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watch it: “The Muppets Attack Fox News”

Wed, Feb 01, 2012
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Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have something to say about Fox News calling the Muppets “communist.”

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Murray Gold on YouTube jamming out his own Eleventh Doctor theme music

Wed, Feb 01, 2012
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The Internet is full of win.

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question of the day: Did male discomfort prevent Michael Fassbender from being nominated for an Oscar for Shame?

Mon, Jan 30, 2012
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Did the nature of Fassbender’s performance as well as the subject matter of the film — which is so very raw about male sexuality — make male Academy voters too uncomfortable?

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church of awesome: Starbucks in Starbucks

Sun, Jan 29, 2012
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This is the best thing I have ever seen, ever…

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Rampart (trailer)

Fri, Jan 27, 2012
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Was this movie a bit too real for Oscar-nominating Academy members?

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Kermit and Miss Piggy, now officially power couple Kermiggy

Wed, Jan 25, 2012
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I was flabbergasted to realize that for all the many years — nay, decades — that Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have been the on-again, off-again power couple of our time, no one has ever given them a power-couple nickname…

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question of the day: Do you want to see the short science-fiction film shot at the International Space Station?

Mon, Jan 23, 2012
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Space tourist and ubergeek Richard Garriott de Cayeux shot an eight-minute SF short on the ISS in 2008. Finally, NASA has agreed to make it public…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: the woman who would have been Sarah Jane

Thu, Jan 19, 2012
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I had no idea that Elisabeth Sladen was not the first actress cast to play Sarah Jane Smith alongside Jon Pertwee’s Doctor. Apparently not many people knew at all…

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question of the day: What do you wish awards winners would say in their acceptance speeches?

Tue, Jan 17, 2012
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Beyond the usual thank-yous and shout-outs to social and political causes, that is…

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I see Daniel Craig has managed to get his shirt off again

Tue, Jan 17, 2012
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Dr. Lazarus is not amused by the first promo image from the upcoming James Bond flick Skyfall…

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