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Hardcover 451: Thought Police-ing Literary Loose Cannons
Please excuse our mixed dystopic metaphors, but Edward Champion reports that bookish types are debating whether or not bookstores should be able to request that visiting authors keep their curse words...
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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Alex Chilton of the Box Tops and Big Star died yesterday at a hospital in New Orleans. He was 59. [via The Commercial Appeal] 2. In the wake of reported infidelity by her husband Jesse James, Sandra...
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Second Lady Jill Biden to Publish a Picture Book
According to GalleyCat, Dr. Jill Biden (yes, the wife of our vice president Joe Biden) has inked a deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, who have signed on to publish her picture book...
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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we got to know an artist who paints with blood. We learned about that time the Rolling Stones hung out at Andy Warhol’s East Hampton pad. We browsed some alternative Shakespeare...
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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Forget being re-elected; we imagine Joe Biden’s even more excited to have landed a cameo on Parks and Recreation. The episode in which he appears will air next Thursday, November 15th. We hope...
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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we learned about a small French village that is supposedly the only town safe from the Mayan Apocalypse. We revisited our 10 favorite Joe Biden moments. We found out how to do...
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10 Politicians and Their Fictional Pop Culture Doppelgängers
Sunday night, viewers of History’s hit miniseries The Bible (haven’t read the book; does the show work as a standalone?) were given their first look at Satan — and several immediately took to Twitter,...
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Top Five Funniest Moments from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Last night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner offered President Barack Obama the opportunity to poke fun at Washington, Republicans, his detractors, and himself. The event started in 1920 and has...
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See How ‘Veep’s’ Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Vice President Joe Biden Play Hooky...
This is what happens when Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Vice President Joe Biden don’t go to the White House “Snorrespondents’ Dinner.”
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This Week’s Top 5 TV Moments: Sweater People
There are scores of TV shows out there, with dozens of new episodes each week, not to mention everything you can find on Hulu Plus, Netflix streaming, and HBO Go. How’s a viewer to keep up? To help you...
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Here Are the Presidential Candidates’ Rap Counterparts, According to Hannibal...
Given Kanye’s alleged presidential run in 2020 — which we’ll surely be hearing plenty more about in the coming years — “rapper president” is already a word compound we’ve heard. The current...
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Obama and Biden Released Christmas Playlists for All Your Presidential Parties
Regardless of what you think of President Obama’s politics, there’s one thing about him that is undeniable: he is a person. And, as a person, Obama loves things just like the rest of us. He loves...
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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Alex Chilton of the Box Tops and Big Star died yesterday at a hospital in New Orleans. He was 59. [via The Commercial Appeal] 2. In the wake of reported infidelity by her husband Jesse James, Sandra...
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Second Lady Jill Biden to Publish a Picture Book
According to GalleyCat, Dr. Jill Biden (yes, the wife of our vice president Joe Biden) has inked a deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, who have signed on to publish her picture book...
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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we got to know an artist who paints with blood. We learned about that time the Rolling Stones hung out at Andy Warhol’s East Hampton pad. We browsed some alternative Shakespeare...
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The 6 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Keanu,’ ‘The Lobster,’ ‘Tallulah’
This week’s very full new release slate is packed with strong films from the spring – from mainstream comedy to art films to made-for-TV drama. All of that, plus a Sundance hit makes its way to...
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15 Politicians’ Favorite TV Shows, From Most to Least Surprising
On Monday, beloved Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren posted a message to her Facebook page in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America, which is currently mulling a strike. Innocuous enough at...
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