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August 15, 2012

iSoda? (or, The Geekiest Dumb Thief Ever)

from The San Jose Mercury News
Steve Jobs home burglary suspect accused of stealing wallet, driver’s license, special computers with house key
By Mike Rosenberg and Jason Green / Staff writers / © Copyright 2012, Bay Area News Group

PALO ALTO — Detectives say Kariem McFarlin told them he was desperate for easy cash when he saw the [...]
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Published on August 15, 2012 14:12

August 14, 2012

Horshack Gone

from The New York Times
Ron Palillo Dies at 63; Played Horshack on TV

ABC, via Photofest
By PAUL VITELLO
Ron Palillo, who portrayed the goofy high school underachiever Arnold Horshack in the hit 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter” with such definitive oddballness that he had trouble for years afterward finding work as an actor, died on Tuesday in West [...]
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Published on August 14, 2012 14:18

August 13, 2012

Helen Gurley Brown Gone

from The Wall Street Journal
Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown Dies
By Ray A. Smith

Getty Images
Helen Gurley Brown, the iconic editor in chief of fashion magazine Cosmopolitan whose frank, modern attitudes about women and sex brought her fans and simultaneously made her a lightning rod, died Monday after a brief hospitalization in New York, according to a [...]
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Published on August 13, 2012 14:28

August 9, 2012

JFrey

from Refinery29
Odd Couple Alert: James Frey Weighs In On His Weird JWoww Pairing
By Kristian Laliberte
In last Thursday’s Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen, and the kooky Bravo powers that be put together a bizarre guest duo that seemed straight out of a strange, humorous trip. Yes, we’re talking about A Million Little Pieces author James Frey (NB: We loved the book despite the [...]
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Published on August 09, 2012 14:05

August 8, 2012

Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke

with thanks to David W. and Kat S.



The Hokey PokeyShakespeare style!
By Jeff Brechlin
O proud left foot, that ventures quick withinThen soon upon a backward journey lithe.Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.Blessed dervish! [...]
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Published on August 08, 2012 01:43

August 7, 2012

Marvin Hamlisch Gone

from The Wrap
Marvin Hamlisch, Composed ‘The Way We Were,’ Dies at 68
Composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch, best known for the torch song “The Way We Were,” died Monday. He was 68 years old.
In a career that spanned over four decades, Hamlisch won virtually every major award: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, and [...]
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Published on August 07, 2012 09:51

August 6, 2012

THE RISE OF NINE - Book Trailer

 click to pre-order THE RISE OF NINE at Amazon
 
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Published on August 06, 2012 09:34

August 5, 2012

Karl Taro Greenfield’s TRIBURBIA

from The NY Daily News
Karl Taro Greenfeld’s novel ‘Triburbia’ tells how artistic Tribeca fell prey to wealthy Wall Street types
Story centers on a group of fathers who meet for coffee, and some of them seem to resemble real Tribeca denizens
BY SHERRYL CONNELLY / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

BRYAN SMITH/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The new novel “Triburbia” maps [...]
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Published on August 05, 2012 09:24

August 4, 2012

The Guardian Tracks Down Lore

from The Guardian

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Published on August 04, 2012 09:10

August 3, 2012

Oprah’s Smell of Awesomeness

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Published on August 03, 2012 08:07

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