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Good Music For People Who Love Bad News

The Huffington Post | Michael Hogan | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Entertainment, Bad News, Mark Zuckerberg, Spotify Playlists, Good Music, Music, Barack Obama, Spotify, Entertainment News

No need to worry that "Bad News Is Coming." It's already here! So let HuffPost Entertainment's Spotify playlist of good music take away the sting. ...

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The One Where Robb Gets Some: A Geek Girl Watches Game of Thrones

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Hbo, Entertainment, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Books, Media, Fantasy, Game of Thrones Recap, TV News
Ilana Teitelbaum

While a few other things did happen, it wasn't exactly the most action-packed of episodes. This episode was clearly the calm before the siege.

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Throw a Fab Memorial Day Fête With No Flag-Themed Cupcakes!

Courtney Cachet | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Style News, Party Planning, Summer Entertaining, No Bake Menus, Memorial Day, Entertainment, Courtney Cachet, Courtney Cachet Style Expert, Entertaining, Easy Entertaining, Memorial Day 2012, Memorial Day Party Tips, Memorial Day Party, Style News
Courtney Cachet

With Memorial Day marking the unofficial start of summer season, it's also grilling season, bikini season and my all-time favorite -- no-cook summer recipes! These way-beyond-easy tips will help you spend more time having fun and less time cooking.

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It Is Done: Site Specific Theatrical Chills

Brad Schreiber | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Theatre, Theater, New York Theater, Entertainment, Hollywood, Arts News
Brad Schreiber

The use of an old jukebox with calculated selections from Hank Williams and Jon Campbell's, er, hellacious wind sound design top off this welcome addition to terrific theater staged without a theater.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County or 'Tuesday Nights at Dysfunction Junction'

Mark Axelrod | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Entertainment, Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of Orange Country, Housewives, TV News
Mark Axelrod

My son and I have often marveled at how creative the editing team can be especially when it comes to editing what Alexis says. It's a bit like discovering a cornucopia of gaffes. But what I'm thankful for is that their dysfunctions make Tuesday nights one of the highlights of my week.

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The Browning of Media on the Internet: A Step Forward or Back?

Kristian Ramos | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Hispanic Heritage, Television, Internet, Majority-Minority-Nation, Entertainment, Demographics, Latino Voices News
Kristian Ramos

The best television has always embraced the complexity of our changing society. Our country is irrevocably becoming more Hispanic. If Hispanics are to break down the silos between niche and mainstream media we must negotiate how this is represented in our media better, segmentation is not a final solution, but perhaps it is a step in the right direction.

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Bette Midler Gets Lei'd by Mayor Bloomberg

Tom Murro | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Food, Politics, Music, Entertainment, Movies, Celebrities, Slidepollajax, Michael Bloomberg, Gracie Mansion, Bette Midler, Entertainment News
Tom Murro

I know, this joke is like beating a dead flower, but it's nice 'schtick' coming from a man that is usually obligated to talk about things that make your eyes glaze over.

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Mad Men Through The Boomers Lens: Don Offers Up Some Harrison Ford-Styl

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Harrison Ford, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Television, Don Draper, Entertainment, Baby Boomers, Advertising Industry, Mad Men Season Five, Fifty News
Steven C. Eisner

Now that Don is back, he appears determined to make SCDP succeed

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Happy Birthday, Mr. T!

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Mr T Bio, Entertainment, Celebrity Birthdays, Post50 Celebrities, Mr. T, Mr T, Mr T Birthday, Fifty News

With an unforgettable look and a decades-spanning catchphrase, we have to tip our hats to actor, wrestler and all-around good guy Mr. T, who is celebr...

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Louise Brooks and Silent Film Star in Montreal

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Louise Brooks, Montreal, The Artist, Entertainment, Silent Film, Entertainment News, Movie News, Canada, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Thomas Gladysz

Jean Dujardin, who won nearly every Best Actor award around the world for his portrayal of fading star George Valentin, prepared for his role by watching classic silent films and by studying silent era actors, notably Douglas Fairbanks.

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Desperate Housewives Women Ask: Do We Let Our Friendships Fade Away?

Patricia Leavy, PhD | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Television, Women, Entertainment, Desperate Housewives, Desperate Housewives Series Finale, Women and Friendship, Desperate Housewives Finale, Women News
Patricia Leavy, PhD

It's sad, really, that a show about female friends so close they've gone through the birth of children, divorce, depression, alcoholism and even covering up a murder ends in this way.

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The 5 Most Annoying Kids on TV

Tyler Moss | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Once Upon a Time, Television, Game of Thrones, Entertainment, The Walking Dead, Celebrity Kids, Comedy, Modern Family, The League, Child Actors, Comedy News
Tyler Moss

Some child actors are so exasperatingly irritating that watching them is like swimming the English Channel in water wings.

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Dear HBO, That Was Awesome: A Geek Girl Watches Game of Thrones

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Hbo, Television, Entertainment, Game of Thrones, Books, Genre, Tv, George R. R. Martin, Fantasy, TV News
Ilana Teitelbaum

If Game of Thrones continues in this vein, the show may actually overcome its reputation as a gratuitous-gore-and-sex fest and become one of HBO's all-time greatest shows.

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Mad Men Through the Boomer Lens: This Week It's Shades of Fatal Attraction

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Television, Entertainment, Mad Men, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Don Draper, Fatal Attraction, Fifty News
Steven C. Eisner

A succession of out-of-control Mad Men rivalries in the latest episode filled my mind with disturbing scenes from Fatal Attraction, the 1987 cautionary film about infidelity.

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Peeta: Real or Not Real?

Maddy Lederman | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Women-Books, Pop Culture, Peeta Mellark, Entertainment, The Hunger Games, Josh Hutcherson, Culture News
Maddy Lederman

My fascination with Peeta feels wrong. Besides being fictional, he's 30 years younger than me and already in love with a girl/goddess his own age.

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The Glamour of NYC's Met Costume Gala Afterparties

Tom Murro | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Entertainment, Bruno Mars, Met Gala 2012, Kim Kardashian, Met Gala, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, Entertainment News
Tom Murro

Kim Kardashian was absent and BF Kanye flew solo to the event. As reported, Anna Wintour, the editor in chief at Vogue and host of the evening's event, is not a fan of Kim K in the slightest.

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Stumbling Toward Diversity

Ester Bloom | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Television, Grey's Anatomy, Girls Hbo, Entertainment, Shonda Rhimes, Judd Apatow, Pop Culture, Race, Diversity, Movies, Lena Dunham, Culture News
Ester Bloom

This is not about Lena Dunham; this is about our culture, and how much more we will all benefit from color-blind casting in our media and, hopefully, in our lives.

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Mad Men Through The Boomer Lens: When it Comes to Affairs, Boy, How Times Have Changed!

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Television, Entertainment, TV Advertising, 1960s, Pete Campbell, Lady Lazarus, Don Draper, Affairs, Mad Men, Peter Campbell, Fifty News
Steven C. Eisner

Is Weiner readying Peter's so easily turned head for the chopping block?

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The Psychology of a Hater

Malik Yusef | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Entertainment, Self-Awareness, Honesty, Hatred, Haters, Adolf Hitler, Love, Self-Help, Entertainment News
Malik Yusef

How do you define a hater? List qualities of a friend. Look at that list. Haters won't possess the qualities you seek out in people. Sometimes we have friends that are constantly tearing us apart -- no constructive criticism, just negativity.

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I Would Date You, Jennifer Aniston

Ben Berkon | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Comedy News, Jennifer Aniston, Dating, Entertainment, Comedy News
Ben Berkon

Jennifer, I am in no way a stalker. I do not possess a single Jennifer Aniston poster. Frankly, if it were to come down to seeing one of your movies versus not, I would probably choose the latter. That all being said, I would date you. Hard.

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Hillary Clinton And Cardinal Dolan Are the Life of the Party

Tom Murro | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Religion, White House, Politics, Obama, Entertainment, New York, Time 100, TIME 100 Gala, Style News
Tom Murro

TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2012 Gala was held at Jazz Lincoln Center last Tuesday April 24, in NYC. This gala was more than trending celebrities or whoever has the most followers on Twitter.

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A Piece of the Action

Ivan J. Parron | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Government, Crowdfunding, Entertainment, The Jobs Act, New Media, Regulation, Media, Business, Business News
Ivan J. Parron

If you're looking to raise capital for your media project, the U.S. government just inadvertently did you a big favor.

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Jazz: A Cross Cultural Jam Session

Soren Petersen | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Design, Innovation, Entertainment, Jazz, Music, Jazz Music, Jazz Fest, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Arts News
Soren Petersen

The idea of combining two opposing cultural expressions was to create a musical traffic jam and in doing so, invent a new and unique identity.

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Weekend Box Office (04/29/12): Think Like a Man Tops Again and The Avengers Rakes In $178 Million Overseas

Scott Mendelson | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Think Like a Man, The Avengers, Entertainment, The Raven, Gabrielle Union, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, The Five-Year Engagement, Weekend Box Office, Movie Business, Box Office, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

In the weekend before the official start of the summer season, four new releases all debuted to numbers ranging from not awful to genuinely awful. The top film this weekend was once again Think Like a Man -- the ensemble romantic comedy has now earned $60 million

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Stage Door: Ghost, The Columnist

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Drama, David Auburn, Broadway, John Lithgow, Entertainment, Politics, Musical, Movies, Arts News
Fern Siegel

There is a difference between an apparition and the real thing -- and the same can be said of a Broadway show. It can be rendered cinematically, as in Ghost, The Musical, thereby becoming a musical that thinks it's a movie.

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