Anne T. Donahue
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Anne T. Donahue is a person and writer who lives in Ontario. She contributes to sites and magazines like Yahoo! OMG! TV, Hello Giggles, NME and Spinner, and she co-hosts a weekly podcast called Awesome Shitty Things. You can follow her on Tumblr to see more of her work, or on Twitter if you like too many Dark Knight jokes.

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'Mad Men': Analyzing Its End-Credit Music From Dusty Springfield To The Kinks

(12) Comments | Posted April 4, 2013 | 10:42 AM

After what feels like an eternity, "Mad Men" is finally coming back to cable. To celebrate, we used Sunday's season six premiere as an excuse to rewatch last season, over-analyze it for potential upcoming spoilers and listen to the soundtrack several times. Clearly, due to awesomeness, this led to us...

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10 Best Music/Comedy Crossovers: Lonely Island, Donald Glover, Portlandia & More (VIDEOS)

(0) Comments | Posted April 1, 2013 | 9:55 AM

'Tis April Fools, a day for pranks, fake news and overwhelming paranoia that everything you hear and read will be a lie.

Fortunately, there’s an upside: lists such as these, which serve to remind us that screaming “April Fools!” after scarring someone indefinitely barely counts as entertainment, especially compared...

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TV Debuts of Musical Superstars From Lady Gaga and Britney Spears to U2 and Nirvana (VIDEO)

(4) Comments | Posted March 21, 2013 | 4:28 PM

Nineties alt-rockers Garbage rocked David Letterman's "Late Show" earlier this week, reigniting our love of recycling, er, nostalgia.

Late night — and TV in general — has been the launching pad for countless singers and bands, and now that we live in an era where no pop cultural is...

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For Women, Rape Culture Is a Fact of Life

(13) Comments | Posted March 20, 2013 | 11:40 AM

I rarely ever write this personally. But okay.

When I was four, a kid in my neighbourhood took me into his room and pulled down my pants (twice) when I went over to play. I went home, told my mom, and she walked right over to that neighbour's house, where...

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Stop Hating on My Girl Taylor Swift

(2) Comments | Posted November 22, 2012 | 11:37 AM

With recent assumptions that Jake Gyllenhaal gave T-Swift a complex, we can expect more Taylor Swift gossip. Or more specifically, we can expect more Taylor Swift jokes.

Which is fine. We all love a good "what Taylor Swift's songs are about" tweet, but let's not assume she's not in on...

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Neck Tattoo or Not, We Should Be Boycotting Chris Brown

(48) Comments | Posted September 11, 2012 | 2:51 PM

Chris Brown took over the news yet again today with his absurd neck tattoo. Most of us assumed it depicted the face of an abuse victim -- one which bore striking resemblance to the police photo of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna -- but is supposedly a Mexican...

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So What If You Love Justin Bieber?

(3) Comments | Posted September 6, 2012 | 9:30 AM

This week we see a world divided. No, not between Obama and Romney. Justin Bieber and One Direction are not only both scheduled to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards, they're up against each other for Most Share-Worthy Video, a neck-and-neck competition that has garnered 52 million votes cast...

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Who Cares What They Say? I Like What I Like -- Spice Girls Included

(2) Comments | Posted August 13, 2012 | 12:37 AM

Forget the Opening Ceremony performances, it was the Spice Girls appearance we were actually waiting for. So in celebration of the Fab Five’s return, we’ve used Spice World to inspire our favourite musician cameos. And while few can compare to when Elton met Geri, others earn gold for at least...

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