Tag: Pop Culture

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Montaniacs... Of celebrities, daughters and daddies who insist on keeping their heads in the sand

Thursday, May 01, 2008

By John Hockenberry

I've got a difficult problem. I hate Miley Cyrus Inc. Don't get me wrong. She's a perfectly nice young lady. What is there to hate about a poised and talented 15 year old? I just hate her branding ubiquity.
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"Mission Accomplished!" ...? What phrase would you retire?

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

By Adnaan Wasey : Web Editor

Five years ago, on May 1, 2003, President Bush marked the end of major combat in Iraq with a nationally televised speech from the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Iraq war continued and the giant 'mission accomplished' banner hung from the warship has come to symbolize its opposite. But there are other phrases that have changed in meaning over time and it's time now to stop using them. What phrase or word do you want to retire?
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New film documents New Orleans’ historic Tremé neighborhood and its challenges

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The documentary "Faubourg Tremé" premiered Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lolis Eric Elie is part of the team that began documenting the culture of New Orleans' Tremé neighborhood five years before Hurricane Katrina. After the flood, the footage survived.

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Takeaway culture critic Mary Elizabeth Williams on Miley: Girl gone mild

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

By Mary Elizabeth Williams : Culture Critic

Nobody, not even an earthy, teenage girl from Tennessee, gets her picture taken for Vanity Fair by Annie Leibovitz by accident. A multiplatinum-selling, world-famous, near-billion-dollar industry unto herself certainly doesn't.
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Super profitable Mario

Monday, April 14, 2008

The worsening economy is shaking apart industries like the housing market, with few winners. There is a superstar, however, when the economy sputters: video game makers.

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Hip-hop ballet in Atlanta

Friday, April 11, 2008

In April, the Atlanta Ballet joined with the Grammy-winning rapper Big Boi for the premiere of a hip-hop ballet performance titled "big." Six shows were staged at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.

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A new hope for "Fanboys"

Friday, March 28, 2008

Star Wars fans have rallied against an empire: the Weinstein Company. The movie studio enraged aspiring Jedis by reworking the film, "Fanboys." Now, they're planning to protest every Weinstein movie until their demands are met. AintItCool.com's Harry Knowles tells us more about those demands.

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