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    May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Celebrate Thomas Pynchon's birthday with Pynchon in Public Day

    Happy birthday to Thomas Pynchon! The reclusive author  of "Gravity's Rainbow," "The Crying of Lot 49," "Mason & Dixon" and more turns 76 today.
    Happy birthday to Thomas Pynchon! The reclusive author  of "Gravity's Rainbow," "The Crying of Lot 49," "Mason & Dixon" and more turns 76 today. Unlike the attention-seekers that clog our cultural aqueduct, Pynchon isn't likely to show up on CNN or NPR....

    Tags: Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Arts and Culture, David Foster Wallace

    2. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Ka-ching: Rick Perry's plan for Texa$ universities

    There are three things Rick Perry would like to do to the great public universities of Texas, but he can only remember two of them.
    There are three things Rick Perry would like to do to the great public universities of Texas, but he can only remember two of them. That’s a joke. You may remember that during a 2012 presidential debate, he started to list three departments of...

    Tags: Teachers, France, Rick Perry, Politics, Education

    3. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Peter Sagal's 'Constitution USA' hits the road with humor

    NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV.
    NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV. But what if that host...

    Tags: Paula Poundstone, Entertainment, Rand Paul, Bars and Clubs, Crime, Law and Justice

    4. May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. With NPR's 'Wait Wait,' eggheads at the multiplex

    NEW YORK -- At about 8 p.m. Thursday night, as moviegoers around the country were lining up to see “Iron Man 3,”an assuredly smaller group was gathering at 600 North American theaters for the live-cinema simulcast of the popular NPR game show “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”
    NEW YORK -- At about 8 p.m. Thursday night, as moviegoers around the country were lining up to see “Iron Man 3,”an assuredly smaller group was gathering at 600 North American theaters for the live-cinema simulcast of the popular NPR game...

    Tags: Paula Poundstone, Boxing, Iron Man 3 (movie), Entertainment Events, Entertainment

    5. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. A poem for a planet: Send your haiku to Mars

    The MAVEN spacecraft is leaving for Mars in November. Along with scientific gear and advanced communication technologies, it will be bringing along some poetry. It could be yours.
    The MAVEN spacecraft is leaving for Mars in November. Along with scientific gear and advanced communication technologies, it will be bringing along some poetry. It could be yours. NASA launched -- or, rather, opened -- the poetry contest on Wednesday....

    Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program, NASA, Poetry

    6. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. CNN's 'Reliable Sources' host Howard Kurtz is grilled on own show

    Instead of probing how other media outlets are doing their jobs, CNN media critic Howard Kurtz spent a big chunk of his Sunday morning show "Reliable Sources" being questioned about his own work.
    Instead of probing how other media outlets are doing their jobs, CNN media critic Howard Kurtz spent a big chunk of his Sunday morning show "Reliable Sources" being questioned about his own work. Kurtz took heat last week for a piece he wrote for the...

    Tags: CNN (tv network), National Basketball Association, Jason Collins, Sports Illustrated, POLITICO LLC

    7. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. KCRW gets 'Le Show' off the road as part of new strategy

    Harry Shearer is wondering what went wrong.
    Harry Shearer is wondering what went wrong. His Sunday morning satire program, "Le Show," is syndicated to about 100 public radio stations nationwide and is also available on shortwave radio, NPR Worldwide and as a podcast on iTunes. Yet the station...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, The Simpsons (tv program), Entertainment, Concerts

    8. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Quick Takes: Aubrey Plaza's MTV stunt a hit

    Maybe Aubrey Plaza is on to something with her crazy stunts: The MTV Movie Awards she spectacularly crashed Sunday posted big ratings gains. The "Parks & Recreation" costar was supposedly tossed from the premises after coming onstage unannounced and...

    Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), Concerts, Entertainment, Stephen King, Harry Shearer

    9. Apr 23, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. Goldberg: 'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'

    "If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of fascism here at home."
    "If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...

    Tags: Timothy McVeigh, Entertainment, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan

    10. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Fake AP tweet latest hacking claimed by pro-Assad 'army'

    A fake tweet that claimed President Obama had been injured after explosions went off at the White House was quickly debunked by the Associated Press, which said its Twitter account had been hacked. But a band of hackers who support Syrian President...

    Tags: The Associated Press, Entertainment, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Barack Obama, Human Rights

    11. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Associated Press' Twitter hacked, fake tweet sends stocks plunging

    The Associated Press' main Twitter account was taken over Tuesday by hackers who sent out a fake tweet saying two explosions had gone off at the White House, injuring President Obama.
    The Associated Press' main Twitter account was taken over Tuesday by hackers who sent out a fake tweet saying two explosions had gone off at the White House, injuring President Obama. Within minutes, the real AP used other accounts at its disposal to...

    Tags: The Associated Press, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Dow Jones Industrial Average, News Agency

    12. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Adam Johnson wins the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for 2013

    The Pulitzer Prize in fiction, announced Monday, has been awarded to Adam Johnson for his book set in North Korea, "The Orphan Master's Son." The committee described the book as "an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart."
    The Pulitzer Prize in fiction, announced Monday, has been awarded to Adam Johnson for his book set in North Korea, "The Orphan Master's Son." The committee described the book as "an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome...

    Tags: Junot Diaz, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes, Fiction

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