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TV’s top 50 sci-fi characters: Mr. Spock, Starbuck and…TOBOR?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comMad scientists and mechanical men, space cowboys and time travelers, man-monsters and man-eating aliens — clearly this is our kind ...... -
Robert B. Parker, creator of the Spenser series, has died [updated]
Jacket CopyAuthor Robert B. Parker, one of America's preeminent crime writers, has died. Born in 1932 in Springfield, Mass., Parker wrote his PhD thesis on detective fiction and left a career teaching college English after his own writing became successful. Parker..... -
1st look: The Situation gets a comic book
RedEyeThe abs of Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino have been immortalized in comic book form. The "Jersey Shore" personality and Wizard World unveiled the cover of his new comic Wednesday, in which Sitch is a superhero. Created by Sitch and artist Greg Horn, the...Tags: Dean Stockwell, The Vampire Diaries (tv program), The Walking Dead (tv program), V (tv program), Dean Cain
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Crime & Punishment: UConn TV network in trouble for airing rape jokes
![<strong>UConn's TV network</strong> hosted on its website and twice aired a sketch full of rape jokes. In the clip, part of a student-produced “comedy” series, a young woman runs from a masked attacker only to have the blue-light emergency phones call her a “cock gobbler,” “stinky bitch” and “howler monkey.” “[Y]ou blonde bitches don't understand,” the object says in a Siri-like voice, “always crying about being raped. Suck it up.” In the hilarious finale, the rapist strangles the woman and drags her off. Women's groups and other sensible people on campus were outraged and UCTV issued an apology and took the video off its site (though someone sent a copy to the website Gawker).](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/213500060-07120422.jpg "<strong>UConn's TV network</strong> hosted on its website and twice aired a sketch full of rape jokes. In the clip, part of a student-produced “comedy” series, a young woman runs from a masked attacker only to have the blue-light emergency phones call her a “cock gobbler,” “stinky bitch” and “howler monkey.” “[Y]ou blonde bitches don't understand,” the object says in a Siri-like voice, “always crying about being raped. Suck it up.” In the hilarious finale, the rapist strangles the woman and drags her off. Women's groups and other sensible people on campus were outraged and UCTV issued an apology and took the video off its site (though someone sent a copy to the website Gawker).")
UConn's TV network hosted on its website and twice aired a sketch full of rape jokes. In the clip, part of a student-produced “comedy” series, a young woman runs from a masked attacker only to have the blue-light emergency phones call her a...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Southington, East Haven, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Medical Procedures and Tests
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The Big Hit
FOR THE TIMESFriday April 24, 1998 Hong Kong director Che-Kirk Wong's first American feature, "The Big Hit," is that rarest of all genre hybrids, the screwball-romantic-action-situation-black comedy. Rare for good reason. Who'd want to see a thing like that? ...Tags: Bokeem Woodbine, Jackie Chan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Elliott Gould, Comedy (genre)
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American History X
TIMES FILM CRITICWednesday October 28, 1998 The mischievous shenanigans of director Tony Kaye have created a considerable show-biz fuss over "American History X," his debut film that depicts neo-Nazi racism infecting one man's family. As often happens in Hollywood,...Tags: Civil Rights, Cinema Industry, Elliott Gould, Fairuza Balk, Justice and Rights
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15 Minutes
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday March 9, 2001 Like many ambitious, provocative films, "15 Minutes" is a bit of a mess. Both audacious and unwieldy, exciting and excessive, this dark thriller is too long, too violent and not always convincing. But at the same time, there's...Tags: Karel Roden, Cinema Industry, Warsaw (Poland), Vera Farmiga, Television
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