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Digital Spy

spoiler alert: what’s really going on in Inside Llewyn Davis

Thu, May 08, 2014
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We need to talk about Llewyn Davis. Cuz there’s a thing that no one else has been talking about when trying to interpret this film…

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evening clickbait: critics thanked for loving Inside Llewyn Davis; Benedict Cumberbatch’s real parents cameo as Sherlock’s

Wed, Jan 08, 2014
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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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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Doctor Who thing: Peter Capaldi, teenaged Doctor Who geek

Tue, Aug 06, 2013
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Evidence: a Radio Times letter, a fanzine article, and being a pain in the ass to the poor kid who ran the Official Doctor Who Fan Club.

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heirs of Infocom; Vice suicide model speaks; how Tony Soprano changed TV forever (stuff I found online today)

Sun, Jun 23, 2013
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Models don’t get paid for editorial work? WTF?

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Doctor Who thing: the “Doctor Who is racist” story is overblown

Thu, May 30, 2013
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The fact that no one has read the upcoming book Doctor Who and Race yet didn’t stop “Doctor Who is racist!” — or, the slightly less virulent “Is Doctor Who racist?” — headlines from proliferating around the Web…

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more pix from yesterday’s Doctor Who shoot in NYC (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Apr 13, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: fans dress their toddler up as the Doctors

Tue, Mar 20, 2012
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Cute, and yet… there’s something else going on…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: Digital Spy’s 10 teases about “Let’s Kill Hitler”

Mon, Aug 22, 2011
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They’re not really spoilers, just a lot of anticipatory fun. With some commentary from me…

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question of the day: What do you dread most about Brett Ratner’s upcoming Oscars ceremony?

Fri, Aug 05, 2011
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The homophobia? The racism? The sexism? The fact that he may just blow up the auditorium in a fit of impotent childish rage?

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