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2010: The Year of These Things

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 01.07.2010 | Comedy

Read More: Pants!, Cheater, Money, Joe Biden, Sex Tape, Pop Culture, Business, Death Pool, Politics, Jersey Shore, Predictions, The Situation, Wolf Blitzer, Lady GaGa, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Andersen Cooper, Celebrity, Comedy, Comedy News

Since I wrote a sketch about Yemen 4 years ago, I consider myself a bona fide soothsayer. Therefore, better late than on time, here are 10 '10 Predictions.

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Ragtime Battles Celebrity Factor on Broadway, Closes Proudly

James Sims | Posted 01.04.2010 | New York

Read More: Scarlett Johannson, Jude Law, Broadway, Ragtime, Celebrity, Stephen Sondheim, Recession, New York, Catherine Zeta-Jones, New York News

Ragtime's lack of celebrity is one of many reasons why the musical failed to set box office records. While that ultimately led to an early demise, it should wear that as a badge of honor.

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Holiday Songfest: It's Another Ho-Ho-Horowitz Christmas!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Parody Songs, Mitch McConnell, Christmas Parodies, John Boehner, Investment Bankers, Balloon Boy, Olympia Snowe, Bankers, Congress, Holiday Songs, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Andy Warhol, Fame, Nobel Prize, Wall Street, Holiday Parodies, Bank Bailouts, Christmas Songs, Satire, Tiger Woods, Levi Johnston, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Celebrity, Health Care, Holiday Season, Politics News

Jingle Bells // Sarah sells // Now she's got a book // Truth? Or lies? // While she tries and tries // To be worth a second look. // Oh, the weather outside is frightful // And the GOP is spiteful

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Tiger Woods, Thomas Merton, and the Consequences of Wearing a Mask

Mark Shaw | Posted 12.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Tiger Woods Mistress, Catholic Church, Sports, Marriage, Adultery, Car Accident, Pga, Tiger Woods, Celebrity Scandal, Seven-Storey-Mountain, Thomas Merton, Celebrity, Tiger, Priest, Eliot Spitzer, Tiger Woods Affair, Merton, Books News

"We have a choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real and which lives by a shadowy autonomy for the brief moment of earthy existence."

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Our Insatiable Desire For Fame

Mike Robbins | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Crashers, Fame, Motivational Speaker, Honesty, Tiger Woods, Mike Robbins, Popularity, Fortune, Authenticity, Celebrity, Appreciation, Confidence, Gratitude, Self-Help, The Balanced Life, Living News

When we're really honest about it, our own feelings of inadequacy are what drive a lot of our behaviors, particularly the most debilitating, inauthentic, and destructive ones.

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Product Failure

Irene Zutell | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

Read More: George Carlin, Advertising, Nike, Gossip, Tiger Woods, Celebrity, Scandal, Tiger Woods Affairs, Babe Ruth, Media News

The riddle is this: Who but a child less than years of age would buy a sweater, a watch or an SUV because Tiger Woods -- or any celebrity -- endorsed that product?

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Trashing Tiger

Jim Selman | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Tragedy, Transgressions, Spectacle, Heroes, Tiger Woods Transgressions, Tiger Woods, Commitments, Healing, Media, Celebrity, Forgiveness, Compassion, Living News

I imagine that Tiger Woods wishes his father were still alive and that he could bow his head and beg forgiveness from the one person who knew him best before he was a legend.

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Why Do We Care About Tiger Woods?

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 12.04.2009 | Sports

Read More: Fame, Magic Johnson, Henry Kissinger, Tiger Woods, Dennis Rodman, Bono, George Clooney, Celebrity, Tiger Woods Scandal, John Ensign Affair, Power, Mark Sanford Affair, Sports News

Once we've conflated celebrity with power, it's inevitable that we will see a celebrity's errors as a betrayal. We made him famous, we imputed power to him, and then he took advantage of it.

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Celebrity Memoirs' Popularity Fading In UK; What About USA?

The London Times | Tom Baldwin and Tim Glanfield | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Celebrity, Celebrity Books, British Publishers, UK Authors, Book Publishing, Sarah Palin, British Books, Celebrities, Publishing, Going Rogue, Publishers, Books, Celebrity Memoirs, Books News

The lustre of celebrity memoirs, possibly the most reviled literary genre in history, is fading as publishers voice their alarm over returns from book...

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Palin-Bachmann Syndrome™

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Shannyn Moore Alaska, Carrie Prejean, Prejean, Carrie Prejean Larry King, Shannyn Moore, Psychology, Michelle Malkin, Larry King LIve, Shannyn Moore Palin, Bachmann, Palin, Diva, Sarah Palin Diva, Michelle Bachmann, Miss California Gay Marriage, Celebrity-Meltdowns, Political Psychology, Carrie Prejean Sex Tape, Larry King, Michele Bachmann, Palin-Bachmann Syndrome, Sarah Palin, Miss California, Carrie-Prejean-Lawsuit, Celebrity, Miss California Carrie Prejean, Media News

I have decided to coin a phrase: Palin-Bachmann Syndrome™, defined as the psychological imbalance produced by a toxic mix of right-wing identity politics and diva training.

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Celebrity Spotting at Spinning in Los Angeles

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Exhibition, Fame, Freedom, Inhibition, Paparazzi, Exercise, People Watching, Balance, Celebrity, Spinning, Class, Privacy, Living News

When Ms. Celebrity entered the mirrored room, I was stunned. It's only because she's been famous her whole life that most people would recognize her.

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Ashley Judd: Please, Population Control is Not the Answer for Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Congo's economy is not undermined by "unregulated fertility" rates. Civil society has been destroyed by decades of war and over a hundred years of exploitation of Congo's wealth by international interests.

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Leonardo DiCaprio: Actor And Animal Advocate

Wendy Diamond | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Pets, Activism, Ifaw Video, Animal-Protection, Environment, Celebrity, Leonardo Dicaprio, Ifaw, Www.AnimalFair.Com, Wendy Diamond, Animal Fair Magazine, Celebrities, Living News

On October 4, 2009, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Leonardo announced a program that will protect animals and their habitats around around the globe.

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Politico Discusses "Polebrity," Induces Nausea

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Celebrity, Political Criticism, Public Relations, Celebrity Politicians, Politico Celebrity Politics, Poebrity, Politics Celebrity, Media News

Did you ever get the feeling that at some point in the past, political culture got inextricably combined with celebrity culture -- sort of like the le...

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Flights of Fashion: How Amelia Earhart Became America's First Celebrity Designer (PHOTOS)

Gioia Diliberto | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style

Read More: Style News, Amelia Earhart Fashion Line, Slideshow, Fashion, Celebrity, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Style News

Among the styles recently returned from the dead are micro minis, skinny belts, jumpsuits, platform shoes -- and, now, just in time for Fox Searchlight's Amelia -- the Amelia Earhart look.

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Hot Celebrity Gossip!

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fame, Friends, Celebrity, Primates, Research, Social Networking, Entertainment News

Our partners, our relatives, our neighbors and friends may not be glamorous or wealthy, but they can offer something that Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise never can: they actually care about us.

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Celebrity Survivors Fight For Cancer Awareness

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Cancer Awareness Month, Cancer, Celebrity, Celeb Stories, Impact News

This year alone, nearly 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with some form of cancer, according to Cancer.org statistics. In honor of Breast Cancer...

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Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A., Holistic, Disposable, Children, Green Parenting, Babysitter, Waldorf Education, Diapers, Neuroscience, Strollers, Mothering, Eastern Europe, Actress, Medicine, Sitcom, Trend, Family, Research Professor, Materialism, Replacement Level, Nanny, Home-Schooling, Body, Nbc, Caregiver, Planet, Husband, Los Angeles, Sierra Magazine, Sustainable, Ucla, Reform Judaism, Health, Judaism, Population, Vegetarian, Homemade Hygiene Products, Bedsharing, Discipline, Earth, Liberal, Potty-Training, Cleaning Products, Cloth, Tolerance, Holistic Moms Network, Cats, Acting, Southern California, Kids, Celebrity, Stay-at-Home Mom, Mayim Bialik, Hollywood, Elimination Communication, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Religion, Water, Fast Food, Slings, Environment, Mom, Shtetl, Blossom, Green News

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

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Prince Philip Reveals His Technology Woes: To Operate A TV You "Practically Have To Make Love To [It]"

AP | Posted 10.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Prince Philip Tv, England, Technology Problems, British Royalty, Prince Philip, Celebrity, Technology, Prince Philip Technology, Prince Philip England, Technology News

LONDON — He may be married to Queen Elizabeth II, but Prince Philip has the same technological troubles as millions of commoners. The 88-year-old...

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You Don't Have to Be Barbie: Girls and Media Literacy

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Logan Levkoff, Teens, Media Literacy, Teenage Girls, Media, Celebrity, Living News

In the last year, I joined the Board of Directors of Women's Expressive Theatre and Risk Takers. How could I not get involved? I have a daughter and I want her to know that she is unstoppable.

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Want to Meet Powerful People? Five Places to Look

Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Celebrity, Celebrities, Keith Ferrazzi, Vip, Rolodex, YPO Conference, Relationships, Power Networking, Golf, Business News

If you want to meet the movers and shakers directly, you have to become a joiner. It's amazing how accessible people are when we meet them at events that speak to their interests.

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An Interview With the Smart and Savvy Jill Zarin

2morrowknight | Posted 11.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Celebrity, Reality TV, Charities, Philanthropy, Parenting, Business, Jewish, New York City, Nonprofit, The Real Housewives of New York City, Cable Tv, Jewish Family, Marketing, Style, Entertainment, Jill Zarin, Shed Media, Bravo TV, New York News

Long before being a recognizable celebrity, Jill Zarin had a long record of accomplishment that reveals her to be nothing less than a Renaissance woma...

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The 2009 Emmy Awards Gifting Suites

Zorianna Kit | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Celebrity, Charity, Emmy Awards, Entertainment News

Gifting suites leading up to the Emmy Awards began as early as six days prior to the event and continued throughout the week. Although there were far too many to account for, below are some highlights.

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Rennie Davis 3.0

Alexia Parks | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: John Lennon, Celebrity, Consciousness, Rennie Davis, Copernicus, Human Evolution, World Peace, Perception, Longmont, Denver News

These days Rennie Davis, one of the Chicago 7, tells listeners from his home base in Longmont that world is "not solid, objective or real, but a psychological construct" whose origin lies within each one of us.

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Sheryl Crow: Life After Breast Cancer, Motherhood

health.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow Youtube, Tuesday Night Music Club, Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Celebrity, Wellness, Advice, Living News

Sheryl Crow is one of music's biggest talents, but you'd never know it talking to her. The mom of 2-year-old Wyatt is more likely to chat about mother...

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