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26 Jan 2010 10:28

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Culture: Tilda Swinton to Conan O’Brien: Come act with me, doppelganger!

  • What I really would love to do is get him to do some of the things I get to do. It would be nice if he were here at Sundance maybe, wearing this coat, talking about I Am Love. And why not? Every girl should have a doppelganger.
  • Tilda Swinton • Regarding the possibility of playing Conan O’Brien in a late-night-related movie. This is freaking awesome for a lot of reasons. Swinton looks just like a female Conan and she’s an Oscar-winning actress. And on his last episode, Conan suggested – jokingly – that Swinton would be the perfect actress to play him. Let this actually happen, gods of awesome. And could Bob Hoskins play Jay Leno please? source
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26 Jan 2010 10:18

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Music: Wu-Tang + The Beatles = Surprisingly palatable, awesome

  • Five years after “The Grey Album” put Danger Mouse on the map, a gimmick like The Beatles mashed with the Wu-Tang Clan should seem old hat, but somehow it doesn’t. “Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers” benefits from a clever mix and a great title. source
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26 Jan 2010 10:07

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Biz: 100-calorie packs: Way too overloaded with packaging?

In an effort to encourage healthier eating, food packaging has gotten increasingly complex. This stuff doesn’t go away on its own, guys. source
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26 Jan 2010 09:56

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U.S.: The ’10 federal deficit: Still huge, but at least it’s sloping downward

  • $1.4T the size of the deficit in 2009; that’s a record
  • $1.3T the estimated size of the deficit in 2010
  • $687B the size of the deficit by year 2020 source
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26 Jan 2010 09:47

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Culture: Tim Tebow: Nearly aborted, now famous. We just saved you $2.5M

  • By offering one of the most coveted advertising spots of the year to an anti-equality, anti-choice, homophobic organization, CBS is aligning itself with a political stance that will damage its reputation, alienate viewers, and discourage consumers from supporting its shows and advertisers.
  • A statement by the Women’s Media Center • Regarding a planned Focus on the Family Super Bowl commercial featuring former University of Florida (and future NFL) star Tim Tebow. The commercial notes that Tebow was nearly aborted for medical reasons (his mom, Pam, refused), and since he was born, ta-dah!, now he’s one of the biggest college football stars in history. The commercial, obviously expensive, has the potential of being seen by a huge audience. It’s already hugely controversial. source
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26 Jan 2010 09:38

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Culture: The Haiti telethon on Friday drew an absolutely massive audience

  • 83
    million     people watched the telethon on one of many TV networks Friday night
  • $61
    million     poured in as a direct result of the George Clooney-led telethon source
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26 Jan 2010 09:34

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Tech: Microsoft kills one Internet Explorer bug just in time for another

  • When will people learn not to use IE ever again? Just days after a major security exploit finally got patched in Internet Explorer, another security flaw – this one a combination hack which allows for control of a user’s machine by using a series of exploits – was nailed by security company Core Security Technologies. There has to be a point where Microsoft says “screw it, we’re just not supporting IE6 anymore, and we’re switching our browser framework to WebKit,” yet they continue to validate its existence to millions of users who don’t question it. source
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26 Jan 2010 09:11

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U.S.: D.C.’s Metro once again fails at not causing accidents

  • 2 workers died before rush hour; this is not an isolated incident source
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26 Jan 2010 09:06

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U.S.: Marco Rubio primed to upset in Florida’s GOP gubernatorial primary

  • 47% are all excited about the tea-party-backed Marco Rubio
  • 44% are still behind moderate incumbent Charlie Crist, who’s lost his entire double-digit lead
  • 6% haven’t decided yet; both are ahead in the general election source
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