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John Simm

Doctor Who thing: fans need to leave John Simm alooooooone!

Fri, May 31, 2013
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Look, actors don’t owe fans anything at all beyond their work. It’s hardly ever cool to approach a celeb in public. Why would you want to annoy someone you profess to like?

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Russian meteor footage that Michael Bay would surely scoff at but everyone else will find horrifying (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Feb 15, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Everyday (review)

Wed, Jan 23, 2013
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A remarkable and unlikely sort of love story, and another triumph from Michael Winterbottom…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: William Shatner as the Master?

Fri, Dec 21, 2012
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If not Shatner, who would make a good Master? Besides Benedict Cumberbatch, obviously…

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Facebook smears Google; Disney trademarks “Seal Team 6”; men made ‘Bridesmaids’ suck; more: leftover links

Sun, May 15, 2011
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Plus: Johnny Depp can’t see his own 3D POTC movie; Woody Allen sorta down on his own movies; why did Mel Gibson’s The Beaver flop?

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NBC is sooo regretting letting Conan go; new Wolverine movie is called ‘The Wolverine’; BBC continues to employ David Tennant and John Simm; more: leftover links

Sun, Nov 21, 2010
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Plus: the shocking number of British actors who have not been in a Harry Potter movie; is Wikileaks’ Julian Assange being persecuted?; we don’t need no stinkin’ objectivity in journalism; and more.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: John Simm voted Saxon

Mon, Nov 15, 2010
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Wherein John Simm proves he’s cooler than all of us via his wardrobe choices. Not to mention his choice of acting roles…

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Polanski speaks (but doesn’t apologize); sexist iPad ads?; Mr. Rogers is evil, says Fox News; more: leftover links

Sun, May 09, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The End of Time: Part Two”

Tue, Jan 05, 2010
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Tons of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The End of Time: Part One”

Fri, Jan 01, 2010
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Tons of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.

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