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N.C. Senator's Hard-Line Conservatism Helped Craft Republican Social Agenda

July 5, 2008

Washington Post / Bart Barnes and Matt Schudel

Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican senator whose uncompromising conservatism made him one of America's leading crusaders against communism, liberalism, tax increases, abortion, homosexuality, affirmative action and court-ordered busing to integrate schools, died yesterday at Mayview.

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Britney Spears and Mary-Kate Olsen snubbed by Emmy, but — oops — Sarah Silverman did it again!

July 2, 2008

Gold Derby - Oscar & Awards Blog / tomoneil

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Last year's Emmy champ Jaime Pressly snubbed! Amy Poehler pulls off what the 'Saturday Night Live' boys couldn't

July 2, 2008

Gold Derby - Oscar & Awards Blog / tomoneil

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No 'Saturday Night Live' stars on the Emmy list of Top 10 best supporting comedy actors

July 2, 2008

Gold Derby - Oscar & Awards Blog / tomoneil

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Jay Leno to Dustin Hoffman: "Dopey Actors" - VIDEO

July 5, 2008

Film Gecko / Jane Boursaw

Dustin Hoffman was on Jay Leno last night, talking up Kung Fu Panda, in which he voices a part. On the subject of voiceovers, Hoffman doesn’t like them, because there’s no interaction with other actors.

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Green Screen Challenge: McCain gets interesting

July 5, 2008

The Moderate Voice / JOE WINDISH

Did you realize this was a result of Stephen Colbert’s Green Screen Challenge? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G9jA-FGGd8 Other entries of note: Elvis,  Pulp Fiction, Star Trek. Here’s Stephen with some others (the brain in a vat is especially fun).

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Separated at Birth: She-Hulks Are Forever

July 5, 2008

Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun! / Bully (noreply@blogger.com)

Paperback Book Club

July 5, 2008

(postmodernbarney.com) / Dorian (noreply@blogger.com)

The Cat from Outer Space, 1978, Ted Key "Starring" is an interesting word to use in reference to McLean Stevenson...

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Spencer Pratt: Mary-Kate Olsen needs me to get publicity

June 30, 2008

The Superficial - Because You're Ugly

Spencer Pratt has responded back to comments made about him on Letterman by Mary-Kate Olsen. I'm sure when he got the call he squealed "OMG! Me me me!" Then he pushed Heidi Montag in a puddle and kicked a puppy.

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Mary Kate Olsen Hates Spencer Too

June 30, 2008

MTV Reality World / Shea

After Mary Kate Olsen tells David Letterman (and all of America) that Hills villain Spencer Pratt has a temper and used to storm off the soccer field in high school, ol’ Spence fired back. “I know I’ve made it in Hollywood when a famous troll is talking about me on Letterman,” Spencer told Us Weekly.

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You've Selected: Agent Zero

July 5, 2008

Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae / noreply@blogger.com (metswalkoffs)

Inspired by the noticing that Rickey Henderson never had a triple for the Mets.An Agent Zero (named after a fictitious movie reference in Seinfeld) is a player who never had a (fill in the blank) for the Mets.

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Christian Bale Will Not Be Complicit in Chris O’Donnell’s Comeback Bid

July 2, 2008

Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog

Photo: Getty Images "If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work." —Christian Bale [WENN via Starpulse] "He said to me, 'Lose weight, man, because you are not going to survive it if you are that fat!'" —Guillermo del Toro on the best advice Peter Jackson has given him about making The Hobbit [MTV] "I have a real disdain for the audience, in general, My whole point is: 'You can't think of things to make yourselves laugh, so you have to come watch me?

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Sandra Bernhard Slams Ex-Pal Madonna

July 1, 2008

Gabby Babble / noreply@blogger.com (gdaysunshine)

photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.comComedian Sandra Bernhard ripped into her ex-pal Madonna during her show in Toronto after a fan yelled out:"Are you still friends with Madonna?" A Toronto columnist Shinan Govani reported:"She .

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THINGS THAT EXIST: You Guys, I’m Getting My Teeth Tattooed With David Letterman’s Face

June 30, 2008

Best Week Ever / Alex Blagg

(BWE.tv's summer interns Emmy and Maggie are spectacularly good at finding things on the Internet that actually exist even though they should not. From time to time, we'll be posting these existent things for your consideration.

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Stern Comedians Under Attack, For Realz

July 3, 2008

Wizbang Pop! / trikc

Howard Stern nearly lost his closest cohorts in Afghanistan this week. Stern's Sirius radio show producer Gary Dell'Abate, show regular Artie Lange and comedians Nick DiPaolo, Jim Florentine and Dave Attell had just finished a comedy show for troops in Kandahar when the base came under attack.

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My favorite from Stephen Colbert’s McCain Green Screen Challenge:

July 2, 2008

Planet Atheism / Dorid

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David P. Welsh's Kodansha Comes To The USA Publishing News Story Primer

July 2, 2008

/ Tom Spurgeon

By David P. Welsh Comics industry news site ICv2 picked up a report from Japanese business news website Nikkei announcing that manga publisher Kodansha "has set up a U.S. subsidiary 'to publish and sell translations of its Japanese manga' in the U.

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Kodansha to Open U.S. Subsidiary; Manga Pricing to Change?

July 2, 2008

Comics Worth Reading / Johanna

Currently, Del Rey Manga is mostly titles licensed from Japanese manga publisher Kodansha. Now, as Brigid reports, Kodansha plans to open their own American office. Many questions result. Del Rey isn’t concerned — their licenses are proceeding as planned.

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Comedian, Actor and Real Life Doctor Ken Jeong Enjoying Hollywood Success

July 1, 2008

Starpulse News Blog - TV News, New TV Shows On DVD

Honesty's the best policy. That goes for anyone, whether you're a doctor, comedian, actor, or, in the case of Dr. Ken Jeong , all three. Surprisingly, all three careers have much in common:[...] Read more!

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The Return of Misty Peppers

July 5, 2008

Back of the Cereal Box / Drew (noreply@blogger.com)

Former 'SNL' Star Weds Model Girlfriend

July 5, 2008

BuddyTV

"Married in beautiful Yosemite Valley, California today," said a brief statement that was posted on Saturday on the official website of comedian Chris Kattan.  The 37-year-old actor, who appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003, tied the knot.

Nothing new under the sun

July 5, 2008

Comic By Comic / Rich (noreply@blogger.com)

Independents Day

July 5, 2008

The Absorbascon / Scipio (noreply@blogger.com)

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