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2013 Was Probably Kanye's Year
Because humans can't help but immediately recap everything that happened, and because subjective opinions must be presented as objective value judgments, there's plenty of year-end talk about who...
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An Interview With New York City Nightlife Guru, Rob Fernandez
Photo Credit: Jason Howard Lasers beam while dancers bask in the mirror ball glow, floating in fog, fits of euphoria in synch with the beat, the beautiful sounds all around and you can't help but...
View ArticleA New Golden Age of Content
Amidst the maelstrom of technology shattering decades-old media-centric business models -- a reality that continues to frighten many in its wake -- often lost is the fact that we are now in the midst...
View ArticleHere's Everything We Learned From the Duck Dynasty Controversy Summed Up in...
You can say whatever you want, including that gay people are sinful and full of "murder, envy, strife, hatred" and are in the same league as those who enjoy being penetrated by barnyard animals and...
View ArticleRe: Duck Dynasty: Hollywood, Go Screw Yourself
Too many people are dismissing the action of A&E at reinstating Phil Robertson so soon after suspending him from Duck Dynasty. It's just a TV show, they say, and we have all of these wins on...
View ArticleReThink Review: The Wolf of Wall Street -- Why Depiction Isn't Endorsement
In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked Gordon Gekko, the ruthless corporate raider played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 film Wall Street, as the 24th greatest movie villain of all time. But in an...
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Dog Ears Music: Festival of Sleep Playlist
Anathallo Song: Sleeping Torpor Album: Canopy Glow Genre: Alternative Buy: iTunes.com Beastie Boys Song: No Sleep Till Brooklyn Album: Licensed to Ill Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap Buy: iTunes.com Peter...
View ArticleHere's What Happened After A Second Viewing Of '12 Years A Slave'
Steve McQueen's "12 Years A Slave" was one of 2013's most written about films, which is why I'm ready to write about it here in 2014. During a recent chat with Ricky Camilleri and VanityFair.com...
View ArticleWATCH: 6 Insanely Popular TED Talks to Make 2014 the Best Year of Your Life
To kick off the new year, TEDWeekends is proud to present a compilation of six insanely popular TED talks from the past year. These talks inspired a tremendous amount of engagement from our community,...
View ArticleBig Bang Theory Recap: Penny (SPOILER)
There is no science behind comedy. Ironically, this is why the Sheldon plot of tonight's Big Bang Theory is supposed to be funny. His quest, though noble, is a fool's errand meant to annoy his friends...
View ArticleWho'll Release the Next Surprise Album? 10 Artists Who Can 'Beyoncé' the...
Can you even imagine Beyoncé now going on Twitter to tell her fans to tune in to Ryan Seacrest to listen to her newest single for a forthcoming album to be released four months from now? Although the...
View ArticleSalon.com Falsely Accuses Steve Martin of Posting a Racist Tweet,...
You might've missed this over the holidays, but Steve Martin -- The Steve Martin -- was caught up in a racism scandal involving Twitter, Salon.com and TMZ. The rest of the story is familiar and...
View ArticleNegging Out: The Power of No
Negativity is a bad thing, right? "Negativity can only feed on negativity," if we believe Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. I'm not so sure any more. I recently noticed that I've been cultivating the thing. I'm...
View ArticleMandela: Long Walk to Freedom Is a Short Walk to the Oscars
Based on an autobiography of the same name, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom chronicles familial and historic events in the life of anti-Apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Director Justin Chadwick's...
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Our Top 5 Favorite TV Uncles of All Time
This week, we mourned the loss of an incredibly influential and recognizable actor who impacted our lives for many years: James Avery. While he played many different characters in his career, "Uncle...
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Is Matthew McConaughey The New Johnny Depp?
This time 10 years ago, Johnny Depp was on the cusp of earning his first Oscar nomination, for what was then considered a clever turn as Cpt. Jack Sparrow in the first of way too many "Pirates of the...
View ArticleFinding a Lost Son
I begin with a spoiler alert: If you have not seen the movie Philomena, you may want to see it before reading further. It is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Judi Dench. It is nominated for Golden...
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Helix: an Infectious Science Fiction Thriller Series
A remote research station in the arctic operates beyond international law. The scientists there toy with Mother Nature and unleash a new kind of virus that causes the infected to become mindless,...
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Springsteen & Us
photo © Richard Hurley, 1973 I guess every early fan of an artist can be accused of believing that the early days were the best and I am afraid this post may fall into that category. But I have...
View ArticleHow to Throw a Downton Abbey Premiere Party
By Kitchen Moxie's Tracey Doull for GalTime.com The season premiere of Downton Abbey is finally here. This Sunday we'll learn the long-awaited fate of Mary, baby George and the rest of the residents of...
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