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GRITtv: GRITtv Goes to the Oscars!
Well, not really. Instead, we invited three of our favorite film critics and pop culture queens to talk about the Academy Awards: will Kathryn Bigelow break the Best Director glass ceiling? Is Sandra Bullock going to take home a statuette? Was Avatar all that it was cracked up to be? And why was that Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover so darn white? Courtney Young, blogger and author of From Madea To Michelle, Maryann Johanson, the FlickFilosopher, and Alison Willmore of the IFC's Indie Eye blog join us in studio to talk about all that and more.
Email this pageGRITtv: The F Word: Challenging "High Road" Contracting
This is what must make it hard for people working inside the Obama administration. No sooner does the White House start talking up something good, than it does something bad. Take contracting. As reported here on GRITtv, the Obama's administration's been talking up "High Road Contracting." That's the using of the power of the government's $500 billion purse to reward companies that offer better wages and benefits and disqualify from federal contracts those that violate labor and environmental law. Sounds good right? The debate was just heating up when the second shoe dropped. Listen to the rest of Laura Flanders' opinion on GRITtv.
GRITtv: Mar. 4, 2010
The Academy Awards are this weekend, so we invited three of our favorite film critics and pop culture queens to talk: Will Kathryn Bigelow break the Best Director glass ceiling? Is Sandra Bullock going to take home a statuette? Was Avatar all that it was cracked up to be? And why was that Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover so darn white? Kate Clinton is back with some thoughts on Tiger Woods' image rehabilitation, sports fever, women's history month, and the Oscars, as well as Jim Bunning's singlehanded choice to deny unemployment benefits to over 400,000 people. The second part of our conversation with Daniel Ellsberg. This week's featured documentary, Sweet Crude, looks at the consequences of oil extraction for the people and environment of Nigeria. And Laura has some words for the U.S. government's supposed "high road" contracting plan.
