New TV Series 'Hunting Nazi Treasure' Asks Public To Join Hunt For Priceless Objects Missing Since WW2

Robert M. Edsel, Founder and Chairman of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, holds one of five paintings the Monuments Men Foundation discovered and turned over to the Federal Republic of Germany in 2015 for return to their rightful owners. These paintings are part of the hundreds of thousands of cultural items, missing since the end of the war, which the Monuments Men Foundation hopes to help recover in the coming years. (PRNewsFoto/Monuments Men Foundation)

The Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art is pleased to announce its participation in a new original investigative television series, Hunting Nazi Treasure. 

The new co-production between Corus Entertainment's HISTORY Canada and More4 (Channel 4), is produced by Saloon Media (Toronto) and BriteSpark (UK), with production set to begin this September. 

Hunting Nazi Treasure will air on HISTORY in Canada in 2017.

The series will feature a team of present-day investigators led by Robert M. Edsel, Founder and Chairman of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, and the author of the New York Times #1 Bestselling book-turned-movie The Monuments Men. 

Joining Edsel on the team are investigative journalist Conor Woodman and World War II historian James Holland.

Who Are Spider-Man’s Greatest Opponents?

In the realm of superhero comics, it’s probably fair to say that no hero has a more recognizable lineup of opposing villains than Batman. The Joker, Riddler, and Penguin are all household names for anyone even the vaguest interest in popular fiction, and they’ve all been immortalized in animated and live action films alike. And those are just the heavy hitters! Batman has many more antagonists who, frankly, are more interesting and more well known than anyone the Avengers have faced in a film thus far.

But if there’s a silver medal for superhero with the best villains, it probably goes to Marvel’s lovable, web-slinging Spider-Man. There’s always been a colorful cast of baddies associated with this teenage superhero, to the point that it’s difficult to argue which is his main opponent. But that’s just what fans are beginning to do, as we gear up for the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and the beginning of a new superhero series.

Michael Moore: '5 Ways to Make Sure Donald Trump Loses'

The following is an email from Michael Moore I received yesterday... and, like I used to do in the past with some of his previous emails, I'm very happy to share it on here. 

Enjoy!

Loup Dargent

What The Bourne Films Get Right And Wrong About Amnesia

Not quite an amnesiac: a scene from ‘The Bourne Ultimatum.’ Jasin Boland/Universal Pictures

By Jennifer Talarico, Lafayette College

In 2002’s “The Bourne Identity,” our protagonist wakes up having been shot and plucked, unconscious, from the Mediterranean on to a fishing boat with no memory of who he is or how he got there. From there, the movie franchise follows Jason Bourne as he recovers memories of past events and rediscovers his identity.

But, although Bourne’s amnesia at the start of the first film in the series is profound (and profoundly important to the unfolding story), we quickly learn that there are some things Bourne does remember from his past. For example, how to speak multiple languages, how to drive and how to fight. All of these are complex motor tasks that he learned before he was shot and fell in to the water.

This aspect of Bourne’s amnesia is actually quite accurate. For people with “organic” amnesia (where neurological memory loss is typically due to damage to the medial temporal lobes in the brain), memory for skills and habits is intact, even though other memories are lost. There is truth to the cliché that you never forget how to ride a bicycle.

Donny Trumpet Goes to the Election: Art Imitates Life in New Cautionary Tale

Donny Trumpet Goes To The Election by Nazan Saatci (PRNewsFoto/Nazan Saatci)

After four years of running Birdland, it's time for Black Bird to retire. Candidates flock to take his place, including the yuge yellow bird Donny Trumpet--and his presidency could have disastrous results for Birdland. That's the premise behind the new illustrated e-book Donny Trumpet Goes to the Election: The Story of a Yuge Yellow Bird, released this week by author and illustrator Nazan Saatci