Wednesday,
October 24, 2012
The cable networks have new competition in their campaign for your election-coverage vote. When asked in August why the president favored People and Entertainment Tonight over the political press, Obama campaign adviser Stephanie Cutter told CNN that pop-culture media is now "equally important." So the networks have turned to a fresh crop of talking heads who operate as one-person polemical brands, as adept at stirring up controversy as they are at analyzing the candidates. Here are the major political pop stars to watch right now.
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Friday,
December 23, 2011
We scour the Web to find the best intel you might have missed this week. Bill Clinton and Mindy Kaling Recommend Books Together, Just Because (Vulture) The unlikely duo gives their (vastly-different) literary recommendations. Drunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey, and Eva Mendes (Funny or Die) Ryan Gosling's holiday gift to the Internet. The Dark Knight Rises Official Movie Trailer (YouTube) For those who didn't catch the trailer before the IMAX screening of Mission Impossible 4. 19 Outstanding Words You Should Be Working Into Conversation (Mental Floss) "Giabella," "badinage," "the Wheaton," and other colloquialisms to win friends and
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Friday,
December 09, 2011
We scour the Web for the best intel you might have missed this week. Haiku Traffic Signs Bring Poetry to NYC Streets—NPR Molloy & Sons: Heritage Tweed—NOWNESS The 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011—BuzzFeed Occupy Wall Street Protester Lands a Job on Wall Street—NY Post Relax, That Friend Request From Your Unborn Child Is Just a Condom Ad—Time Can Earth Look Any More Gorgeous Than This? (Answer: No)—Gizmodo On the Impracticality of a Cheeseburger—Waldo Jaquith Bill Hader's Stefon Has Some Christmas Recommendations for You—Vulture Damn You, Auto Correct! Reveals 9 Funniest Texts of the Year—Mashable — Maggie Mallon Also on
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