Month: April 2007
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‘Debbie Does Dallas… Again' Reality Series Wraps
Hee hee. The documentary of the making of Paul Thomas’ Debbie Does Dallas…Again and a parallel version by Vivid-Alt director Eon McKai, reaches a climax on the Showtime network with the broadcast of the seventh and final episode of the series this week. The popular reality series chronicles the struggle to assemble a cast for […]
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Young Gay Women Co-Opt Hip Hop Misogyny for Lesbian Courtships
via Salon via Village Voice: Siya, a 20-year-old rapper, says that’s standard fare for “AGs” — or “aggressive” lesbians: “It’s a property thing.” The “bitches ain’t shit,” crotch-grabbing swagger of some mainstream rappers has been adopted within this particular lesbian subculture, according to the Voice. AGs employ rappers’ typical chest-thumping declarations of manliness: Baggy pants, […]
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Virginia Tech Shooting: Conservative Pundits Wishing Students Were Armed
Yes. The answer is more guns: In the wake of a deadly shooting rampage that killed over 30 people on the campus of Virginia Tech University, host John Gibson asked on the April 16 edition of Fox News’ The Big Story: “So, theoretically, in this lecture hall where all 31 were killed, there could have […]
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BBC Newsnight Does a John Bolton Takedown
(via ThinkProgress and Digg) “What staggers me about this clip is Bolton’s point-blank view that the US had no responsibility to impose order after the invasion, and no responsibility for security within the country. Bolton actually says that the only error Bush really made was not giving the Iraqis ‘a copy of the Federalist papers […]
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Shia LaBeouf
Okay. I’ll say it: Every time I see the name Shia LaBeouf I think of Sabrina Le Beauf.
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Auditing the Blockbuster Flop ‘Sahara'
When we saw Sahara I didn’t quite get why it was so heavily promoted (we’d rented it). It just seemed so mediocre. Ten screenwriters were paid $3.8 million. $160-million production and $81.1 million in distribution expenses. 16 “gratuity” or “courtesy” payments were made throughout Morocco. Six of the expenditures were “local bribes” in the amount […]
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John Edwards Gets $400 Haircuts
From Politico.com (I decided to try and read ‘the other side’ tonight – I started at Townhall.com) Well, John Edwards’ campaign for president spent $400 on February 20, and another $400 on March 7, at a top Beverly Hills men’s stylist, Torrenueva Hair Designs. The expensive haircut is, of course, a perennial. Bill Clinton got […]
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Does the President Have a Right to Not Encounter Disagreement?
Alex Young and Leslie Weise attended a presidential forum on Social Security in Denver back in 2005 and were ejected after security noticed they had an anti-war bumper sticker. The forum was funded with taxpayer money. From the briefing for the White House: The president’s right to control his own message includes the right to […]