School of Public Affairs are hosting a screening of The People Speak tonight in Wechsler Theater at 5:30pm. See their invitation below:

Dear students and faculty,

What do Matt Damon, Pink, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, John Legend, Marisa Tomei, and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Besides being celebrities, they all acted in the same movie! The School of Communication and Center for Social Media and the Department of Justice, Law and Society of the School of Public Affairs invite you to a screening of THE PEOPLE SPEAK.

Using dramatic and musical performances, The People Speak brings alive the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans. This documentary feature film gives voice to those who spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history, forging a nation from the bottom up with their insistence on equality and justice. Howard Zinn fondly called them troublemakers, dissenters, radicals, and picketers!

Now, dozens of artists have come together to create a visual testimony to the important history of the United States – A People’s History of the United States! Join us on March 1st 2011 at 5:30 PM in Wechsler Theatre at the MGC building.

Professor Chana Barron will open the event with introductory remarks on power and justice. Democracy is not a spectator sport!

Hollywood star Jane Russell dies at 89

Former Hollywood actress and sex symbol, Jane Russell has died at the age of 89. Read more.Obituary: Jane Russell Come to Media Services and check out the following Jane Russell classics from our Home Use Collection.Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – HU DVD 244His Kind of Woman – HU DVD 2409

Former Hollywood actress and sex symbol, Jane Russell has died at the age of 89. Read more.

Obituary: Jane Russell

Come to Media Services and check out the following Jane Russell classics from our Home Use Collection.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – HU DVD 244
His Kind of Woman – HU DVD 2409

AU Alum, Chris Noll aka Chris Wylde is Buddy Mignon

AU alumnus, Christopher Noll, now goes by the name of Chris Wylde. From 1994 to 1998 he attended American University in Washington, DC and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre – Performance. He starred in several plays and musicals as well as the improvisational comedy troupe “Mission: IMPROV-able”. He hosted his own late night talk … Continue reading “AU Alum, Chris Noll aka Chris Wylde is Buddy Mignon”

AU alumnus, Christopher Noll, now goes by the name of Chris Wylde. From 1994 to 1998 he attended American University in Washington, DC and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre – Performance. He starred in several plays and musicals as well as the improvisational comedy troupe “Mission: IMPROV-able”. He hosted his own late night talk show Midnight with Chris Noll on the student run campus television station ATV. Midnight still holds the record as the longest running comedy program in the station’s history.

Now he is Buddy Mignon in what looks to be a new Taco Bell ad campaign. Check out this video which might make you consider going to Taco Bell and ordering something from the meNU.

In case you’d like to see a bit more Chris Wylde, here’s his American Idol audition from 2007.

The 2011 Golden Globe Awards

Check out all the winners and nominees here. Best Motion Picture Nominees In Our Collection: The Social Network – HU DVD 7969 winner Winter’s Bone -HU DVD 7696 Alice in Wonderland– HU DVD 7719 and HU BLU-RAY DVD 7719 Toy Story 3 – HU DVD 7770 and HU BLU-RAY DVD 7770 winner The Kids Are … Continue reading “The 2011 Golden Globe Awards”

Check out all the winners and nominees here.

Best Motion Picture Nominees In Our Collection:

The Social Network – HU DVD 7969 winner

Winter’s Bone -HU DVD 7696

Alice in Wonderland– HU DVD 7719 and HU BLU-RAY DVD 7719

Toy Story 3 – HU DVD 7770 and HU BLU-RAY DVD 7770 winner

The Kids Are All Right – HU DVD 7848 winner

Best TV Series Nominees In Our Collection:

Dexter Seasons 1-4 – HU DVD 6631-6646

The Office Seasons 1-5 – HU DVD 4011-4028

Mad Men Seasons 1-3 – HU DVD 4541-4552

House Seasons 1-5 – HU DVD 5461-5483

Modern Family Season 1 – HU DVD 7701-7704

Glee Seasons 1 – HU DVD 7621- winner

Cecil B. DeMille Award:

Robert De Niro.

See our De Niro Blog Post!

The Washington Post answers some lingering unanswered questions.


Ricky Gervais did quite a job hosting the 2011 Golden Globes.Some say he was too harsh on the Hollywood elite, it appears that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was pleased with his performance.

The Gold Derby blog said:

And it seems that the HFPA is pleased with, if not proud of, the work of returning host Ricky Gervais. The organization issued the following statement:

We loved the show. It was a lot of fun and obviously has a lot of people talking. When you hire a comedian like Ricky Gervais, one expects in your face, sometimes outrageous material. Certainly, in this case, he pushed the envelope and occasionally went too far. The HFPA would never condone some of his personal remarks. Overall, however, the show was among the best we’ve ever had and we were pleased.

And, for his part, Gervais had the following to say about the reaction to his ribald humor:

I did every single introduction I was meant to. There just happened to be a long gap. This is because I was allowed to choose who I would introduce in advance. I obviously chose presenters who I had the best jokes for. (And who I knew had a good sense of humour). Everyone took it well and the atmosphere backstage and at the after show was great.

Thanks to this Youtube clip, you can be the judge.

Quentin Tarantino’s First Film – My Best Friend’s Birthday

My Best Friend’s Birthday is the first film made by Quentin Tarantino, eight years before Reservoir Dogs. It was created as a collaboration with Roger Avary in 1984 and shot on a budget of $5,000. A 70-minute rough cut was made, but a fire at the lab damaged the film and only 36 minutes of … Continue reading “Quentin Tarantino’s First Film – My Best Friend’s Birthday”

My Best Friend’s Birthday is the first film made by Quentin Tarantino, eight years before Reservoir Dogs. It was created as a collaboration with Roger Avary in 1984 and shot on a budget of $5,000. A 70-minute rough cut was made, but a fire at the lab damaged the film and only 36 minutes of it was recovered.
As seen on the Laughing Squid blog.


Films written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino:
Reservoir Dogs – HU DVD 4676
Pulp Fiction – HU DVD 1244
Jackie Brown – HU DVD 2988
Kill Bill Vol 1 – HU DVD 793
Kill Bill Vol 2 – HU DVD 794
Four Rooms – HU DVD 6538
Death Proof – HU DVD 5202
Inglorious Basterds – HU DVD 7555

Films featuring, produced by, written by, or in some way associated with Quentin Tarantino:
Natural Born Killers – DVD 1670
True Romance – HU DVD3820
Blind Swordsmen: Zatôichi – HU DVD 4230
Desperado – HU DVD 5569
Baad Assss Cinema: A Bold Look at Blaxploitation – HU DVD 539
Planet Terror – HU DVD 5201

Now in Media Services – Chronicles of the Refugee – DVD 7721 – 7723

Chronicles of the Refugee is a 6-part documentary film series looking at The global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with ‘al-Nakba’ (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are … Continue reading “Now in Media Services – Chronicles of the Refugee – DVD 7721 – 7723”

Chronicles of the Refugee is a 6-part documentary film series looking at The global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with ‘al-Nakba’ (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are more historical and informative, presenting an almost comprehensive review of 60 years of dispossession. The last three parts tackle many issues facing Palestinian refugees, and are meant to open up debate on taboo and contentious issues. Part IV deals with identity formation and the impact of being in diaspora. Part V looks at strategies for the Right of Return and who is doing what to achieve realization of this right. Part VI focuses on issues of leadership and representation, from the perspective of what kind of representation have Palestinians had over time and what do they want now.


Filmed in over 15 countries, with more than 250 interviews of Palestinian refugees who have lived in over 25 countries, this is the first documentary Film to look at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. The film presents Palestinian refugees who were displaced in 1948 and their descendants, and includes the wide range of age, socio-economic status, education level, etc.

Chronicles of the Refugee is an independently produced film made by Adam Shapiro, Perla Issa and Aseel Mansour, with a musical score by Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh. Funding for the project was made possible through individual contributions and the film is in no way associated with any organization, political party, faction or otherwise.

Film is in Arabic and English with subtitles.

Here’s a clip from Chronicles of the Refugee – DVD 7721 – 7723


Part I: “Nakba Dailies”
Part II: “Daily Nakbas”
Part III: “Homeland Without ID (papers)”
Part IV: “Identity Without a Homeland”
Part V: “Talk About Return”
Part VI: “Return of the Talk”

Adam Shapiro is co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, and has previously made the documentaries About Baghdad , Darfur Diaries , Becoming Nadya and Nowhere to Flee .

Perla Issa is a Palestinian from Lebanon, who recently produced a short documentary on Nahr Al-Bared . She also worked with Shapiro on the documentary Nowhere to Flee and was part of the team that produced the documentary series, Arabs and Terrorism.

Assel Mansour is an indpependant Palestinian filmmaker from Jordan. His Filmography includes: Little Feet ; Nightmares of Reality, co-director; and Alert Guns.

Bumble Bee Slams into a Police SUV During Transformers 3 Shoot

Michael Bay loves collision and mayhem in his films but this one he could have done without. While shooting Transformers 3 on-location in Washington DC, the Camaro Autobot Bumblebee t-boned a real DC police officer’s Tahoe as it was speeding to answer a suspicious package call. The officer was using a different radio frequency than … Continue reading “Bumble Bee Slams into a Police SUV During Transformers 3 Shoot”

Michael Bay loves collision and mayhem in his films but this one he could have done without.

While shooting Transformers 3 on-location in Washington DC, the Camaro Autobot Bumblebee t-boned a real DC police officer’s Tahoe as it was speeding to answer a suspicious package call. The officer was using a different radio frequency than the police detail assigned to keep the Transformers 3 set closed and safe. While the collision looks like a part of the scene as Autobots Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide motor along, it most certainly is not.

This incident is yet another scar for Bay’s third and presumably final Transformers film. A 24-year old woman suffered permanent brain damage last month when a stunt went awry on an Indiana freeway, sending debris hurtling through her windshield.

As seen on TheHDRoom


Full Metal Disney

If you liked Full Metal Disney, you may like Pulp Disney. Truthfully, we recommend the actual films, both of which we have here in Media Services in the Home Use Collection! Full Metal Jacket – HU DVD 1886Pulp Fiction – HU DVD 1244

If you liked Full Metal Disney, you may like Pulp Disney.

Truthfully, we recommend the actual films, both of which we have here in Media Services in the Home Use Collection!

Full Metal Jacket – HU DVD 1886
Pulp Fiction – HU DVD 1244

AU Library Video Tutorials Available on Youtube

The library has a youtube channel with a variety of useful videos. These brief videos give an overview of tools, databases, and software applications that will be useful in your research. They are all public, so subscribe here or just check them out! You can also find these tutorials on the How to… page on … Continue reading “AU Library Video Tutorials Available on Youtube”



The library has a youtube channel with a variety of useful videos. These brief videos give an overview of tools, databases, and software applications that will be useful in your research. They are all public, so subscribe here or just check them out!

You can also find these tutorials on the How to… page on our website.

How to Use World Development Indicators Online to Find Data on Countries

American University Librarian, Melissa Becher demonstrates how to use World Development Indicators Online (WDI) to find data on countries.

Finding a Subject Specific Database to Cover Your Topic

American University Librarian, Melissa Becher demonstrates how to use a general database to decide what discipline your subject is in, and then how to find a subject specific database that covers your topic.

How to Research an Interdisciplinary Topic

American University Librarian, Melissa Becher demonstrates how to research an interdisciplinary topic when you are unsure which discipline will have the most relevant information for your project.

Find Data on a City Using Lexis Nexis Statistical

American University Librarian, Melissa Becher demonstrates how to find data on a city using the Lexis Nexis Statistical database.