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Movie Monday: Green Zone
The Cheshire Cat isn’t the only one grinning in Wonderland these days. Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton’s curiously entertaining 3-D romp, was the weekend’s box-office
Marijuana and a ‘Lost Boy’
This week brought news of another celebrity’s premature death. Corey Haim, one of the teen stars of 1987’s vampire flick The Lost Boys, died March
Attack of the Giant 3-D TVs!
Wouldn’t you know it. Just when I break down and buy a new, HD, flat-screen, fancy-schmancy television (it even comes with a remote!), I find
Gambling With Chatroulette
In the ever-changing terrain of online social networks, there seems to be a new chat-tweet-skype-till-you-drop Internet craze popping up just about, oh, every 15 seconds
He Said What on Facebook?
Have you ever been told something so personal that you wish you could remove the resulting awkwardness from your brain forever? A few months ago,
Movie Monday: Alice in Wonderland
In the curious country of Underland, there’s a certain cake that, if you eat it, will make you grow. I wonder if the folks at
Live Oscar Blog
It’s time to begin Plugged In’s official live blog of the Oscars. Our red-carpet invites must have gotten lost in the mail this year, so
Oscar Categories I’d Like to See
If you tune in for this year’s Academy Awards telecast, listen for the phrase in ceremonies held earlier. Simple words rich with meaning. For starters,
Privacy Schmivacy
The concept of privacy is, um, really, really different in China. Over there, it seems, everyone has a right to know just about anything they
Johnny Depp Freaks Me Out
My wife and I subscribe to Entertainment Weekly. And this week when the magazine showed up in our mailbox, the image smiling at me from
About Us
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