Saturday, July 11, 2009

Saturday, July 11, 2009
Online

Blog Tries To Unpublish ‘One Of The Best Kept Secrets In Brooklyn’

4:29AM Hamilton Nolan | Yesterday, the New York Times’ blog about the Fort Greene neighbourhood published a post on a “secret underground climbing gym” in Brooklyn. Today, they took the post down. For a preposterous reason! Now it’s getting way more attention. More »
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Online

Arianna Huffington’s Hypocrisy On ‘Un-American’ Outsourcing

4:15AM Ryan Tate | Back in 2004, Arianna Huffington didn’t have a well-funded, fast-growing internet publishing empire. So she could afford to call the hiring of foreign workers a “crime against America.” You’ll never guess what Huffington is doing today. More »
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Big Screen

Harry Potter Does Not Get Its Romantic Ideals From Twilight

3:08AM Richard Lawson | Supernatural-obsessed youngsters are delicate creatures to cater to. Just ask the producers of Harry Potter and Twilight. The juggernauts often square off in ideological combat, but when it comes to their movies, they mostly stay far away from each other. More »
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Flotsam & Jetsam

Mel Gibson Hoping You’ll Pay To Watch Him Talk To A Puppet

12:39AM Richard Lawson | Mel Gibson announces his next big movie role, and it’s a strange one. The Green Lantern movie narrows its potential leads down to three curious choices, and little beaver Jon Heder has landed a TV show on US cable. More »
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