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24 Jan 2010 01:07

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06 Oct 2009 20:46

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U.S.: Brad Pitt’s crack team of architects making things float in NOLA

In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Morphosis Architects just came up with a permitted floating home, for when another Hurricane Katrina comes. source

14 Aug 2009 12:11

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Culture, U.S.: Brad Pitt, from movie star to New Orleans mayor?

Brad Pitt for mayor
  • There’s t-shirts bearing this image already. There’s a history of Pitt doing good things for the city – convincing Frank Gehry to design houses for Hurricane Katrina victims. And there’s (tongue-in-cheek) grassroots support for the dude. He doesn’t seem interested, though. But he seems amused by the idea, though.source

22 Jan 2009 08:57

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Culture: The curious case of way too many Oscar nominations

  • 13 Oscar nominations for “Benjamin Button.” Really? How? source

05 Jan 2009 09:56

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Culture, U.S.: The curious case of turning away Joe Biden

  • It didn’t seem many people recognized him. Honestly, I think people were just too wrapped up in themselves to notice.
  • Becky Gingrich, 21 • an employee of the Delaware movie theater that turned away the Veep-in-waiting and his wife due to overcapacity. That Brad Pitt sure is dreamy. • source