January 2011
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{WTF of the Day} Mother jailed for sending... →
Um, wait. What?
Jan 25th
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Who does Christopher Nolan have to blow to get an...
Inception was one of the most buzzed about films of last year. Yet like two of Nolan’s other buzzed-about flicks — Memento and The Dark Knight — Inception gets no love from the Academy Awards in the directing category, which is funny because the Directors Guild of America has seen fit to nominate Nolan for all three of those films. Who has the Academy deemed more worth than Nolan? This...
Jan 25th
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How Oscar nominees are selected →
This 2008 Entertainment Weekly article is one of the best explainers on the Oscar nomination process. The tweets I’m seeing today clearly show people don’t truly understand the process.
Jan 25th
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Can caffeine kill? Only if you drink about 42 cups... →
Jan 25th
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Black Community For the Birds: This was the best thing on the “Daily Show” last night. Historically black community Turkey Creek in Mississippi was being wiped off the map by eminent domain until the Audubon got involved. Apparently saving birds is more important than saving people.
Jan 25th
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"The Logo" calls out the Lakers' for craptastic... →
Jerry West is none too pleased with L.A.’s play. And he thinks the Celtics can win it all. Doh!
Jan 24th
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“Not to incite Muppet Wars on this blog, but Elmo annoys me because he panders....”
– From a review of “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey,” a new doc about the man behind my favorite muppet.
Jan 24th
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A Tribe Called Quest Doc hits Sundance →
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[New Hotness] Johnny Depp to star in Lone Ranger →
Jan 18th
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New Yorker TV writer not really feelin' Oprah's... →
Jan 18th
Jan 18th
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“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting...”
– — Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 17th
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"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than... →
Jan 16th
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Jan 13th
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Oprah ate 30 lbs. of mac and cheese after... →
In her interview with Piers Morgan, she admits as much. She might have been exaggerating, but DAYUM! That goes beyond comfort food.
Jan 13th
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What "The Wire" Can Teach Us About the... →
One of the better articles on the discussion of removing the N-word from Twain’s classic.
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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“In the South, slave tastes defined the cooking repertory in a wide arc that...”
– The New York Times reviews “High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America,” a new book that looks at how foods from the Africa diaspora influenced the American dinner plate. Looks like a must-read.
Jan 11th
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It Doesn't Matter Why He Did It →
Jan 9th
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“Slavery has been dead and gone a long time … But – BUT! – if you noisily...”
– David Frum, calling out the Tea Party on the whole reading-the-Constitution thing. The full post is worth a read.
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