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question of the day: What intimate celebrity bodily details should we obsess about next?

Mon, Oct 17, 2011
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Behold Celebrity Bra Sizes, the site wherein speculation is engaged upon scientifically determining the dimensions of the mammary glands of famous women.

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church of awesome: ‘EW’ and Cake Wrecks worship ‘The Princess Bride’

Sun, Oct 16, 2011
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Nobody doesn’t love The Princess Bride, especially when the mutton is nice and lean and the tomatoes are so perky…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: what should the Eleventh Doctor’s new look be?

Fri, Oct 14, 2011
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According to the Telegraph, Matt Smith is reconsidering his Doctor Who wardrobe…

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question of the day: Is two versions of a movie — one for kids and one for adults (like Hugh Jackman wants for ‘Wolverine’) — a good idea?

Fri, Oct 14, 2011
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Would that make it too confusing to know which is the “real” version? Or would it be barely different from the “director’s cut” versions we often get on DVD?

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question of the day: Is it too soon for a Steve Jobs biopic? Who should play him?

Mon, Oct 10, 2011
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It’s not just theoretically inevitable, it’s already in the works.

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question of the day: Can a director who doesn’t know how to tell a story still be called a strong visual filmmaker?

Fri, Oct 07, 2011
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Isn’t it all about telling a story?

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deep thought (re John Cena movies)

Thu, Oct 06, 2011
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It bothers me that WWE Studios is a thing.

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question of the day: Should the ‘Simpsons’ cast take 45 percent pay cuts so the show can continue?

Wed, Oct 05, 2011
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Regardless of what you might think of the quality of the show lately — I think it’s been off the mark for years now — that’s sorta beside the point.

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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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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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