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Year: 2011

question of the day: Google is guessing at the sexual orientation of celebs — is this weird?

Fri, Sep 30, 2011
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Google isn’t revealing any secrets, it’s just summarizing the conversation about a celebrity. But why suddenly make a special point of summarizing so succinctly about this particular aspect of a person’s life?

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London photo of the day: the hat factory in Soho

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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Like much of Soho today, this building is now given over to movie and television production services…

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oh, great: now women have to be sexy behind the camera, too

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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Yes, sexed-up images of women are used to sell absolutely everything. Yes, film is sexy. But is it supposed to be sexually appealing only to straight men?

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smurf me: ‘The Smurfs’ passes $500 million in worldwide box office

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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This smurfing ensures that we will get not just one smurfing sequel to The Smurfs, but probably three or four. Smurf.

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things you need to know: Michael Jackson’s freakish offspring cried for her daddy as he died

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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What sort of monstrous freak had Jackson fathered that she could do such a thing?

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must reads: “Why Is TV Suddenly Overstuffed With Buxom Bunnies, Sexy Stewardesses, and Charlie’s Angels?”

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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Gosh, it’s like the 60s — the early 60s — are returning with a vengeance.

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got my accreditation for the London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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This will be my first LFF, and as the natives say here, I’m chuffed.

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retro ads: 1960s Fairy Liquid commercials

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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Ah, I remember when I was a little girl, and those nice long chats I had with Mommy about dish soap…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: ‘Doctor Who Confidential’ canceled

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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Why the axe? Money, of course.

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New Year’s Eve (trailer)

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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Because Satan has been waiting for the moment to spring both Sarah Jessica Parker and Katherine Heigl on us in the same movie…

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