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what he said: Devin Faraci at Badass Digest…

Thu, May 12, 2011
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…about why Thor has the wrong ending (spoilers, of course)…

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what he said: John Doyle at ‘The Globe and Mail’…

Wed, Mar 23, 2011
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…on Sarah Palin’s rise and — fingers crossed — fall…

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what he said (not): film critic Chris Vetter on ‘Paul’…

Tue, Mar 22, 2011
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…about the film’s “evolution world-view”…

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what she said: Tina Fey…

Sun, Mar 20, 2011
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…about how half the human race is perceived in the only viable industry other than warfare that America still operates (hint: that other industry is Hollywood)…

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what she said: Jezebel’s Anna Holmes at ‘The New York Times’…

Sat, Mar 05, 2011
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…on how the cultural embrace of violent misogynist celebrity Charlie Sheen and his ongoing meltdown is little different from other reality television…

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what he said: Josh Tyler at Cinema Blend…

Mon, Feb 21, 2011
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…on how “True Grit’s Oscar Nomination Is A Surrender To Creative Bankruptcy”…

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what he said: Glenn Greenwald at Salon…

Sat, Feb 19, 2011
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…about the kerfuffle CNN’s Anderson Cooper caused among (some) U.S. media watchers after he called Egyptian politicians liars…

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what he said: Rupert Everett…

Wed, Dec 29, 2010
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…on the unending career of Jennifer Aniston (and all the other movie stars who endure as stars despite their presence in terrible movies that continually bomb)…

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what she said: Helen Mirren…

Thu, Dec 23, 2010
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Dame Helen Mirren tells it like it is: Hollywood “continues to worship at the altar of the 18- to 25-year-old male and his penis.”

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what he said: Pentagon Papers’ Daniel Ellsberg…

Thu, Dec 09, 2010
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…in a press release about Wikileaks and Julian Assange, rejecting the mantra “Pentagon Papers good; WikiLeaks material bad”…

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