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Battlestar Galactica in SciFi Ghetto
Posted by Jeff
"Because our profile is so low, we've been able to tell the kinds of stories we've been able to tell," Weddle said. "We're off the radar because we're just a sci-fi show, and we've told some pretty amazing stories because we're just a sci-fi show. We're not on the radar of the networks, or the censors. To me, that's a positive way to look at it." Weddle and writing partner Bradley Thompson brought the mid-season finale to life two weeks ago, and while some fans may have felt cheated by the ending, they really need to get the whole story before passing judgment, he said.
George Carlin, Splenetic Comedian, Dies at 71 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
Posted by Frankenstein from New York Times
Where would we be if not for George and his seven words you can't say on television?
George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead
Posted by okami from Feeds.gawker
Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.
Pasture Of Muppets: Inside the Metallica Reviews Scandal | Listening Post from Wired.com
Posted by Damianmann from Blog.wired
Agents of Metallica managed another internet debacle last week, caused this time by preposterous demands that journalists who attended a listening party for the upcoming Metallica album pull their subsequent reviews. Only one publication refused: The Quietus.
One of the Girls: BBF in the City
Posted by Shemuses
As the black best friend in Sex and the City: The Movie, Jennifer Hudson plays a tired role.
Comic actor Harvey Korman dies at 81 - CNN.com
Posted by Damianmann from CNN
Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81.
The guy made me laugh very hard as a kid. He'll be missed.
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America’s Porn Culture -- Corporate drive for profits is damaging girls
Posted by Shemuses
College-age women often come to Professor Gail Dines in tears after she lectures about how popular culture has become poisoned with a hyper sexuality that demands women offer themselves to any man who asks. The young women feel isolated and alone because they refuse to degrade themselves in exchange for male companionship, said the professor of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College in Boston and founder of the Stop Porn Culture movement. It's time to end a corporate-driven effort to promote "slut culture" in the United States, Professor Dines said.
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