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Goodbye to Some of That

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 01.05.2010 | Media

Read More: History, Internet, 2010, Decade in Review, Media, Pop Culture, Nostalgia, 2009, Media News
Andrew Sargus Klein

That's what I'd like to talk about as this decade slips away: ruminations on pop culture, hipsters, television and politics as seen through someone perpetually glued to a computer since 2005.

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New York Was the Internet

David Dixon | Posted 01.04.2010 | New York

Read More: tmz.com, Internet, Punk, Nightclubs, Celebrity Gossip, Doc Martens, New York Restaurants, Trendspotting, Electronic Music, Websites, Trends, Fashion, Pop Culture, Music, New York, New York News
David Dixon

After returning to LA after a long visit to Manhattan, I pondered what about New York had changed since the time that I lived there for almost a decade in the 1990s. The answer is a lot.

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Rubbernecking's Top Ten Pop Culture Moments of 2009

Holly Cara Price | Posted 12.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, John McCain, Spencer Pratt, New Years, Jersey Shore, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, 2009, Top Ten, Sarah Palin, Patti Blagojevich, Speidi, Reality TV, Heidi Montag, Susan Boyle, Tom Delay, Tiger Woods, Pop Culture, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Falcon Heene, Dancing With the Stars, Mtv, Balloon Boy, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

Tom DeLay on Dancing With The Stars. This is one of those moments that's so grotesque you don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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FACE IT: We All Have Our Pet Peeves

Michele Willens | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: 2010, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Annoying, Pet Peeves, Opinion, New Year's Commentary, Media, Pop Culture, Living News
Michele Willens

Let everyone else do their Ten Best lists and their Persons of the Year. I say it is time to own up to some of the stuff that is really bugging us.

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The Chihuahua Problem - America in Crisis?

Ruth Fowler | Posted 12.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Paris Hilton, Political News, Chihuahuas, Politics, Dog Rescue, California, Los Angeles-California, The Dog Whisperer, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Reese Witherspoon, Pop Culture, Dogs, Animal Shelter, Style News
Ruth Fowler

What could be better than a toy dog you can stuff in a bag, dress up like Barbie, accessorize with your outfit and has poop the size of a peanut?

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Two Scholars Ask: What if Marriage Is Bad for Us?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 12.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Security, Singled Out, Divorce, Civil Rights, Sociology, Middle Class, Matrimania, Pop Culture, Race, Cultures, Laura Kipnis, Happiness, Friendship, Isolation, Institutions, Politics, Mate Choice, Singlism, Wealth, Retirement Benefits, Love, Health Care, Status Quo, Family, Advocacy, Benefits, Marriage, Lifelong Singles, Domestic Gulag, Myths, Hollywood, Loneliness, Work, Health, Single, Health Insurance, Blaming the Victim, Single With Attitude, Living News
Bella DePaulo

Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.

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Some of the (Pop Culture) Things I Want for Christmas

Annie Stamell | Posted 12.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Megan Fox, Katie Holmes, Arrested Development, Lindsay Lohan, Bones, Avatar, Disneyland, Friday Night Lights, Lady GaGa, Pop Culture, Facebook, Nintendo Wii, TV Shows, Iphone, Christmas List, Los Angeles Lakers, Jon Gosselin, Joss Whedon, Talking Heads, Christmas, TV Schedule Changes, Boston Celtics, Blake Lively, Entertainment News
Annie Stamell

I feel strongly about the importance of the Christmas List. I mean, why not make it easier on your loved ones by telling them exactly what you want? Please note, I've been very well-behaved this year.

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The Ever-Changing World of Tween Trends

Sally Miller | Posted 12.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Tiger Beat, Tweens, Tween Trends, Tween Styles, Pop Culture, Style News
Sally Miller

We don't want our idols to change or grow up, and if they become sexual, forget about it. We demand the safety for our tweens to explore and feel comfortable in.

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Maguiring It: Leave Tiger Alone

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jerry Maguire, Fender Bender, Tiger, Gossip, Vespa, Rant, Tiger Woods, Pop Culture, Music, Alec Baldwin, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Decisions, decisions ... do we focus on Obama's Afghanistan stance or a Tiger Woods late-night fender bender? I think we all know the answer to that o...

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Nathan Rabin's "The Big Rewind" Needed a Little Re-Edit

Alex Remington | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Nathan Rabin, The Big Rewind, Av Club, The Onion, Books, Onion AV Club, Book Reviews, Authors, Pop Culture, Reviews, Memoir, Books News
Alex Remington

Emotional honesty is a lot harder to take seriouslywhen you constantly undercut it by using the same hoary one-liners and jokes from Mr. Show.

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Howard Stern: Diamond in a Rough Patch

Mario Almonte | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Reality TV, King of All Media, Time Magazine, Martha Stewart, Reality Show, Broadcast, Howard Stern, Sirus XM, Pop Culture, Tv, Forbes, Satellite Radio, Boston University, Oprah Winfrey, New York Times Best Seller, Fcc, Radio, New York Times, Edgar Bergen, Howard Stern Show, Radio Hall of Fame, Jack Benny, NasdaqGS: SIRI, Media News
Mario Almonte

For a man who almost single-handedly revolutionized the broadcasting industry, Stern continues to be spectacularly disrespected by the media that he so radically transformed.

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TV Fans Take Over Twitter

Annie Stamell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Social Media, The X-Files, Nick Jonas, Twitter, Bones, Tv, Trending Topic, Fringe, Pop Culture, Entertainment News
Annie Stamell

For pop culture junkies like me, the explosion in Twitter use has made it possible to track popular fandoms and zeitgeisty events.

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The Good, the Bad, & the Mediated

Carter Phipps | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Thomas De Zengotita, Consciousness, Mediated, Harpers Magazine, Narcissism, Marshall Mccluhan, Mediation, Posmodernity, Post-Modernism, Evolution, Pop Culture, Media, Norman Mailer, Culture, Media News
Carter Phipps

Everyone should read Thomas de Zengotita, not because he has the answers but because he's breaking new ground in tracking a whole field of disconcerting cultural trends.

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WATCH: Pop Music Quiz - Singer-Songwriters

Shawn Amos | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Blunt, Singer-Songwriter, Pop Music, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Rhett Miller, Pop Culture, Neil Young, Elton John, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

I met with Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller to test this guy's Pop Culture I.Q. Here's the test I gave him -- five questions about singer-songwriters.

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Just A Thriller?

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Class Warfare, Racism, King of Pop, Pop Culture, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Prince, Entertainment News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

One man embodies what I would term the deep power of pop culture/music as no other before him.

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Michael Jackson's Death -- What Does it Say About Us?

Soren Gordhamer | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Media, Culutre, Twitter, Michael Jackson Death, Celebrity Culture, Pop Culture, Facebook, Michael Jackson Cardiac Arrest, Living News
Soren Gordhamer

Our culture puts celebrities on a pedestal and adores them, we seem to get more satisfaction when they fall -- and the harder the better.

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Malcolm Gladwell and Others Bring a Novel Approach to Book Readings

Danny Groner | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Q&A, Chuck Klosterman, Reading, James Frey, Books, Pop Culture, Malcolm Gladwell, Book, Reader Q & A, Brainstorms, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

Reading aloud from their books, authors hope that readers will relate to the material, its characters, themes, comedic moments and underlying messages. When writers can convey these elements themselves, it's even more potentially provocative and lucrative.

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Michael Jackson and the Media (Hello! What Happened to Iran?)

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Michael Jackson, Maureen Orth, Iran, Breaking Media News, John Lennon, Vanity Fair, Twitter, Neda Agha Soltan, Media, Pop Culture, Keith Olbermann, Farrah Fawcett, Elvis Presley, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

The watershed image of loss for me of the past week was not the "King of Pop." It was the picture of Neda Agha Soltan looking squarely into the camera, for what may have been a passport photo.

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The Day the '80s Died

Derek Flood | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: UCLA Medical Center, Michael Jackson, TMZ TV, tmz.com, Harvey Levin, Michael Jackson Dies, Los Angeles, Pop Culture, Death of the 80s, Death of the 80's, Entertainment News
Derek Flood

It has been thirty years since the 1980's began with the death of disco and a frowning Ayatollah Khomeni returning to Tehran and embarrassing President Jimmy Carter with his arduous hostage standoff.

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American Idol May Need an Adam Lambert Win More than Lambert Does

Eric Deggans | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: No Boundaries, Kris Allen, Fox TV, Paula Abdul, Gay, Pop Culture, American Idol, Music, Adam Lambert, Simon Cowell, Kara Diogaurdi, American Idol Finalists, American Idol Finals, Entertainment News
Eric Deggans

Idol needs to look relevant: the problem with being the most-watched, biggest moneymaker on network TV? There's nowhere to go but down.

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It's Not OK, Seth Rogen

Anna Wainwright | Posted 05.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Camille Paglia, Asher Roth, College, Seth Rogen, Pop Culture, Binge Drinking, Sexual Assault, Anna Faris, Entertainment News
Anna Wainwright

My love for Seth Rogen evaporated when I read an interview for his new film, Observe and Report, in which he defends the most controversial scene in the movie.

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"Punk Marketing" In a Recession

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Creativity, Pop Culture, Business News, Laermer.com, Branding, Recession, Trendiness, Old Advertising, Punk Marketing, Advertising, Business News
Richard Laermer

Chances are things are going to get bad before they get better. This is where you earn your stripes as a marketing pro.

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All Together Now: We're All Very, Very Sorry (The Remix)

Keith Blanchard | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Funny, Lies, Lifestyle, Pop Culture, Entertainment, Apology, Apologies, Humor, Public Figures, Media News
Keith Blanchard

Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I let my family down, and I let this country down.

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Escape From Banality: A Cultural Road Map For Our Children

John Farr | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Literature, Internet, Art, Children, Museums, Theatre, You Tube, Pop Culture, Film, Teaching, Technology, Music, Reading, Culture, Living News
John Farr

Tell me if you agree with the following assessment of contemporary life, and if you do concur, then let me know why you're not scared, or angry.

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Jacko and Octo-Mom Together?

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 04.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Octuplet Mom, Pop Culture, Media, Michael Jackson Comeback, Nadya Suleman, Octomom, Entertainment News
Dwayne Raymond

Considering his riches, he's likely got plenty of room to spare and God knows she's got plenty of womb to share.

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