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Movie Monday: Jacka– 3D

Score one for the icky. Jacka– 3D, a cinematic collection of bizarre, dangerous and often really, really disgusting stunts, catapulted to the top of the

Hollywood’s Parents. New and Improved?

I recently saw a doublex.com article titled “The Era of Great Parents in Teen Movies is Upon Us” in which author Laruen Bans examines a

A Crying Shame

Toy Story 3 is coming out on DVD next month, and I, for one, am not looking forward to it. Oh, I’ve heard it’s a

Worn Your Favorite Shows Lately?

While researching Grey’s Anatomy recently, I read a New York Times article by columnist Rob Walker. Walker points out that Barco Uniforms offers a top-selling

Not in My House … But Fine in Yours

Every now and then, celebrities reveal some pretty interesting double standards. As in, the racy and profane material that they’re more than willing to foist

Movie Monday: Secretariat as We Know It

If Secretariat, the horse, was still alive today, and if the thoroughbred received a visitor who happened to have boxofficemojo.com bookmarked on his laptop, the

Shore-ing Up Reality TV

With the success of MTV’s Jersey Shore, it was only a matter of time before reality show makers scoped out the other 49 states to

Getting Better All The Time

Here’s a little test: Think about some stupid moral choice you’ve made and would rather forget. (Don’t worry: You won’t be required to tell us

Trading Tweets for Sweet Art

Singer/songwriter/Twitterer extraordinaire John Mayer stopped tweeting back in February, leaving his 3 million-plus followers adrift and leaderless in a great digital wasteland. He never returned

America, Limping Toward Malaise?

You hear and read a lot of commentary on how America’s values are skidding down the slippery slope at breakneck speed. But you don’t typically

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