Are you a brand-loyal consumer? Are you a cookie-eater? If so, you may have noticed a void at the supermarket these past five years. The crème-filled Hydrox cookie disappeared from shelves in 2003, but, with a huge marketing push, is being revived by the Kellogg Company at stores this week—sans trans fat. Which brands would you bring back?

For this year’s Emmy’s, the Academy is asking people to vote online for their most memorable television moments – either in comedy or drama. But what about news and other reality TV? At The Takeaway, we’re also head first into news and love these moments, so here’s our own category: most memorable “unscripted” television moments...

On the eve of the Democratic and Republican conventions, Blender Magazine polled presumptive Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain for their favorite songs. The candidates Top 10 lists include Bruce Springsteen (Obama), The Rolling Stones (Obama), Louis Armstrong (McCain), ABBA (McCain) and Neil Diamond (McCain). While Obama and McCain may differ politically, they have one musical taste in common: a love for Ol' Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra.
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Guests: Susan Pfeffer, author of post-apocalyptic childrens books, "Life as We Knew It" (2006) and "The Dead and the Gone" (2008), and Dr. Frank Gaskil, child psychologist
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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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Ironman and Batman. Both are summer box-office heroes but neither is a woman. With the arrival of The X-Files’ Special Agent Dana Scully to the big screen Friday, that's set to change. Scully reminds us there are female protagonists who aren’t interested in Manolo Blahniks.
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Happy Birthday, Big Mac. The McDonald’s signature burger turns 40 this year and the company has asked MySpace users for their own take on the iconic song. The Takeaway talks about the different ways you can sing two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun. Also online, view video of classic food jingles.
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McDonald's is asking MySpace users to create a new jingle for its signature Big Mac sandwich. Will the new tune find a place among these classics?

Today, Christie's auctions a memento from John Lennon: his scrawled lyrics for “Give Peace a Chance.” Lennon gave the page to then-16-year-old Gail Renard in 1969 after she and a friend climbed up a fire escape to see him and Yoko Ono during their Montreal “bed-in.”
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Bill Wadman

I've seen the future of television, and its name is Ian Ziering...

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The world is looking like it’s about to end at any moment, there’s no zeitgeist that seems to suggest anyone is that worried. What’s the deal with that?

It’s The Takeaway’s “Mother of All Trailers.”

Hear what happens when you combine a superhero blockbuster, an indie movie about a wannabe action hero and a chick flick. Then, leave your six-word review at 1-877-8-MY-TAKE, mytake@thetakeaway.org, or on our Web site by clicking "get in the mix".

When I was in high school, I had an English teacher that I think about when issues of language arise...

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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.

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?

Bill Wadman

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.

Michelle Elmore

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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Charlie McCullers

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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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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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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