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Screeching with a Mouthful of Popcorn
Well, it’s Halloween time again. Jack-o-lanterns are in the windows, fake cobwebs are strung over the doorframes and Paranormal Activity 3 is raking in big
The Original Angry Birds
Last week, I noticed that the video game Angry Birds has inspired a theme park in China, which got me thinking about that whole phenomenon:
‘Dad, the Magazine’s Broken’
I recently read an article about a 1-year old who didn’t quite understand why a print magazine didn’t behave the same way an iPad does.
A Heady Facebook Question
A new study by the University College of London found a link between the size of your brain and the number of friends you have
Movie Monday: Paranormal Activity 3
For weeks, the box office has felt fairly … dispirited. Oh, sure, we’ve dutifully reported the weekly winners in this space every Monday, but let’s
Of Sex and Singing, Part 2
Yesterday I posted on a spat of sorts between Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe over how American Idol and The
Of Sex and Singing, Part 1
A little over a month ago, two high-profile folks in the music industry got into an interesting argument about the place of homosexuality in our
Turning Off the Television
Turn off the TV. That’s the blunt message from the American Academy of Pediatrics to parents of children under the age of 2. And even
The Meaning of Life? The iPhone (Thinks It) Knows
About 4 million folks have picked up a shiny new iPhone 4S since its release a couple of weeks ago, and most of them knew
Movie Monday: Real Steel Still Real Deal
Hollywood may get weak in the knees over 1980s remakes, but the movie-going public thinks they’re just plain weak. Or at least that’s my interpretation
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