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George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in 'The Unwinding'
George Packer's new nonfiction book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," has many of the qualities of an epic novel. Packer's subject is the last 35 years of U.S. history, the decades that gave us the conservative "Contract With...
Tags: Biofuels, Foreclosures, Book, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues
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Hulu bids are in. 'Fast & Furious' to smoke 'Hangover III.'
After the coffee. Before deciding what movie not to see this weekend. The Skinny: I'm going to try to not stuff myself on "Arrested Development" this weekend. Just because Netflix is releasing all the new episodes this weekend doesn't mean I have to...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Epic (movie), News Corp., ABC (tv network), Television Industry
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'Dexter' enters last season with knife marks all over TV landscape
When Showtime debuted "Dexter" way back in 2006, people couldn't quite grasp what they were seeing. A serial killer? As a sympathetic leading man? Were those the flames of Sodom burning distantly behind us? "Silence of the Lambs" had whet our appetite...
Tags: Dexter (tv program), Human Interest, Julie Benz, Criminals, Julia Stiles
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Sustainable seafood: Would you eat a giant squid?
There were a lot of startling statistics that came out of the seafood discussions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Foods Institute last week. Did you know that more than 90% of the fish we eat is imported? How about the fact that more than...
Tags: Umamicatessen, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Seafood
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Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?
I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop...
Tags: Human Interest, Celebrities, Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Entertainment
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'Stuck in the Middle' offers a singular perspective on parenting
Jennifer Finney Boylan was the father of two young boys, a devoted husband, a keyboard player in bar bands, the author of three published novels, and an English professor in Maine when she began the process that would make her outwardly —...
Tags: Authors, Social Issues, Autism, Literature, Arts and Culture
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Cycling tries to put doping in the past
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — They're trying. The cyclists and team managers participating in the eighth Amgen Tour of California gathered Friday at City Hall to speak about the future of the sport. Not the past. Please, not the past. At least there was...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bradley Wiggins, Tour de France, Taylor Phinney, Justice System
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Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Egan and 'The Great Gatsby' [Video]
On his show Thursday night, Stephen Colbert hosted a book club with distinct Oprah-like overtones: cozy chairs, yellow pillows, a pastel tie and chardonnay. The book at hand was F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." To discuss the novel, he...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, David Foster Wallace, Fiction, Entertainment Events, True Blood (tv program)
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Oprah Winfrey brings drama to 'The Butler' trailer
Moviegoers well-acquainted with Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels’ eyebrow-raising filmic oeuvre may be shocked to learn that his latest movie, “The Butler,” seems, at first blush, rather short on salacious surprises. This from the...Tags: Smashed (movie), Lee Daniels, Movies, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Entertainment
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'The Butler' puts a new spin on LBJ, says Liev Schreiber
The new trailer for Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” shows an up-from-his-bootstraps man moving, Zelig-like, through U.S. presidential history, demonstrating how “one man overcame his past.” But for at least one of the actors...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, The Weinstein Company, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (movie)
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ABC expected to tap OWN's Whitney Holland for scheduling position
ABC is expected to finally fill a key position in its scheduling department by tapping Whitney Holland as its new vice president of program planning and acquisitions, according to people close to her and ABC. Holland joins ABC from OWN, the cable...
Tags: CNN (tv network), Hallmark Channel (tv network), Discovery Communications, Inc., ABC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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Sprinkled with smarts
The gig: Sprinkles Cupcakes, the Beverly Hills chain beloved by bold-faced Hollywood names such as Tom Cruise and Ryan Seacrest, launched in 2005 with six workers, including founders Candace and Charles Nelson. The company has since expanded to 400...
Tags: Wesleyan University, Recipes, Ryan Seacrest, Colleges and Universities, Blake Lively
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