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June 5, 2015

Mike Mills: “As ambivalent as my relationship is to videos, the fact is that R.E.M. and MTV kind of grew up together”

Salon and the former R.E.M. bassist talk "Lifes Rich Pageant," Nickelodeon, sad cats and, of course, baseball






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Published on June 05, 2015 16:01

The funniest man on Twitter moves to TV: Rob Delaney takes a dirty, messy, realistic look at parenting and marriage

Salon spoke to the prolific comic about "Catastrophe," his brand new Amazon sitcom, premiering June 19






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Published on June 05, 2015 16:01

Tolstoy’s granddaughter. Dali’s sleek couch. How Serge Gainsbourg became Serge Gainsbourg

In 1945, he was a shy French virgin named Lucien mocked by prostitutes. Then he became France's sexiest musician






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Published on June 05, 2015 16:01

Short film captures the ghostly magnificence of an abandoned psychiatric hospital

Project Senium aims to preserve the experience of "the most beautifully disturbing places"






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Published on June 05, 2015 13:42

“Seinfeld’s” Jason Alexander apologizes to “Susan”

"I am so mad at myself for retelling this story in any way that would diminish her"






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Published on June 05, 2015 03:53

“The Koch brothers are more powerful than papal teaching”: Why Rick Santorum doesn’t care what the pope says about climate change

"The pope is focusing on morals," an expert tells Salon, "but not the morals that Rick Santorum wants"






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Published on June 05, 2015 03:07

“It’s not the MSNBC, Fox BS — f*** this red/blue paradigm: John Cusack unloads on the media, the right and corporate Democrats

The iconic actor hammers the New York Times, praises Snowden, doubts Obama (oh, and talks his new Beach Boys movie)






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Published on June 05, 2015 03:07

The Jebbening is nigh: Bush will finally stop making a flagrant mockery of election law

Jeb Bush has been gleefully pushing the boundaries of campaign finance to raise unholy sums for his super PAC






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Published on June 05, 2015 03:07

Robert Reich: The Founding Fathers never wanted an aristocracy

The former secretary of labor argues that the federal government should raise -- and strengthen -- the estate tax






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Published on June 05, 2015 01:50