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Alone Yet Not Alone trailer: the most horrifically racist thing you’ll see this year

Thu, Feb 06, 2014
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This is really hard to take when it’s supposedly the work of people who think Jesus has their back.

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do you want your ISP to block porn and other “objectionable” content automatically?

Mon, Dec 16, 2013
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Would you be embarrassed to call up your ISP and ask to opt-out, for the filter to be turned off? What other material would you worry would get caught up in such a filter?

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question of the day: Does it matter if “reality TV” is fake?

Fri, Jun 22, 2012
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Does actual authenticity matter more with some reality shows, such as House Hunters, which was recently outed as fake, than others, like Jersey Shore?

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question of the day: Why do Hollywood execs suddenly love Lindsay Lohan again?

Tue, Mar 06, 2012
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It’s cases like this that make me question the conventional wisdom that Hollywood only gives audiences what they want. It appears that the public does not want to see Lindsay Lohan onscreen. Something else must be going on.

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question of the day: Does it matter if Shakespeare wasn’t the author of the Shakespearean plays?

Thu, Oct 20, 2011
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Not to be too obvious, but aren’t the plays the 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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journalmalism has its price: young Americans now think torture is okay (but only when Americans do it)

Thu, Apr 14, 2011
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A new study by the Red Cross on American attitudes toward torture is highly revealing, hugely terrifying, and very, very depressing…

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you’re not helping: Hollywood’s rediscovery of nonblond nonbimbos does not a revolution make

Tue, Sep 21, 2010
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Blondes can’t be surly and wisecracking? Surly wisecracking girls can’t be conventionally pretty? There are no pretty, blond geek girls? WTF?

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question of the day: Is there a last-minute guerrilla campaign against ‘The Hurt Locker’?

Wed, Mar 03, 2010
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Last week, Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier was banned from attending the Oscar ceremony on Sunday over the emails he sent to Academy members. According to The Los Angeles Times, this is the first time such a ban has been instituted. I didn’t understand at first why an email asking for an Academy member’s vote … more…

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question of the day: Why the hell is Harvey Weinstein reviewing movies?

Fri, Jul 03, 2009
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Isn’t this like having Quincy Jones review music? Or Catherine de Medici review fine arts? Harvey Weinstein is reviewing movies, at Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast (that’s like Huffington Post, a refuge for all those poor celebrities with no other outlets for their voices, except the Beast does pay, as long as you sign away … more…

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