Mark Wahlberg admits ‘The Happening’ was terrible; Billy Bob Thornton says Hollywood is terrible; a female Old Spice Man spoof; more: leftover links

Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But there’s no reason to let this stuff go to waste: I can still share it with you, for your amusement, and start the new week with a clean slate.

Herewith this week’s leftover links, in no particular order:
Mark Wahlberg admits ‘The Happening’ was terrible. What? No!

Finally, A Female Old Spice Spoof: The Woman You’d Love Your Woman To Be Like

Ronni Chasen Laid to Rest, but Hollywood Can’t Shake the Shock

A Movie Critic [Debbie Schlussel] Loses Her Screening Privileges (But Gets ‘Em Back)

Christian Bale: Next Batman Film Will Be His ‘Last One’

Celebrate Doctor Who Day with Free Time Travel eBooks

Top 48 ads that would never be allowed today

NYT’s Ethicist Stands Up For Freelancers

New York Times introduces film club

Pete Hamill: One Day, Web Journalists Will Get Real Money

Twitter Killed Media Criticism

No. 1: Richard Cohen: The looooongtime Washington Post columnist is the hackiest pundit in America

Royal Shakespeare Company theatre opens doors to public

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New Shakespeare stage puts audience “in the thick of it”

Most Awesome Women in the Harry Potter Books and Movies

Young Women Ask Macy’s “Where Are The Female Balloons?”

On CNN, Dan Savage Criticizes CNN For Having Bigots On Air In Name of “Objectivity”

Hollywood is making ‘worst movies ever’ says Billy Bob Thornton

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