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From soup to Superman to the Super Bowl-winning Giants, the Garden State’s impact on contemporary culture is clearly evident in the 2012 class of New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees, announced today. www.NJHallofFame.org.
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Reality TV’s newest Jersey haunt is quirky director Kevin Smith’s Red Bank comic-book store.
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Still Reigning
Our Q&A with Queen Latifah covers her latest film, the Garden State's influence on her inspirational books, and the possibility of releasing a new album.
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Plum Loco
Our Q&A with Janet Evanovich focuses on how her inaugural Stephanie Plum novel made it into movie theaters...albeit 17 years after publication.
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Closing the Deal
Jon Tenney, Princeton-born star of TV’s The Closer, has a knack for turning small roles into big breaks.
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Oh! Solo Sorvino
Our Q&A with Paul Sorvino covers his film career, his relationship with his children, and his under-the-radar singing apperances.
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For Her It's Better, Not Worse
Camden native Tasha Smith prepares for a lead role in a new series based on a popular Tyler Perry movie franchise.
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Bullied No More
13-year-old Dana Gaier, of Livingston, voiced the character of Edith in the animated hit Despicable Me.
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From Brat Pack to Backpack
Andrew McCarthy still acts and directs, but the Summit native has won new acclaim writing about his global travels.
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Cape Crusader
Roy Steinberg, an established Hollywood director and producer of soap operas, leaves LA for the stage in Cape May.
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Car Cultured
Couples can step back into the not-so-distant past at the Delsea Drive-In, where dinner-and-a-movie all takes place in one romantic location (on wheels).
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Best of New Jersey: Recreation
In the warmer months, there are no shortage of recreation activities offered in NJ. Our readers have a few unique choices of their own...along with some staple favorites.
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Filmmaker Is a Winner—Two Ways
Filmmaker Alrick Brown brought Plainfield students along with him to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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Riding the Blue Comet
A documentary about New Jersey's famed Blue Comet tells the story of "the Seashore's Finest Train."
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Glorifying Jersey
A noted Hollywood screenwriter uses her Jersey roots to help inform her storytelling.
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It's Showtime: Let's Eat!
Three AMC theaters in New Jersey will provide you with dinner while you watch a movie. The cinematic experience in the Garden State now includes food service.
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Open House
Step aside, Snooki. Jersey homes are the Garden State’s REAL TV Stars, thanks to the hundreds of commercials shot here every year. (Photos by Glenn Schuster)
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New Faces NJ: Colleen Broomall
Actress Colleen Broomall, who starred in soap operas as a child, works to get back in the industry.
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Sunny Disposition
Danny DeVito is always happy to reminisce about New Jersey—where family and a nice bowl of pasta await.
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Networked In
We sit down for a Q&A with Jesse Eisenberg, the 27-year-old East Brunswick-reared actor who plays Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's new film The Social Network.
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Board Meeting
A new documentary film about New Jersey surfers making it on the professional scene is set for release.
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New Faces NJ: Rachel Moss
A talented high school student aims high.
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The Star Next Door
Rosemarie DeWitt’s ability to bring depth to supporting
roles in Rachel Getting Married and United States
of Tara has thrust her into the limelight.
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Screenings on the Strand
Screenings of the film Greetings From the Shore, written and directed by native New Jerseyans and shot in Lavallette, will be held down the Shore this summer.
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A Feast for Film Fans
The New Jersey International Film Festival is becoming a force in the industry.
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Test Your NJ IQ
Think you know a lot about Jersey history and culture? Test yourself with this NJ Hall of Fame trivia quiz. All of the individuals named are Hall of Fame members.
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Riding the Currents
Susan Sarandon glides into a new stage of life—and the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
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A Lesson For Our Time
The Bordentown School, a rare symbol of hope for young black citizens in the years immediately following the abolition of slavery, is the subject of a new documentary film.
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Veering Toward Stardom
You may recognize Vera Farmiga from Up in the Air, or The Departed, but the Irvington-native honed her considerable acting skills on high school stages around NJ.
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A Dad's Quest for a Cure Comes to the Screen
Harrison Ford stars in a movie based on the true story of a New Jersey father's struggle to invent a cure for a rare recessive genetic disorder affecting his children.
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The Reel Deal
Sept 4–Nov 8: The New Jersey Film Festival at Rutgers University returns this fall to showcase even more original films by talented filmmakers.
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Brick City Nitty Gritty
When Maplewood director/producer Marc Levin got word that his friend Forest Whitaker was interested in coproducing the documentary Brick City, which begins airing September 21 on the Sundance Channel, he had one question: Why would the Oscar-winning Whitaker, a native of South Central Los Angeles, want to do a film about Newark?
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Shaking Up Weequahic
Half a century ago, Newark’s Weequahic High School was an academically distinguished, mostly Jewish enclave that graduated the novelist Philip Roth and a steady stream of future PhDs. Starting in the 1960s, however, the city’s race riots, white flight, and the rise of drug-dealing gangs transformed the school into just another urban battleground with low morale and a high dropout rate.
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The New Girl In Film
With cute red hair and big brown eyes, Emma Kenney looks sweet and innocent. But this fourth grader at School One in Fanwood has a dark side.
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Not Your Average Joe
Joe Pope has his first starring role in a movie—sharing the marquee with James Gandolfini, no less—but he still hasn’t given up his day job.
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Cutting Edge Filmmaking
The independent film "Split Ends" is based on Libby Christensen’s true-life adventures running a hair salon.
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Out of the Shadows
Thanks to Tom Meyers, founder of the Fort Lee Film Commission, proof that New Jersey pioneered the movie business is out of the dusty history books and in the can.
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Sundance at the Shore
The Garden State Film Festival brings its talents down-the-shore for a three day movie event.
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