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We talked to Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld about his eight-year sobriety and film "GET BACK UP."  The documentary, which was filmed over seven years,  made a  limited theatrical debut last  month and will be available wide on August 21st. In the film, Furstenfeld details  his  depression, addiction, and despair which was leading him down a
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The One-Time Online Film Festival Will Showcase Titles from the 2020 SXSW Line-up Free on Prime Video in the U.S. Culver City, CA and Austin, TX (Thursday, April 2, 2020) – Amazon Prime Video and SXSW are joining forces to launch “Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection”, following the unprecedented cancellation of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals by the City of Austin due to concerns surrounding the Coronavirus. “Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection” offers filmmakers in the 2020 SXSW Film Festival lineup an invitation to opt in to take part…

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[ultimate_heading main_heading="Interview With Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon" main_heading_color="#dd3333" main_heading_style="font-style:italic;,font-weight:bold;" main_heading_font_family="font_family:Petit Formal Script|font_call:Petit+Formal+Script" main_heading_font_size="desktop:24px;" margin_design_tab_text=""]by Christine Thompson [/ultimate_heading] THE CURRENT WAR: DIRECTOR'S CUT is a deep dive into the drama that preceded how the world uses something we now take for granted, electricity.  Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison, and Michael Shannon as his foe George Westinghouse,
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Scroll down to full link at bottom of this map for more detailed information from Johns Hopkins University.  Hold cursor or finger on map to change global location.  Touch red area for numbers.  If your internet connection is slow go directly to the Johns Hopkins map, link below.  FULL MAP LINK HERE More credible
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Vinder’s ‘restaurant buyback’ program to offer $1 deliveries of excess food products from local restaurants to anyone in the Austin area  Today Vinder, the community-driven, digital farmers’ market, launches an initiative that will allow restaurants and small producers to sell their surplus produce, meats, raw ingredients and baked goods through the Vinder app. This “restaurant-fueled farmers market” aims to redistribute excess, perishable goods to the public during the current COVID-19 pandemic, in response to an urgent public need. These goods will be delivered, with no person-to-person contact, to anyone in the Austin area for only $1, aiming to soften the…

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