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22 Aug 2010 00:50

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Culture: Thanks Betty White: “Saturday Night Live” having Emmy renaissance

  • five the number of Emmys Betty White, a young 88 years old, has won – including one for “SNL”
  • three the number of Creative Arts Emmys creatively-peaking “Saturday Night Live” won this year
  • 12 the number of Emmys SNL is nominated for this year; they’ve won 28 since 1976 source
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21 Aug 2010 15:33

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Culture, U.S.: Fun fact about “The Social Network” compared to other biopics

  • Most movie studios, when making a biopic, try to lock down story rights from a main player in the movie. This is mainly so that they can more freely take artistic license with the plot. The Facebook-based movie, however, is based on the words of Eduardo Saverin, the jilted friend who was an early founder of the service. He gets sidelined during the movie, which instead focuses more on Mark Zuckerberg and Napster co-founder Sean Parker. They stiill took artistic license, though: There’s a mostly-made-up scene that involves dialogue by Parker (played by Justin Timberlake) in the midst of cocaine use off of naked breasts at a party. In other words, Aaron Sorkin still has it. source
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20 Aug 2010 19:05

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Culture: Why not? New dollar de$igns! (Including a Obama $1 bill)

  • These gifts from the design world come to us from the Dowling Duncan design studio as part of a yearly Dollar ReDe$sign Project, whose goal is to update our currency into something a bit more with-the-times. We can’t imagine a more controversial $1 bill than that thang. (Hat tip and a link to our buddy Charles Apple for this one.) source
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20 Aug 2010 02:21

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Culture: Antoine Dodson’s rant good enough for a Billboard Hot 100 bow

  • 89 its position on this week’s chart; tell your kids, tell your wife source
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19 Aug 2010 21:41

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Culture: Lady Gaga should overtake Britney Spears on Twitter any day now

  • 5.646
    million     the number of followers Spears has; she’s at the top of the heap but won’t be for much longer
  • 5.635
    million     the number Lady Gaga has; Justin Bieber could top her within six months, though source
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19 Aug 2010 11:21

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Culture: Steven Tyler as “Idol” judge: This oughta be a huge failure

It’s official (according to Aerosmith’s bassist); Tyler will replace Simon Cowell in the judge’s chair. Could you imagine him being a good judge? Seriously? source
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19 Aug 2010 11:08

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Culture: Wanna get a virus? Do a search for “Cameron Diaz.” Seriously

  • If you do a search for her, there’s a ten percent chance you’ll land on some malware. We did a search for her to find this image. We took our chances. For you guys. source
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16 Aug 2010 23:01

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Culture: Good show: Pee-Wee Herman finally opens up about his scandals

  • Keep in mind I got arrested at the same time the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s story was breaking—and yet my story led the news for five days in a row. This man killed lots of people, drilled holes in their heads and poured acid into them. And he got the second spot on the news, after me.
  • Paul “Pee-Wee Herman” Reubens • Finally talking about his infamous 1991 arrest in Playboy. Reubens, who has been on the comeback trail in recent years, finally opened up about that situation, along with a fairly thin 2003 obscenity conviction that was later erased from his record. Good show, Paul. Glad to see you making a comeback (a movie, reportedly with Judd Apatow, is in the works) and opening up about the toughest times of your life. It’s very brave of you to finally tell your side of the story. source
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15 Aug 2010 22:40

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Culture: “Expendables” success: When did Stallone last have a #1 hit?

  • $35 million, “The Expendables'” first weekend take source
  • 2003 the last time Stallone topped the box office, that time with (we kid you not) “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over“
  • 2001 the last Stallone starring role to top the box office, that time with the long-forgotten “Driven“
  • » Other notes: First of all, “The Expendables” is the biggest opening in Sylvester Stallone’s long career, not counting for inflation; “Spy Kids 3-D” is easily the second-biggest. And despite his many movies and A-list status, only five of them have made more than $100 million, with “Rambo: First Blood Part II” being his biggest moneymaker. Oh yeah, remember “Cop Land,” that fat cop movie he did? That opened at No. 1, too.
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15 Aug 2010 11:53

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Culture: Two men, two babies: Neil Patrick Harris, partner expecting twins

  • So, get this: David and I are expecting twins this fall. We’re super excited/nervous/thrilled. Hoping the press can respect our privacy …
  • Neil Patrick Harris • Revealing that he and his partner David Burtka are expecting this fall. In case you’re wondering, yes, there’s a surrogate involved. Hope everything goes really well for them. And press: Stay away from the kids. But if they don’t, be sure to sell photos of the kids for six figures, Neil. source
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