Derek Thomas

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I'LL BE HOMO FOR CHRISTMAS

Nothing says the holidays like sequins, rhinestones and wigs, and the Boofont Sisters don that gay apparel in JESUS CHRIST! It's Christmas!, a variety extra...
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Kids Say the Darndest Things

You may not die laughing, but you'll come close at the American Cinematheque's "Funny or Die Presents the Internet 3.0," a screening of greatest hits fr...
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Native Visions

When Oaxacan artist Alejandro Santiago returned to his hometown of Teococuilco, he was stunned to discover the place nearly deserted. In his years away, most ev...
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Cue "Spanish Flea"

Three single guys to every single lady, inane questions and answers, a potential but unlikely chance for romance: It sounds like the bar scene in L.A., but it&#...
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EGGS BEFORE SPLATTER

Director Tobe Hooper shook up the shock-schlock genre with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Salem's Lot and Poltergeist, and now his long-thought-lost debut fil...
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH FILM

What do you call artists who advocate? Artivists, of course. The filmmakers on show at the Artivist Film Festival (sixth annual, in fact) are on a mission to ra...
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SMOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS

You kids with your YouTube and your Hulu may not be able to get your head around this, but way back in the retro-tastic 1960s, there were only three nationwide ...
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Just Add Bacon: 5 Freaky Frozen Dinners

TV dinners have come a long way since Swanson's Hungry Man. Have you taken a look in your grocer's freezer section lately? Salisbury steak is so comforting, yet so yesterday. Here are five frozen dinners that just might freak you out. 1. Chunil Foods' Octopus Fried Rice. Where can you......
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THANKS FOR NOTHING

Thanksgiving isn't just about eating turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce -- it's also about having to share that meal with crazy people. Family, that i...
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HOORAY FOR NOLLYWOOD

Lagos Island locals love the movies, and Nollywood delivers. Nollywood is Nigeria's film industry, nearly the world's largest, an ultralow-budget studio...