Breaking News: WikiLeaks Founder Accused of Rape
pO157.
Posted to Media on Sat Aug 21, 2010 at 10:57:25 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The controversial founder of WikiLeaks, a website that publishes formerly secret government documents, has been charged by Swedish authorities with rape and molestation. Julian Assange was "arrested in absentia" for the case, which supposedly spans two instances. So far the only details are coming from bad translations of Swedish tabloids, which suggest two accusers.
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I blame the internet.
pO157.
Posted to Media on Fri Jul 02, 2010 at 10:58:39 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The good people at CIO list 10 things the internet has allegedly killed, and 5 things it has not.
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Featured Diary: Public Decency Demands That $#*! Be Banned From The Airwaves
MayorBob.
Posted to Media on Tue May 25, 2010 at 03:24:13 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
For those of you who thought that Boston Legal might be the last we see of the Shatner in a TV series, the news he is lined up to star in a new sitcom for CBS is, uh, um, encouraging? Ah well, no matter how you feel about the actor, the story really isn't his return. The story is the name of the show for which he's going to tap into his thespic muse. At least one public decency group is outraged, OUTRAGED, I tell you, that Shatner and CBS would be so crass and depraved as to broadcast such an offensive title over the airwaves. They're not amused and they plan on protesting (or something).
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Law & Order - DOA After 20 Years
Dabney.
Posted to Media on Fri May 14, 2010 at 08:57:17 AM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.
It's not like it didn't have a nice run. 20 years on prime time is about as good as it gets for any TV series. Had it returned next year it would have edged out Gunsmoke for longevity for a live action prime time series. Alas, it wasn't meant to be as NBC called it a wrap for Law and Order.
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Featured Diary: No Beauty Queens In This Locality
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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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