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Bleacher Report
Super Bowl 2012: Casting for the Movie
Bleacher Report
Bill Paxton knows that role well; he played it on HBO's Big Love. As the head of a (illegal) polygamist household, Paxton's character had to keep everything in-house for fear of the rest of the world catching up to what they were doing.

TheImproper.com
Chloe Sevigny Styles Tomboy's Art-House Androgyny (photos!)
TheImproper.com
She continues to live in the East Village in New York and split her time in Los Angeles during her four-season run on the hit HBO show “Big Love,” with Bill Paxton, about living in a polygamous Mormon family. Her eye for fashion and her obsession with ...

Special Report: Mormonism besieged by the modern age
Reuters
"My own daughter," he then added, "has come to me and said, 'Dad, why didn't you ever tell me that Joseph Smith was a polygamist?'" For the younger generation, Jensen acknowledged, "Everything's out there for them to consume if they want to Google it.

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Mormonism besieged by the modern age
ABS CBN News
"My own daughter," he then added, "has come to me and said, 'Dad, why didn't you ever tell me that Joseph Smith was a polygamist?'" For the younger generation, Jensen acknowledged, "Everything's out there for them to consume if they want to Google it.

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Special report -Mormonism besieged by the modern age
Reuters UK
"My own daughter," he then added, "has come to me and said, 'Dad, why didn't you ever tell me that Joseph Smith was a polygamist?'" For the younger generation, Jensen acknowledged, "Everything's out there for them to consume if they want to Google it.

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New Yorker
Americans know little but are still wary of Mormons
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The church banned polygamy in 1890, but polygamist splinter groups, such as those depicted in "Big Love" and "Sister Wives," often see more media airtime than mainstream Mormons. Joseph Smith founded the LDS church, according to church teachings, ...
Moving into the mainstreamFremont News Messenger
See you Latter: Sorting out pop culture's weird take on MormonsDenver Post

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God Discussion
Moving into the mainstream
Fremont News Messenger
Polygamy was banned by the church in 1890. But many Americans are schooled by the fundamentalist Mormon splinter groups pictured in "Big Love" and "Sister Wives" on cable TV and in crime headlines, such as the August trial and conviction of polygamist ...
Americans intrigued but wary still of Mormon beliefsWashington Post (blog)
See you Latter: Sorting out pop culture's weird take on MormonsDenver Post

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Deseret News
Few informed, many wary of Mormon beliefs
Montgomery Advertiser
Polygamy was banned by the church in 1890. But many Americans are schooled by the funda衫entalist Mormon splinter groups pictured in Big Love and Sister Wives on cable TV and in crime headlines, such as the trial and conviction of polygamist leader ...
Americans intrigued but wary still of Mormon beliefsWashington Post (blog)
See you Latter: Sorting out pop culture's weird take on MormonsDenver Post

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Three's company
Winnipeg Free Press
Polyamory, for the record, is quite distinct from polygamy, which, thanks to TV shows such as the fictional drama Big Love and the reality series Sister Wives, people tend to associate with fundamentalist Mormons who practise plural marriage.

Review: From Matthew Bowman, a timely, dignified history of Mormonism
San Jose Mercury News
Any discussion of "Big Love," a complicated recent portrait of polygamy in a Mormon-like community, is left out. Few smart voices are given room to romp, though we do get Mark Twain's observation that Smith's Book of Mormon reads like "chloroform in ...

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Sarah Jessica Parker replaces Demi Moore in 'Lovelace' after actress drops out
OnTheRedCarpet.com
The title role is played by Seyfried, who rose to fame with the 2004 film "Mean Girls" with Lindsay Lohan and also starred on the HBO series "Big Love" as the daughter of a polygamist. Lovelace's real name was Linda Boreman.

Los Angeles Times
Americans intrigued but wary still of Mormon beliefs
Washington Post (blog)
The church banned polygamy in 1890, but polygamist splinter groups, such as those depicted in “Big Love” and “Sister Wives” often see more media airtime than mainstream Mormons. Joseph Smith founded the LDS church, according to church teachings, ...
Many Americans uninformed, but still wary of Mormon beliefsUSA TODAY
An Eye On CultureThe Heights (subscription)

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Bennion Writes to Decriminalize Polygamy
The Critic
Along with her analysis of polygamist marriage, Bennion also looks at the impact of media and the emerging television shows portraying polygamy. "I'm showing four new chapters about how "Sister Wives," "Big Love," and blogging are playing into the ...

Video: White Rabbits – “Heavy Metal”
Consequence of Sound
By Chris Coplan on January 25th, 2012 in News, Video What would happen if you combined the murderous elements of The Shining with the good-old fashion polygamy of Big Love? Twice the work for Jack Torrance? An even creepier version of the Henrickson ...

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NextMovie (blog)
Chloe Sevigny Gives 'Lovelace' Some Big Love
NextMovie (blog)
By Scott Harris | Jan 25, 2012 | 3:00 PM | Comments Chloe Sevigny is probably best known these days for her long run on the HBO polygamy drama "Big Love," but she's about to take a crack at another, very different examination of sexual roles in our ...

Kansas City Star
Many remain wary of Mormon ways
Tucson Citizen
Polygamy was banned by the church in 1890. But many Americans are schooled by the fundamentalist Mormon splinter groups pictured in Big Love and Sister Wives on cable TV and in crime headlines, such as the August trial and conviction of polygamist ...
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USA TODAY
Many Americans uninformed, but still wary of Mormon beliefs
USA TODAY
Polygamy was banned by the church in 1890. But many Americans are schooled by the fundamentalist Mormon splinter groups pictured in Big Love and Sister Wives on cable TV and in crime headlines, such as the August trial and conviction of polygamist ...
'The Mormon People,' Matthew Bowman's Timely Church HistoryNew York Times
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Medical Daily
Cultures that Permit Multiple Wives have Greater Levels of Crime
Medical Daily
Their findings did not mimic the positive happy go lucky HBO series Big Love, which displays a great and loving family of a man and his three wives but rather the findings suggest that polygamy societies have significantly higher levels of rape, ...

Academy Award Winner and LGBT Rights Activist to Speak at Pacific
Bilingual Weekly
Black also has worked on the television series “Big Love,” which follows a fictional polygamist family, and recently wrote the screenplay for the Clint Eastwood film “J. Edgar,” which explored the life of long-time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

Financial Times
All-American Religion or Reason to Worry?
New York Times
Any discussion of “Big Love,” a complicated recent portrait of polygamy in a Mormon-like community, is left out. Few smart voices are given room to romp, though we do get Mark Twain's observation that Smith's Book of Mormon reads like “chloroform in ...
An Eye On CultureThe Heights (subscription)

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