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19 Jan 2009 01:27

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Culture: Paul Blart: Money-making mall cop

  • $32.3 million for Kevin James’ post-“King of Queens” comedy flick source
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17 Jan 2009 17:20

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Culture: Numbers that don’t favor the filmmakers at Sundance

  • 118 feature-length dramas and documentaries will show source
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17 Jan 2009 17:13

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Culture: Sundance celebrates a landmark anniversary

  • 25th annual Sundance Festival starts this weekend source
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17 Jan 2009 09:54

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Culture: In other news, what’s with all the dog movies?

The latest, “Hotel for Dogs” (with Lisa Kudrow and Don Cheadle (!) ), sounds downright idiotic. source
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16 Jan 2009 13:10

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Culture, Music: Whoever bought this better watch out for Suge Knight

  • $18 million, the amount Death Row Records sold for source
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15 Jan 2009 12:10

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Culture: Mickey Rourke pulls out a late-arriving comeback

Rourke notes the painful parallels between his career and that of his character in “The Wrestler.” source
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15 Jan 2009 09:37

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Culture: Personally, we think it’s Simon Cowell’s attitude

  • I just keep saying to him, ‘I mean, dude, if you keep showing these shots on the jet ski baring your chest, you’re not going to find the right girl….’
  • Randy Jackson • talking about giving advice to Simon Cowell on finding the right ladyfriend after a breakup. “American Idol” started back up this week. • source
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14 Jan 2009 23:00

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Culture: Obit: Remembering Ricardo Montalban like we should

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14 Jan 2009 14:35

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Culture: The Onion A.V. Club redesign: Meh.

  • What we like The header font is a nice, cool slab serif, and you know how we feel about dotted lines here at ShortFormBlog. This is one of our favorite Web sites, and we want to see it do well, so we’ll visit it anyway, but … source
  • What we like The header font is a nice, cool slab serif, and you know how we feel about dotted lines here at ShortFormBlog. This is one of our favorite Web sites, and we want to see it do well, so we’ll visit it anyway, but …
  • What we don’t like Too much freakin’ white space in all the wrong spots. The previous design felt very efficient in its usage of white space and its bold use of images. Here, the images are smaller and less meaningful, the page is far too vertical, and it just feels like there’s a heck of a lot of wasted air. To put it simply, it feels unfinished. Agree, disagree? Leave a comment. source
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12 Jan 2009 00:24

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Culture: The big winner at the Golden Globes

Slumdog Millionaire won all four awards it was nominated for, including “Best Motion Picture Drama.” source
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