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Music
Michael Jackson’s Epic Music Videos
9:26AM Ryan Tate | One of Michael Jackson’s most obvious legacies is the singer’s impact on the craft of music video production; his videos were elaborate, expensive and phenomenally successful, both in saturating MTV and selling records. Here are 10 of the best. More »
People
Ed McMahon: TV’s Affable Uncle
12:01AM Richard Lawson | Sad news about the death of Ed McMahon today, a TV icon who represented a disappearing breed—of ubiquitous, up-for-anything TV personality, of a colloquial ease with the camera that transcended any silly show he found himself on. More »
People
Perez Hilton’s Will.I.Am Slapfight
5:44AM Ryan Tate | TMZ is running some barely-watchable video of Perez Hilton’s fight with Will.I.Am and the singer’s entourage. Verdict: Total slapfight. More »
Online
Whoops: Microsoft Touts Search Accuracy Using Mistake
10:29AM Foster Kamer | How does Microsoft argue its search results are more correct than, say, Google’s? With a commercial in which it accidentally claims the Breakfast Club was released a year later than it was. The company has already promised to get the answer right next time. Attaboy!
Flotsam and Jetsam
Theme Music For The Death Of The Media
1:01AM Hamilton Nolan | This nine-minute heartbreaker titled “Mad Ave Blues,” sung to the tune of “American Pie”, is sure to bring tears to the eyes of every agency creative type, media buyer, and trade reporter who love-hates advertising. Brilliant, and painfully nerdy. More »
Small Screen
The Best Of Conan O’Brien’s Late Night
1:12AM Richard Lawson | Conan O’Brien is set to debut as the new host of the Tonight Show this (stateside) evening, which is exciting. Though we do worry that because he’s now on an hour earlier, our favourite kinds of Late Night bits might be deemed too weird or risky; favourites likes these hallowed treasures: More »
Online
Arianna Huffington Discovers ‘Weird Porn’ On The Internet
5:28AM Ryan Tate | Though she’s been depicted strangling newspapers and stealing their content, Arianna Huffington was just warmly praised by the Washington Post’s publisher. There are several reasons for this, starting with her comment about “very weird porn.” More »
Small Screen
Today Investigates High School Hug Madness
1:59AM Pareene | Oh, good, Today covered the teenage hug menace. “High school hugging has turned into a cultural phenomenon, studied by sociologists, and written about in The New York Times.” A phenomenon studied by bullshit pseudo-scientists and written up as a trend in the Times? Hugs are the new hipster farms! Is the best part when the students act out hugs as Chris Jansing describes them or is the best part the fact that everyone in America is a retard?
Print
WSJ Opens With A Serenade To Rupert Murdoch
3:29AM Ryan Tate | We’ll admit, there were some funny lines in this serenade to Rupert Murdoch at the Wall Street Journal’s “D” event. But isn’t buttering up the boss at the absolute beginning of your tech conference a little blatant? More »
Small Screen
