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question of the day: When celebrities clash, is it okay to declare winners and losers, or is that just too much meanspirited fun for mere mortals to have?

Mon, Jun 27, 2011
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For example: Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz split up; he goes on to have the biggest hit of his career, she marries James Bond. Who wins?

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Terrence Malick, Michael Bay: artists thwarted in their art by projectionists

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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All the experimental auteurs are passing written instructions to projectionists these days…

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question of the day: Can two actors play best friends in one story and enemies in another without driving fans of both projects crazy?

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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You know, like how Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch are swapping sides as they move between Sherlock and The Hobbit…

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first look at Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit’

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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Freeman looks even more wonderfully hobbity than I could have imagined…

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question of the day: What the heck could J.K. Rowling be up to with Pottermore.com?

Wed, Jun 22, 2011
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Apparently it will happen tomorrow: J.K. Rowling’s new Web site Pottermore will go live with… something.

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watch it: “Tom Hanks, Actor supports an Onion Pulitzer”

Wed, Jun 22, 2011
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He’s right, you know…

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question of the day: What’s the most preposterous casting concept you can imagine?

Tue, Jun 21, 2011
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Have you heard? Snoop Dogg wants to play Benny Hill in a movie. What could be more ridiculous than that?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Steven Moffat is challenging the paradigms of TV formats (or is he?)

Fri, Jun 10, 2011
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Is Moffat just a lazy writer who reuses the same motifs again and again, or is there a genius to his repetition?

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question of the day: If Chuck Norris and Jennifer Love Hewitt aren’t the worst Hollywood actors, who are?

Fri, Jun 10, 2011
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Have you seen Slate’s Hollywood Career-o-Matic? This hilarious tool collates data from Rotten Tomatoes to assess who is a great actor, actress, or director based upon the Freshness ratings of their films. Its usefulness is questionable, though…

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Sacha Baron Cohen is ‘The Dictator’

Thu, Jun 09, 2011
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God help me, I’m actually looking forward to this.

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