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02 Nov 2009 12:06

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Culture: Mind-blowing: Christopher Walken reads Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”

  • This may in fact be the best thing Christopher Walken has done since “More Cowbell.” We realize that’s a high watermark, but he sounds AMAZING in this clip.source

20 Oct 2009 10:01

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Offbeat: It sucks being a pedestrian when someone’s reliving “Speed”

  • “THIS BUS CAN’T GO SLOWER THAN 50 MILES AN HOUR! There’s a bomb on the bus that will go off if we go slower than that. This guy crossing the street, we may hit him, but we can’t stop!”source

15 Oct 2009 22:54

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Culture: Balloon Boy: “We did this for the show.” Wait, what?

  • Did this kid just admit on Larry King that the whole incident was a giant publicity stunt to keep this family in the spotlight? Boy, I think he just did. Kids say the darndest things! And Wolf Blitzer is a terrible journalist, because he didn’t immediately follow up on what Falcon said.source

28 Aug 2009 18:25

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Music: Noel leaves Oasis. We’re sure he’s gonna look back in anger.

  • It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer. Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan.
  • Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher • On quitting the band his songwriting made famous. Holy crap. This is a big deal. Oasis holds a special, drunken fighting-with-siblings place in our hearts. We’ll miss them greatly. (Rejected headlines: “Oasis doesn’t live forever”; “Liam wasn’t Noel’s Wonderwall after all”; “Oasis explodes like a champagne supernova in the sky”) • source