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Ted Kennedy: 1932-2009
12:42AM Pareene | Edward Kennedy, the last surviving son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, was the third-longest serving US Senator of all time. He was a drunken degenerate. And he might’ve been the best argument for the US Senate ever elected. More »
Small Screen
Oliver Stone To Present ‘A Crazy People’s History Of The US’
7:58AM Pareene | We are actually super-excited for this: Oliver Stone is creating a “10-part documentary series for US network Showtime titled ‘Secret History of America.’” A ten-hour Oliver Stone history of America! Can you imagine how crazy wonderful this will be? More »
People
Budd Schulberg, Writer
1:43AM Pareene | Screenwriter and novelist Budd Schulberg died on Wednesday. He was among the first generation to be born Hollywood royalty, and he wrote what is probably the only classic movie business novel to have never been adapted for the screen. More »
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When We Walked On The Moon, And When Newspapers Mattered
3:36AM John Cook | Forty years ago today, some guys landed on the moon and walked around, and there were thousands of money-making newspapers on hand to chronicle it. They used words like “spacemen” and drew nifty mod-looking illustrations. Here’s a front-page gallery. More »
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Pennsylvania Paper Publishes Obama Death Threat
4:13AM John Cook | Someone placed a personal ad in the Warren (Penn.) Times-Observer calling for Barack Obama’s assassination. But to understand the ad you have to know history and stuff, so no one at the paper really got it. It’s kind of like The Da Vinci Code. More »
