An Unconventional Convention: Who is the Most Famous Person in the World?

Earlier this year, I launched a new forum for discussion on Facebook. I called this exchange of ideas — “An Unconventional Convention.”
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Earlier this year, I launched a new forum for discussion on Facebook. I called this exchange of ideas — “An Unconventional Convention.”
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Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 space mission, get ready for a bombardment of well-intended but predictable homages and historical remembrances to humanity’s greatest technical achievement. However, one documentary towers above the rest. The latest episodes “American Experience” on PBS take a familiar story you may think you already know and add some unexpectedly compelling twists and turns — making this the best documentary of the year. In short, watching “Chasing the Moon” is a blast.
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It seems like a century ago. I was there in the hall that night at the Dallas Convention Center during the 1984 Republican National Convention when Ray Charles belted out the greatest of all odes — “America the Beautiful.” What a gorgeous melody and memorable moment.
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Given Elton John’s well-documented public life, combined with his unapologetic openness about private ordeals, how is Rocketman, the purported collaborative movie biography, such a misfire? Here’s my review.
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