Featured Diary: No Beauty Queens In This Locality
gerrymander.
Posted to Media on Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 12:21:26 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
Howard Stern thinks Gabourey Sidibe is fat. Some people have a problem with this.
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No More YouTube For Italy?
Thalia.
Posted to Media on Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 01:00:33 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Three Google employees were convicted in Italy of privacy violations in connection to a video uploaded to YouTube.
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Breaking News: JD Salinger, Dead at 91
pO157.
Posted to Media on Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 02:44:14 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
The literary genius of JD Salinger is no more. Mr. Salinger, author of "Catcher in the Rye," among other literary works, is now dead at 91. He died at home in Cornish, NH of natural causes.
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Featured Diary: TnT Book Club "Why Haven't We Talked to the Aliens on Europa?" Edition
DEMachina.
Posted to Media on Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 03:07:39 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
It's time for the first post-Cupidity Month edition of the TnT book club. Games (of the electronic or tabletop variety) and TV series are also welcome.
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Free TV No More Forever?
port1080.
Posted to Media on Tue Dec 29, 2009 at 08:20:36 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
It's a model that has worked for over half a century - television networks broadcast free TV over the airwaves, and make profits by selling advertising interspersed with their shows. It's a model that broadcasters say works no more, and one that might soon disappear.
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Vampire Saga As Metaphor For Abstinence
novy.
Posted to Media on Mon Nov 30, 2009 at 12:42:06 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
You haven't seen "Twilight: New Moon" yet? It sold $140.7 million in tickets in America, and $258.8 million worldwide, from its opening Friday through Sunday. Some reviewers insist that "resistance is futile", that this latest teen phenomenon will eventually sweep you up, for good or ill, no matter how strongly you resist.
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Who (Or What) Will Be The Person Of The Year?
MayorBob.
Posted to Media on Thu Nov 26, 2009 at 07:03:42 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It's getting to be that time of year again. Within the next few weeks a magazine will hit the newsstands and the "person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important" about 2009 will be revealed to us. Yes, it's time to ponder who will be on the cover of Time's "Person of the Year" issue.
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Featured Diary: The Middle Ground Between Light And Shadow
MayorBob.
Posted to Media on Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 10:45:00 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
On October 2nd, 1959 a solitary narrator introduced the world (or at least those lucky enough to be watching CBS that night) to a "fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man ..." In case you've been in your own personal twilight zone, this past Friday marked the 50th anniversary of the greatest science fiction anthology EVAR!
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Fall 2009 Television Preview
port1080.
Posted to Media on Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 12:32:17 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
The major networks began rolling out their new television shows for the fall last week and will continue to do so into next week. There are no clear new breakout hits (although FlashForward has been getting a fair amount of buzz), but a lot of solid shows are returning.
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Simply Marvelous!
Thalia.
Posted to Media on Wed Sep 02, 2009 at 03:23:58 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Disney has acquired Marvel for $4Billion. The consensus is that since the Disney image is pink princesses, they acquired Marvel in order to appeal to boys. Makes sense. Although the mash-ups for Disney characters with Marvel characters and silly "synergy" suggestions will give you nightmares.
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Fired For Doing His Job
MayorBob.
Posted to Media on Mon Aug 17, 2009 at 04:13:21 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
For forty years, George Gombossy has worked for the Hartford Courant. Fifteen years ago, he was named business editor at the paper. Three years ago he was named chief investigative consumer reporter three years ago at the paper. In the latter capacity, he's taken on everything from crooked chimney sweeps to some of Best Buy's questionable sales policies. His farewell piece at the paper was an update on one of his bete noirs -- power company rip offs of the consumer. In all his articles, Gombossy never pulled any punches, reporting honestly and forthrightly about whatever consumer outrage he ran across. Perhaps he reported too honestly and forthrightly, because Gombossy was fired for, in his own words, "doing my job."
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Who is the idiot here?
pO157.
Posted to Media on Wed Aug 12, 2009 at 03:52:48 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
William Kostric showed up a church outside the Portsmouth, NH town hall meeting yesterday to protest President Obama's health care plan. He carried with him two things: a sign quoting President Thomas Jefferson and a legally registered and holstered 9mm pistol. The latter drew significant attention from the media, mostly notably MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson who made an on-air call for Mr. Kostric to be forcibly detained and disarmed even after being told that Mr. Kostric's actions were completely legal.
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