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Video
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24 Update: Rick Schroder Joins Cast
Historically, 24 has been a hub of sorts to child stars.
- Reality TV Casting Call: Need a New You? Style Yourself Famous
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DVD Review: Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
It's time once again to set sail with Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and Davy Jones.
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DVD Review: Jack Frost
He's chillin' and killin' in this bad holiday horror film where Frosty turns mean.
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DVD Review: The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe Four-Disc Extended Edition
Disney's version strays a bit from the books, but for the most part does so with good intentions. The extras make this set a must-have.
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DVD Review: World Trade Center
It's a powerful and sometimes frightening film, but is it a good one?
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Box Office Update 12/8-12/10: Apocalypto Takes Subtitles to the Top
Mel brings another dead language to life on the big screen.
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TV Review: Scrubs
NBC's goofy sitcom Scrubs finally gets the night it deserves to bring back laughter to sitcoms.
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DVD Pick of the Week: The Devil Wears Prada
You will conform, whether you know it or not.
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DVD Review: Cars
Caballero Oscuro liked it better when it was called Toy Story.
Culture
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Important Santa Claus Information
America’s North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Canadian Postal System help keep us in touch with jolly ol' St. Nick.
- Q: Was Ben Franklin a Ladies’ Man?
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Day By Day for December 12, 2006
Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 12, 2006
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Three Ways to Say "You're Wrong"
"You're Wrong" can be a tough phrase to use, especially at work. Instead, here are three alternatives you can use.
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The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies
This Week: Re-Gifting, Paying the Bills, and Rats!
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A Second Protestant Reformation
Will history compare the Stonewall Riots to Martin Luther's posting of the 95 theses? It's an outrageous but possibly undeniable analogy.
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The Seditious Energy of My Favorite Publication
Weekly World News tags themselves as “The World's Only Reliable Newspaper.” I admit it - I love the tabloids!
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Baby Names List Released
Lots of babies get lots of names, but Ava and Aiden are tops.
Politics
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Canadian Politics: Mohawk Land Claims Being Ignored Again
If you buy stolen property what kind of compensation do you usually get?
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Life In Wonderland
"La, la, la - I can't HEAR You!" is not a valid response.
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Understanding the US by Numbers: A Small Government
US government's footprint, as measured by percentage of GDP, on the economy seems comparatively much lower than that of developed European economies.
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Iraq Study Group Report: Iraq Breeds More American Idiots Than All Our Evangelical Crazies Together
The Iraq Study Group Report gets one thing wrong big-time: That there will ever be an Iraqi army.
Books
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Book Review: Digital Photography Expert Techniques (2nd Edition) by Ken Milburn
The book is worth its price for the extensive photo retouching techniques alone.
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Book Review: Beauty in Detritus by Joel Capolongo
Capolongo's modus operandi is to serendipitously find and enter a deserted building and take photographs, atmospheric and depicting decay, yet quite beautiful.
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Book Review: The Yellow House - Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gayford
This story of the Post-Impressionist odd couple would be unbelievable if it weren't all true.
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'Write the Best Book You Can': An Interview with Poet, Novelist and Children's Author Adele Geras
"I was addicted to adjectives and purple prose as a child. They all combined great intelligence and critical acumen with the best sort of encouragement."
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Book Review: Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires Book One by Rachel Caine
What better way to break out of a sheltered life than to meet some vampires?
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Book Review: Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip: The 1935 Travelogue of Two Soviet Writers by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov
This newly unearthed pre-Borat travelogue offers a fond and amusing description of our country and and its people.
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Book Review: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The antitheism of Richard Dawkins: For a book that purports to defend logic against religion, there sure isn't much logic going on.
Sports
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Everson Walls to Donate a Kidney to Save a Life and a Career
There are a lot of athletes making headlines for all of the wrong reasons. This isn’t one of those stories.
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Tennis: ITF Juniors Luncanu and Hofmanova Grab First Grade A-titles
A report on the ITF Juniors tournament; The Orange Bowl.
Music
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Music Review: Lower Class Brats' The New Seditionaries and Shock Nagasaki's Year of the Spy
Alternative rock, punk rock, Shock Nagasaki, Lower Class Brats, oi!, TKO Records
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Music Review: The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project - Simpático
A hard bop trumpeter from Wisconsin and a Latin jazz icon from New York City combine to create an impressive jazz project.
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Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Pharoahe Monch, Scissors For Lefty, dj never forget, terry diabolik, Emily King, Kelly Clarkson, and Space Needle
Digital media music and video downloads and streams.
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Music Review: Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas music, soundtrack, Peanuts, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Linus and Lucy, Vince Guaraldi, George Winston, TV holiday specials
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Music Review: Teitur - Stay Under the Stars
According to the title track, he doesn’t want me to wake up, either.
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Music Review: Family Values Tour 2006
Family Values 2006 is coming soon to a stereo near you, so get your neckbrace ready in case of headbanging accidents. You were warned.
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Music Review: American Hardcore - The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 (Various Artists)
Alternative Rock, Hardcore, Punk Rock, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, American Hardcore, Soundtrack, Steven Blush.
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Blues Legend Robert Lockwood Jr. Dies at 91
One of the last living links to blues icon Robert Johnson has died at 91.
Gaming
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Mac Game Review: Burning Monkey Solitaire 4
Okay. Solitaire + Monkeys = Fun? Who knew? Apparently, Freeverse did! Now I know too.
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Interview: Dennis Lee of Konami, Discussing Elebits
Lee details Konami's effort to build a franchise from the ground up for the Nintendo Wii.
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