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A Grouch's Guide to Un-Christmas Books

Laurence Hughes | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Dashiell Hammett, Paul Gallico, Christmas Books, Christmas, The Thin Man, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Scrooge, Un-Christmas Books, Santa, Hell House, Mannheim Steamroller, Richard Matheson, Booksellers, Christmas Tree, Nick and Nora Charles, Books, Christmastime, 007, Casper, Blofeld, James Bond, The Poseidon Adventure, Yule, Spectre, NoëL, Christmas Gift, Books News

An un-Christmas book takes place at Christmastime, but its tone, story and subject matter have nothing to do with the season. It provides perfect cover when the Noël nags accuse you of being a holiday poop.

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North by Northwest's 50th Anniversary Edition: Enduring Appeal and the Mad Men Factor

William Bradley | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, Mad Men, Roger Thornhill, Grace Kelly, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Don Draper, Eva Marie Saint, Cary Grant, George Kaplan, Sean Connery, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Matthew Weiner, Entertainment News

What can you say about a 50-year old movie? If it's by Alfred Hitchcock, and it's a classic of suspense, humor, and style, and it's influenced the best series on television, Mad Men, quite a lot.

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Climate Train Wreck

John Passacantando | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Cap-and-Trade, Global Warming, James Bond, Green News

At some point along the way, the solutions to climate change got away from us. The fossil fuel industry, like an evil mastermind in a James Bond film, successfully co-opted the earnest attempts by all.

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Does Thunderball Still Hold Up?

Ken Levine | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Bond, James Bond Movies, Thunderball, Entertainment News

As a kid I never let plot holes get in the way of a good James Bond yarn. On the side of one hydrogen bomb in Thunderball it says (and this is absolutely true, you can see for yourself) "handle like eggs." But I didn't care.

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Vatican Confirms: Goldman "Doing God's Work"

Tom Gregory | Posted 12.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Stock Market, Doing God's Work, The Vatican, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Goldman, Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, James Bond, Comedy News

L'Osservatore Romano is reporting that Goldman Sachs is indeed Doing God's work, and His Former Holiness Joseph Ratzinger has confirmed the unsolicited hostile takeover.

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Chinatown's 35th Anniversary Edition and the Polanski Scandal

William Bradley | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment

On the surface, it's a period detective picture. Beneath, it's much more. The film creates its own mesmerizing world through evocative music, costuming, and production design.

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5 Authors More Badass Than The Badass Character They Created

Cracked.com | Rohan Ramakrishnan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Authors, James Bond, Ernest Hemingway, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Badass Authors, Books, King Arthur, Sherlock Holmes, Characters, 007, Sean Connery, Badass Characters, Ian Fleming, Don Juan, Daniel Craig, Books News

if you look at the authors behind some of the most iconic heroes of all time, you find a writer who's every bit as badass. Not only did these guys ins...

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Perfect Imperfection -- A Vision of a Translucent World

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Global Revolution, Global Domination, Opportunity, Breakdown of Civilization, Optimism, Corporate Greed, Hitler, Paradigm, Intention, VáClav Havel, Inequality, Stalin, James Bond, Genghis Khan, Impact News

The threat to our world's stability comes from a collective expression of greed, embodied by global corporations, which put profit before integrity. Will you do something about it?

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Mad Men's Emmy Triumph Comes As "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Last night's repeat win at the Emmy Awards further enshrined Mad Men as television's best series on a night when it aired a consequential new episode.

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Mad Men Returns: The '60s Advertising Drama Is A Time Tunnel To the Present

William Bradley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Christina Hendricks, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Jon Hamm, Robert Morse, Camelot, Elizabeth Moss, Bryan Batt, Sal Romano, Roger Sterling, James Bond, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, David Chase, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, The Sopranos, British Invasion, Sean Connery, Richard Nixon, 1960s, Madison Avenue, New York, Advertising, Entertainment News

There are a number of ways to view Mad Men. For my own part, I can take it as a period piece, a sort of time capsule of the early '60s, at once relatively close yet far enough away to be intriguing for its unfamiliarity.

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French Delights Overshadow Economic Slump, Uncertainty

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Mont St. Michel, MuséE Des Impressionismes, Val D’Europe, French, Sophia Loren, Dom Perignon, Princess Grace, Crayfish, Oysters, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Normandy, Paris, Belgian, Coke, Afp, Hervé Novelli, Euro Disney, Champagne Region, French Fries, Christian Dior, MoëT Et Chandon, Louvre Museum, Granville, Japanese, Wwii, Economist Intelligence Unit, Mona Lisa, Napoleon Bonaparte, France, Lobsters, Eiffel Tower, Medieval, Ile De France, Youtube, Place Du Tertre, Montmartre, MuséE EugèNe Delacroix, Mussels, Claude Monet, James Bond, Notre-Dame De Reims, Gothic, Scriptorial, Provins, Avranches, Epernay, Reims, Marne-La-ValéE-Chessy, Giverny, World News

France may be in a slump, with a hyper-kinetic president intent on structural reforms to counter mounting deficits, but it remains the number one international destination for visitors offering more delights than can be fathomed on a 20-day visit.

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Bill Clinton's Badass Equivalent: Bond Or McClane?

Cracked.com | Posted 09.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: John Mcclane, James Bond, Bill Clinton, Comedy News

Now, if there's one thing Hollywood loves, it's a good biopic. If there's two things Hollywood loves, it's a good biopic and something that Hollywood'...

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Another '60s Anniversary: The Ur-Action Blockbuster Goldfinger

William Bradley | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Mike Myers, Oddjob, 1960s, Mustang, Cubby Broccoli, Goldfinger, Harry Saltzman, Ford Mustang, George W. Bush, Honor Blackman, Goldeneye, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Fleming, Austin Powers, John Barry, Casino Royale, Paul Johnson, Steven Spielberg, Thunderball, Apollo 11, Jaws, James Cameron, Moon, The Rock, Dr. No, Soviet Union, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Communist China, Shirley Bassey, True Lies, Guy Hamilton, Mad Men, James Bond, Warren Beatty, Indiana Jones, Ursula Andress, George Lucas, George Lazenby, Transformers, Beatles, Tom Cruise, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig, Michael Bay, From Russia With Love, Entertainment News

Though Goldfinger looks almost sedate compared to today's jittery, mashed-up action pictures, editor Peter Hunt's work 45 years ago, emphasizing fast hard cuts, was an innovation.

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Star Trek Firsts... 43 Years On

William Bradley | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fringe, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, James T. Kirk, Star Trek the Original Series, Jennifer Garner, Deep Space Nine, Captain Jean Luc Picard, Lost, Sydney Bristow, Enterprise, Milo Rambaldi, Star Wars, Voyager, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dr. McCoy, Captain Christopher Pike, Spock, Star Trek, J.J. Abrams, Alias, John Hodgman, Barack Obama, Gene Roddenberry, Doctor Who, Batman, James Bond, United Nations, Starfleet, United Federation of Planets, San Francisco, World War II, Apple Store, Casino Royale, Batman Begins, Entertainment News

Some 43 years after it began, and seven years after the movie franchise seemed completely played out, Star Trek is making firsts again. And so far, it's the most popular movie of the year in America.

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Fear, Fear and More Fear!

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: MGM/UA, James Bond, Politics News

Dictionary.com defines the word fear as: A distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined;...

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I Knew Pussy Galore. Pussy Galore Was a Friend of Mine. And You, Nancy Pelosi, Are No Pussy Galore

Chris Kelly | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Bond, Rnc Ad Nancy Pelosi Pussy Galore, Nancy Pelosi, Pussy Galore, Politics News

If Michael Steele is giving the Republicans a "hip-hop makeover" why are they still getting their slams from the swinging sixties?

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Long, Hard Probe Finds 'She' Behind 'That's What She Said'

Jason Notte | Posted 05.15.2009 | Comedy

You could credit Steve Carell, Mike Myers or Dana Carvey for giving the entire world pause when the word "hard" is used in passing conversation, but none of that really answers who "she" is.

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From Green Kilts To Green Golf Courses, Lucky's Been Putting It On!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Ingrid-Hoffman, Dress to the Kilt, Scotland, Sean Connery, Ricky Williams, Autism Project of Palm Beach County, puppylovemovie.com, Irish Setter, PGA National in Palm Beach, Bon Jovi, Be a Star Foundation, Peru, Amazon Herb Company, Www.AnimalFair.Com, John Easterling, Olivia Newton-John, Celebrity Connections & Good Causes, Simply Delicioso!, Miami, Marriott Marquis, Micheline Roquebrune, Florida, Tico Torres, John Travolta, The Tico Torres Classic, Jack McGee, Www.Petsmart.com, Miami Dolphins, Rescue Me, Los Angeles, Grease, Times Square, Autism, James Bond, Animals, Yorkie, Rottweiler, Style News

Lucky & I spent the week celebrating the underdog! From children with Autism, to the Heritage of Scotland and of course the true cause to Lucky's hea...

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DVDs: Just A Tiny Bit Of Comfort, 007

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bolt, Wong Kar Wai, Animatyion, Anthony Hopkins, Twilight, Quantum of Solace, Dvds, Movies, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Entertainment News

The last few weekends, I've been watching as a 12 year old boy works his way through my James Bond DVDs, so I feel as ready as ever to tackle the newest Bond.

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 04.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Zhivago, Goldfinger, The Bad and the Ugly, Henry Mancini, Pulp Fiction, Movie, Moviemaking, Breakfast at Tiffany's, John Barry, A Man and a Woman, Miklos Rozsa, Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Son of a Preacher Man, David Raksin, The Good, Burt Bacharach, Movie Music, Nino Rota, Michel Legrand, Lawrence of Arabia, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stuck in the Middle With You, The Magnificent Seven, Best Original Score, The Pink Panther, Elmer Bernstein, Gone With the Wind, The Thomas Crown Affair, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Bob Dylan, Film Scores, Reservoir Dogs, American Graffiti, Max Steiner, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, James Bond, The Godfather, Movie Soundtracks, Dusty Springfield, Quentin Tarantino, The Godfather Part 2, Laura, Entertainment News

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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Praising Caine: The Original "Alfie" Turns 76

John Farr | Posted 04.15.2009 | Entertainment

Not only can Michael Caine deliver the acting goods with the right vehicles, but off the set he also exhibits a refreshing common sense about the film business itself.

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Exit Stage Right: Cheney Wheels Off to Thunderous Applause

Randall Amster | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: James Bond, Bob Roberts, It's a Wonderful Life, Obama Inauguration, Cheney, Legacy, Batman, Vice President Cheney, Dick Cheney, Dr. Strangelove, Comedy News

Yes folks, that was Dick Cheney, born-again ADA activist and differently-abled former dictator, heading off to an (un)disclosed location for the final time.

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Mr. Obama's New Wheels -- First Official Look

Steve Parker | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Turbochargers, Ronald Reagan, Caddy, Secret Service, George W. Bush, 44th Inaugural Address, Fbi, Cars, Detroit News, Warren G. Harding, Cadillac Presidential Limo, Ford, Goodyear, Clean Diesel, Supercharger, Caddies, Blair House, General Motors, Richard Nixon, Inaugural Parade, Philadelphia, Bidens, Packard Twin-Six, George HW Bush, Gm, United Airlines, Washington DC, Pullman, New York City, Barack Obama, James Bond, The Beast, LED Lights, Cadillac DTS, Lincoln, Satellite Communications, Georgia 300, Union Station, Cadillac, Business News

I never liked the look of the Bush limo. It was too massive and appeared to be a truck that had started out as a tank. Obama's new limo looks more like an actual car, albeit a very big and heavy one.

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