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wtf: are some Golden Globe nominations down to bribery?

Mon, Dec 20, 2010
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I never put too much stock in the awards given by any organization, least of all the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awards the Golden Globes, but it looks like we have even less reason to trust those particular ‘honors’ this year…

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wtf: ‘Clash of the Titans 2’ now definitely unavoidable

Thu, Dec 16, 2010
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Maybe this was the 2012 disaster the ancient Mayans were trying to warn us about…

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wtf: “Michelle Williams Gains 15 lbs. for New Movie Role”

Wed, Nov 10, 2010
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When I first saw that headline, I wondered what role this was referring to. But I can’t believe it’s Blue Valentine. Michelle Williams gained weight for this part? Where?

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what the frak! ‘Caprica’ cancelled!

Thu, Oct 28, 2010
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Bastards. Frak them. If Syfy really believed in the show, they’d have promoted it better, harder, more. But they’d rather just air crap like ‘professional’ ‘wrestling’ and reality junk about ghost hunters.

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wtf: ‘Ghost: The Musical’ coming to the West End

Wed, Oct 13, 2010
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Someone make it stop…

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wtf: 10-year-old film critic represents the best that the American press has to offer

Tue, Oct 05, 2010
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Imagine you were last year’s winner of the San Diego Press Club 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award. Or imagine you’re next year’s winner. The most positive thing you could possibly take from having such an award bestowed upon you is that you are at least as professional as a fucking fourth-grader.

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wtf: mainstream journalism is even more of a mess than we thought

Fri, Oct 01, 2010
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I knew things were bad with the state of journalism — or as I like to call it, journalmalism — but this is almost a perfect storm of WTF-ness in this arena. Because remember James O’Keefe? He’s back…

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wtf: Catholic press complaining that ‘Eat Pray Love’ isn’t Catholic Churchy enough

Wed, Sep 29, 2010
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When EPL opened in North America in August, the Catholic press was pretty darned peeved over it. Why? Julia Roberts’ Liz Gilbert — and the film itself, as a consequence — gives less than zero thought to Jesus in her quest for spiritual enlightenment.

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wtf: the ‘Guardian’s list of 100 powerful people in British film has few Brits on it

Mon, Sep 27, 2010
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I’m not blaming the Guardian for this. I’m blaming Hollywood’s overwhelming dominance.

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wtf: Sofia Coppola wins the Golden Lion, and so it must be favoritism?

Mon, Sep 13, 2010
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Almost instantly on the heels of the news of Coppola’s win came grumblings that she only won because the jury president was Quentin Tarantino. Whom she once dated.

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