Plus two things to do if you don’t. Let’s go about this in reverse order. Here are two things you absolutely must do if you are currently employed. First, if you have a job, I recommend you do everything you can to keep it. The job market is flooded with talented people looking for...
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Well, sort of. It’s common knowledge that the Weinstein brothers run campaigns for their movies during award season. Pirahna 3D is a Weinstein brothers film, and with the movie opening on Friday, what better way to drum up some publicity than by teaming up with Funny or Die? Actor Jerry O’Connell is joined by...
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Tags: Funy or Die, Jerry O'Connell, Jessica Szohr, Kelly Brook, Paul Scheer, Pirahna 3D, The Weinstein Brothers
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Love it or hate it? I think the photo is a little off-putting and shocking, but doesn’t that perfectly capture the essence of the show? There have been all kinds of homo-erotic undertones to the current season, so I think that it is fitting that this has a ménage à trois feel. I also think...
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Tags: Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Naked, Nude, Racy, Rolling Stone, Stephen Moyer, True Blood
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It’s a magical day indeed, for today, we have proof that Ligers are real. Thats right, the mythical creature that adorned many a tee-shirt after gaining pop culture infamy in Napoleon Dynamite is alive and well! Three baby Ligers were born at a zoo in Japan, but only two survived. The mother was a...
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How would you like to wake up to these two doing your local weather forecast? Hell of a lot more entertaining than those imbeciles who usually do the honors. Schwartzman and Cera are doing publicity rounds for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and they joined a local news affiliate in Atlanta to provide a...
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Tags: Jason Schwartzman and Michael Cera do the weather
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When I heard the story this morning about a Jet Blue flight attendant freaking the F out and quitting in the most deliciously dramatic way after being mistreated by a passenger for the last time, I knew I would need to pay homage to this man in a big way. This guy did what...
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Tags: emergency slide, flight attendant, Jet Blue, meltdown, quit, server of the skies, Steven Slater
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Fact: I’d never heard of “First Friday’s” prior to last Friday. I just felt we should get that out of the way. Folks, if you live in/near the Kansas City area and aren’t sure what you’d like to do this Friday (8/6/2010)*, may I offer as a suggestion attending “An Evening of Art”, from...
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Tags: Allison Carenza, Art, Indonesia, Lotus, Mt Rinjani, Photography, Portraits
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Our good friends Katy and Stuart Murr have spent the last 3 1/2 months riding their bikes across the United States. This would be impressive enough on it’s own, but there’s a catch: they are making this ride with their two children, Jane (age 5) and Brady (age 3). I know what you are...
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Tags: Murrs across America, The Murrs
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Harvey Pekar, author of American Splendor is dead. I always imagined Pekar as one of those Wonders of the World, an immovable force, railing against the idiocies of the world; he’d would always be there, ready and willing to look the darkness of life up its claws and not be afraid of what he...
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Tags: American Splendor, Harvey Pekar, Paul Giamitti
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