Simon Doonan Plays Window Dresser For Small Business Saturday

Doonan added his signature whimsical style to the windows of Surfing Cowboys, which relocated to L.A.’s Mar Vista neighborhood in March after 17 years on Abbot Kinney in Venice.

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Martin Scorsese wants to make Roger Ebert doc

The Oscar-winning director shares his thoughts on film critic Roger Ebert and the upcoming documentary on Ebert’s life and legacy, Life Itself. Directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters), the documentary is based on the well-known critic and film lover’s eponymous memoir. It chronicles his life as an advocate for great cinema and his inspiring battle with cancer.

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Amazon Can’t Save the Post Office

The Postal Service is failing despite being good at what it does, because its underlying financial model and mission are totally outdated. The institution could be saved in any number of ways, but all of them involve it fundamentally becoming something other than what it primarily is—an organization dedicated to delivering daily first-class mail.

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