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AP / RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took some time away from the Kremlin on Tuesday to chill at his resort home by the Black Sea, sip tea and talk saving the world and whatnot with U2’s do-gooder frontman Bono.
Posted on Aug 25, 2010
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AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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Thank goodness someone is making bold moves to ensure that men’s voices are heard on network television. The someone in question here is Barbara Walters, who is reportedly giving her successful format from “The View” ... (continued)
Posted on Aug 25, 2010
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AP / Ramon Espinosa
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It’s not looking likely that Fugee alumnus and Haitian presidential wannabe Wyclef Jean will be successful in his quest to become his homeland’s next head of state. But that doesn’t mean he’s going down without a fight.
Posted on Aug 24, 2010
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Wikimedia Commons / David Shankbone
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It’s hardly a surprise that Spike Lee would have something provocative to say about a newsy controversy, but Lee doesn’t spare President Obama his criticism over Obama’s handling of the BP oil spill catastrophe ... (continued)
Posted on Aug 23, 2010
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Wikimedia Commons / Library of Congress
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What are we to make of the news that President Barack Obama swanned into Hollywood for a Democratic fundraiser this week and was not met by so-called event co-hosts Barbra Streisand and Jeffrey Katzenberg, although they ... (continued)
Posted on Aug 20, 2010
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Norman Birnbaum, the noted sociologist and thinker, analyzes two worthy new books, by Thomas L. Jeffers and Benjamin Balint, on the longtime editor of Commentary and the magazine he shaped.
Posted on Aug 20, 2010
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tillmanstory.com
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By Richard Schickel — Thanks to the Establishment’s truly spectacular mishandling of this case—will they never learn, you can live with screw-ups, never coverups?—Pat Tillman left the country of celebrity and entered the land of myth, innocently, even perhaps tragically.
Posted on Aug 19, 2010
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AP / Diane Bondareff
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Former Fugee Wyclef Jean is making the most of his professed intent to become president of his native Haiti. Since announcing his bid for Haiti’s highest office, he’s met some resistance, including from an irked Sean Penn ... (continued)
Posted on Aug 18, 2010
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imdb.com
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Historically, the notion of cross-promotion in the film world has frequently involved plastic products optimized for Happy Meals—collect ’em all! But with changing times and audiences come all new ways to part moviegoers with their pocket money.
Posted on Aug 17, 2010
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Flickr / notsogoodphotography (CC-BY)
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Twenty-eight-year-old German singer Nadja Benaissa faces prison time for allegedly having unprotected sex with multiple partners without informing them that she has the virus that causes AIDS.
Posted on Aug 16, 2010
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Whether by chance or design, Hollywood turned the weekend of Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, into a cinematic tug of war between the sexes, with two of the most narrowly gender-targeted movies imaginable coming out on the same day. (continued)
Posted on Aug 15, 2010
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Flickr / Nahuel31 (CC-BY)
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In Tom Chatfield’s “Fun Inc.,” the case is made that far from corrupting popular culture and turning its addicted users into “blinking lizards,” video games can help us be happier and live better.
Posted on Aug 13, 2010
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abcnews.go.com
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Author and vampire enthusiast Anne Rice raised more than a few gothy eyebrows a few years ago with the revelation that she had become a practicing Christian. Well, that’s changed now.
Posted on Aug 11, 2010
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vanityfair.com
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Can Levi Johnston catapult his career from the pages of Playgirl to the vaunted position once held by the woman who’s now twice escaped being his mother-in-law? That would, of course, be Sarah Palin—and no, we’re not talking about becoming Miss Wasilla.
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Wikimedia Commons / Jgro888
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Supermodels might do well to keep their manicured hands out of global politics, judging by the case of Naomi Campbell and her questionable link to ousted Liberian President Charles Taylor ... (continued)
Posted on Aug 9, 2010
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‘Losing’ the World: American Decline in Perspective, Part 1
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