Mary Elizabeth Williams
Culture Critic
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Bye bye Crawford. Hello Hawaii.
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Femi Oke,
Leo Duran
Guest:
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Thursday, December 25 2008
Christmas Gifts Gone Wild
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Femi Oke,
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Friday, December 12 2008
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Mary Elizabeth Williams: Screw the polls, voters are putting candidates where their mouths are
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
Thursday, October 30 2008
In these last few days before the election, many of us are furiously surfing the Web looking for the clues to the outcome. We electoral-vote.com. We 538. We Gallup. Maybe we check out some goat entrails. But we're American. We vote with our wallets — especially when there's a delectable sweet or a meat lover's pie thrown in the deal.
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Video: Xtreme polls 2008: Getting creative with political prognostication
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Adam Hirsch,
Jennifer Hsu,
Femi Oke
Guest:
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Thursday, October 30 2008
The most accurate polls around might be a little on the unconventional side: Halloween mask sales, schoolchildren, coffee cups, and cookies.
Mary Beth Williams hits the streets of New York to look at this year's "Xtreme" polls:
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When the markets are toast, people buy breakfast
By
Mary Elizabeth Williams,
Katherine Lanpher
Friday, September 19 2008
New numbers show that, while everyone else is in the red, spending on breakfast foods has actually increased. What does the nation eat when times are tight?
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Discount fashions can be fashion forward, but do they foster waste?
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Adaora Udoji,
Mary Elizabeth Williams,
Jesse Baker
Tuesday, August 26 2008
In the world of fashion, you get what you pay for, and that’s exactly the point Britain’s House of Lords has taken issue with. Clothing chains like H and M, or Forever 21 epitomize this trend of “Fast Fashion”- where it’s in one day and out the next. Does this simply foster a culture of irresponsible waste- or is this what being “fashion forward” means in the year 2008. The Takeaway talks to their own personal shopper of sorts, The Takeaway contributor Mary Elizabeth Williams.
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What sound hath Amy Winehouse wrought?
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Corey Takahashi,
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Tuesday, July 29 2008
It’s been a year and a half since Amy Winehouse caught the ears of American listeners. Now, there’s a new crop of young singer-songwriter-types tapping the well of old- and new-school sounds. If Amy was already a throwback, what’s so new about this latest crop?
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Big-time TV writers Whedon and MacFarlane create Web-exclusive shows
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Mary Elizabeth Williams,
Jesse Baker
Friday, July 11 2008
Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and Seth MacFarlane ("Family Guy"), two of television's most powerful showrunners, are taking their brands online. Whedon's "Dr. Horrible" will be an on-the-cheap supervillain musical. MacFarlane's "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" will be distributed by the advertising juggernaut Google, who just might be reinventing TV...
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Kung Fu Panda, Zohan and your movie recommendations for presidential candidates
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Friday, June 6 2008
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Art: off the walls, onto the streets
By
John Hockenberry,
Adaora Udoji,
Leo Duran,
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Friday, June 6 2008
A new exhibit at New York City's PS1 art gallery is created from the camera-phone photos of visitors. Other artists are painting on buildings overlooking the Thames. The Takeaway's culture critic, Mary Beth Williams, talks about the disappearing lines between artist, art and audience.
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Takeaway culture critic Mary Elizabeth Williams: What's left for viewers when networks downsize the upfront?
By
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Friday, May 16 2008
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Takeaway culture critic Mary Elizabeth Williams on Miley: Girl gone mild
By
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Tuesday, April 29 2008
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