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Kal Penn

A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (review)

Fri, Dec 09, 2011
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Want to make manchildren laugh? Blow some weed smoke out at them in 3D. Call something “Avatarded” as a compliment. Get a baby high. Har har.

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today in studio asskissing: Harold and Kumar are here to kill the Christmas child inside you

Mon, Oct 24, 2011
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Did you know there is a new Harold and Kumar movie on its way… just in time to ruin your holidays? Ha ha, ho ho: now you do.

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can Twitter predict box office?; reality shows hit a new low; buy your way into X-Men; and more: leftover links

Sun, Apr 11, 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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question of the day: What do you think of Kal Penn qutting acting to work for Obama?

Thu, Apr 09, 2009
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Cue the Kumar Goes to the White House jokes. Actor Kal Penn — of Harold & Kumar and House fame — has quit acting, at least for now, to work in Barack Obama’s White House. Penn will work with the arts and Asian-American communities. (If you want more info on Penn’s departure from House, check … more…

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