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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Oscars 2015: Top 10 Most Memorable Moments

Comments (0) | #oscars, #stayweird, 87th Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Birdman, Boyhood, Citizen Four, David Oyelowo, documentary, Edward Snowden, equality, Film, Film and TV, hollywood, Imitation Game, inclusion, Lego Movie, Legos, Linklater, Meryl Streep, Music, Neil Patrick Harris, Oscars, Patricia Arquette, Selma, Tegan and Sara, TV, wage equality, whiplash, whistleblowers

Kristin Marguerite Doidge
Staff Reporter

The 87th Academy Awards show didn’t disappoint.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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25 Movies To See Before The Oscars

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Reid Nakamura
Film Editor

No time to see all of this year's Oscar nominees? Here are the essentials.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Edward Snowden Says The NSA Is Trying To Control The Internet

Comments (0) | America, cia, cyber warfare, defense, Edward Snowden, leaks, Nation and World, nsa, PBS, privacy, russia, security, United States, whistleblower

Edward Snowden gave a new interview with PBS on the NSA and cyber warfare (Truthout.org/Flickr)

Arielle Samuelson
Web Producer

He's also loving living in Russia. No seriously, it's a spy-free zone. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

10 Best Films Of 2014

Comments (0) | 2014, aaron swartz, best, best of 2014, Birdman, Boyhood, Christopher Nolan, Citizenfour, Damien Chazelie, dear white people, Edward Snowden, Film and TV, films, Force Majeure, Jake Gyllenhaal, Justin simien, Marion Cotillard, nightcrawler, Richard Linklater, Steven Soderbergh, The Immigrant, The Internet's Own Boy, The LEGO Movie, whiplash

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Adi Radia
Staff Reporter

Did your favorites make the list?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

NSA Officials Objected Spying Program Before Snowden Spoke Up

Comments (0) | Edward Snowden, National, NSA bill, Nsa Leaks

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Niki Hashemi
Web Producer

The NSA may be its own worst enemy.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Play Edward Snowden

Comments (0) | Actor, Anatoly Kucherena, Edward Snowden, endgame entertainment, entertainment, Film, Film and TV, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Luke Harding, Moritz Borman, movie, Munich, Oliver Stone, open road films, the guardian, the snowden files, the worlds most wanted man, whistleblower

Dale Chong
Film Editor

Looks like we have our next whistleblower.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Documents Unsealed In Yahoo Data Privacy Case

Comments (0) | Edward Snowden, federal court, federal intelligence surveillance court, internet privacy, national security agency, nsa, PRISM, privacy, surveillance, Technology, yahoo

The documents shed significant light on the government's argument for web surveillance. (nolifebeforecoffee, Creative Commons)

Ashley Yang
Web Producer

The basis for the U.S. government's expansion of warrantless surveillance has been revealed.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Russia Grants Edward Snowden Three More Years Of Asylum

Comments (0) | Anatoly Kucherena, Crimea, Edward Snowden, international relations, Nation and World, politics, russia, Ukraine, united states government, WikiLeaks, world, World Affairs

Kathy Zerbib
Senior Entertainment Editor

The Justice Department continues to ask Snowden to turn himself in to the U.S. to face charges.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

German Chancellor Expels CIA Station Chief

Comments (0) | angela merkel, Berlin, cia, cia station chief, Edward Snowden, Espionage, german chancellor, merkel phone tap, Nation and World, phone tap, Spying, surveillance

The CIA officer was expelled mainly to send a message to the U.S. (Aleph, Wikimedia Commons)

Ashley Yang
Executive Producer

A second revelation of CIA spying in Germany was the final straw. 

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