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evening clickbait: how to summon Benedict Cumberbatch; 60 Minutes makes it clear they’re no longer in the journalism business; Shia LaBeouf, filmmaker, plagiarist

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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is Santa Claus white?

Sat, Dec 14, 2013
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Is it a slur on trickster elves to deny that Santa is one of them? Has anyone contacted Santa to ask what he considers his racial makeup to be?

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evening clickbait: I am a heroine of cinema; who’s the robot that won’t cop out?; Magneto killed JFK; The Representation Project; John Sayles cannot get his films funded; Melissa Leo, agent of awesome

Thu, Dec 12, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today (and one from yesterday).

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evening clickbait: RogerEbert.com gets a sex change; Christmas pop-culture horror; fandom future; coming soon (or not) Boats!

Wed, Dec 11, 2013
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what’s the best way to honor the lives and work of famous people when they die?

Mon, Dec 09, 2013
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Is it doing something in the spirit of their work? Is it not deifying them by pretending they were more or other than they were?

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Hours trailer: Paul Walker’s last film

Tue, Dec 03, 2013
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Goddammit. I was not a fan of the guy, but this sucks.

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evening clickbait: universe, your sense of humor sucks

Mon, Dec 02, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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evening clickbait: the Spike Lee Oldboy poster controversy gets weirder; apparently Philomena is unfair to nice Catholic nuns who saved innocent babies from whorish mothers

Sat, Nov 30, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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evening clickbait: who will play JRR Tolkien in the biopic?; Katniss and her movie girlfriend

Tue, Nov 26, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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Doctor Who thing: “The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot”

Sat, Nov 23, 2013
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I didn’t think I could love Peter Davison any more than I already do. I was wrong.

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