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American Idol

question of the day: Where is the beautiful end to monoculture the Internet was going to bring us?

Wed, Sep 09, 2009
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Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, at Gothamist, laments the fact that his totally gripping documentary The Cove — about an abhorrent annual dolphin slaughter in Japan — isn’t being seen by very many folks: It’s like we’ve become a nation of dunces. Where are we getting our information from? We’re not reading and we’re not going to … more…

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question of the day: Which celebrity are you most tired of hearing about?

Fri, May 29, 2009
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Maybe this is a problem only I have, because I cannot avoid the entertainment news if I want to keep up with my industry. But even just scanning the headlines some days makes me shake my head and wonder, Did we really need to know that about her? Did we honestly need to hear that … more…

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question of the day: Did we get punked by Simon Cowell on this Susan Boyle thing?

Mon, Apr 20, 2009
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I don’t watch American Idol or similar shows — because I hate the Gong Show-style exercises in humilation they seem designed to be, and even at their best, it’s still just a bunch of bland pop singers — but it’s been impossible to avoid hearing about Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who apparently startled Simon … more…

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watch it: ‘Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy: Webisode 1’

Wed, Dec 17, 2008
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Well, if there was any doubt about whether or not we’re at Earth, this seems to have settled it: “Nine days after the discovery of a devastated Earth,” says the intro at the beginning of this webisode, “Lt. Felix Gaeta will find himself here.” Here. Okay, then… Oh, my: Felix with the foot and the … more…

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