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Actor Michael Keaton meets with Kent State students for a 30-minute Q&A in the Center for Performing Arts before his commencement speech Saturday. 

Michael Keaton holds student Q&A before commencement speech

Cameron Hoover May 12, 2018

Actor Michael Keaton met with Kent State students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Theatre and Dance for a Q&A session before heading to commencement Saturday.The...

AP: ‘Birdman’ takes flight at Oscars

Jake Coyle (AP) February 23, 2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long take of "Birdman" has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past, took Hollywood's top honor in...

Directors J.J. Abrams, left, and Alfonso Cuaron announce the nominations for 11 of 24 categories for the 87th Academy Awards from Beverly Hills on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 in Los Angeles.

AP: ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Budapest Hotel,’ ‘Birdman’ deserve Oscar nods

Kirk Baird January 15, 2015

Tied for nine nominations each, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel," two art films by fiercely independent directors, lead the pack of this year’s surprising...

Mike Richards is a senior English major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at mrcih51@kent.edu.

Opinion: What I learned from ‘Birdman’

Mike Richards November 12, 2014

This past weekend, I made my way out to the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland to see the new Michael Keaton movie, ‘Birdman.’ I won’t delve too much into a review of the film, but it was incredible,...