'Prince of Tears' recalls White Terror
China canceled or postponed several events meant to highlight its rapidly improving relations with Taiwan, apparently to protest the Dalai Lama's visit to the island, Taiwan's ruling party said Tuesday.
The Tibetan spiritual leader's visit, aimed at
Amazon Does the Right Thing on Orwell Mess
You may recall that Amazon.com recently auto-deleted two George Orwell books, ?Animal Farm? and ?1984,? from all Kindle e-book readers, even though their owners had thought that they?d legitimately bought the books. (Turns out Amazon had found a rights
?Gamer' loses with clichés | 1 star
?Gamer? loses with clichés | 1 star By ROGER MOORE The Orlando Sentinel LIONSGATE Gerard Butler (left) plays a convict trapped in a deadly video game run by the evil Castle (Michael C. Hall). Rising star Gerard Butler is on top of his game More News
Right-Wing Propaganda
Right-wingers are promoting this video. It's funny, you wouldn't think they would want to broadcast the consequences of Bush policies like this, but here we are:
Actually this is page two of the tax cut strategy. Page one was to defund the government.
New on DVD this week
STATE OF PLAY (2009, Universal, PG-13, $29) ? Even when this Beltway exposé flies off the rails during its third act, it's more involving than most contemporary thrillers. Based on a British miniseries of the same name, "State of Play" tags along with
Pacman not welcome in Bombers locker-room
WINNIPEG -- It's hardly compelling. Nor, to be honest, is it particularly interesting or entertaining.
But the video of Adam ?Pacman' Jones' online chat to his fans Tuesday night which ultimately spiked his chances of playing in the CFL has dominated
Maggie Rodriguez: YouTube Sensation!
(CBS)
A Brooklyn musician has made a handful of YouTube music videos that splice sound from television news anchors. "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric, Wolf Blitzer and Rachel Maddow are all among the anchors whose interviews have been cut up
Maggie Rodriguez: YouTube Sensation!
(CBS)
A Brooklyn musician has made a handful of YouTube music videos that splice sound from television news anchors. "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric, Wolf Blitzer and Rachel Maddow are all among the anchors whose interviews have been cut up
Fire It Up And Get The Skanks, Hoosiers [Failgate]
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Football season is upon us, which means that thousands of angry, horny, feisty pretend fans will converge upon this great nation's red cup-littered parking lots to participate in traditional tailgating revelry.
Hack Recaps: Silver Stars Are Clutch
Okay, so it's probably a train. With ligers on top. And a bomb.
Well, I guess that right now the only thing in our minds is Bowen's retirement. However, things are happening on the Silver Stars front: good things, right things, joyous things.
Let me