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SXSW Film Festival Day 2: 'Safety Not Guaranteed'
by Faith Korpi From a more-or-less rookie writer/director team, Safety Not Guaranteed is based on a Wanted Ad that became an internet meme. You really can't fault me for being leery, can you? SXSW curates 14 titles from Sundance to show at the festival ...
(Mar 13, 2012, PopMatters)
Pro-rated by dollars, Romney's Southern loss was enormous
Meanwhile, Reader MrJM inspired me to poke around online and to discover there's a meme out there asking if Romney could fool the judges in a Turing Test. Several judges each pose questions, via computer terminal, to several pairs of unseen ...
(Mar 14, 2012, Chicago Tribune (blog))
The Truth about French Parenting (and I Would Know)
By Megan McArdle As a French parent who speaks Americanese on the twitters (you should follow me here by the way), I must have been asked countless times what I think about the latest parenting meme: the idea that French parenting is superior to ...
(Mar 14, 2012, The Atlantic)
Where Was the Bracket Born?
This simple design, which is used whenever a competition needs to winnow a large group of contestants to a single winner, has become a much-admired cultural meme. If there were a hall of fame for sports graphics, the bracket would be the first inductee ...
(Mar 14, 2012, Wall Street Journal)
The cat meme pothead test
One online cynic claims bewilderment at “why the people who usually bombarded me with cat memes and status updates about getting high and eating McDonald's were suddenly fervent supporters of Ugandan children.” Similar sentiments appear all over my ...
(Mar 15, 2012, The Chronicle)
Morning Meme: Darren Criss Reportedly Turns Down "The X Factor," James Franco ...
Morning Meme: Darren Criss Reportedly Turns Down "The X Factor," James Franco ...
(Mar 15, 2012, AfterElton.com)
Morning Meme: Darren Criss Reportedly Turns Down "The X Factor," James Franco ...
Morning Meme: Darren Criss Reportedly Turns Down "The X Factor," James Franco ...
(Mar 15, 2012, AfterElton.com)
SXSW 2012: 'Safety Not Guaranteed' Stars Mark Duplass And Aubrey Plaza On ...
SXSW 2012: 'Safety Not Guaranteed' Stars Mark Duplass And Aubrey Plaza On ...
(Mar 15, 2012, Huffington Post)
McDonald's introduce “awkward” #Shamrocking meme just in time for St ...
McDonald's introduce “awkward” #Shamrocking meme just in time for St ...
(Mar 15, 2012, Irish Central)
The Evolution Of A Fox "News" Meme - The Obama Face Flag
The right wing world is full of dualities that are painted in stark contrasts. Part of the genius of its media mouthpiece, Fox "News," is its ability to morph the "us vs. them" motif with "good vs. evil" and create a finished product in which the ...
(Mar 15, 2012, News Hounds)
Classical YouTube Gems: Leontyne Price's Final 'Aida' (VIDEO)
You go to YouTube for the videos of babies fighting kittens, ordinary people falling down ordinary stairs, remixes of the latest viral meme and more. But you should also be going there for the hundreds of videos and recordings of rare classical music ...
(Mar 15, 2012, Huffington Post)
'Game Change': Palin Breakdown Meme Crushed by Facts
by Stacy Drake 4 hours ago post a comment It has been well established that HBO's anti-Sarah Palin movie, "Game Change," is full of distortions about the former vice presidential candidate. I covered some of them in a piece on Big Hollywood titled "Top ...
(Mar 15, 2012, Big Hollywood)
Video: Grand Forks Food Critic Visits Shake Shack, Meditates With Hammer
Grand Forks food critic and internet meme Marilyn Hagerty was "on Cloud 9" yesterday as she spent another whirlwind day in NYC reviewing food, getting interviewed by the press, and dodging taxis. Taking a break from all the swanky restaurants, ...
(Mar 15, 2012, Gothamist)
Obama Movie Confronts Weak Leader Meme, Revisits 'Tough Decisions'
By Major Garrett The Obama campaign's 17-minute reelection movie, which debuted Thursday night at more than 300 campaign-organized watch parties across the country, is a variation on the philosopher's theme: I think, therefore I act, and therefore I am ...
(Mar 16, 2012, National Journal)
Details of Lana Del Rey's March 22 Performance for 'American Idol'
The Internet meme, who recently revealed the cover art for her new single 'Blue Jeans', has pre-taped her intimate performance of 'Video Games' after the elimination show on March 15. Lana Del Rey has made her debut on the "American Idol" stage, ...
(Mar 16, 2012, AceShowbiz)
Obama Movie Confronts Weak-Leader Meme, Revisits 'Tough Decisions'
By Major Garrett The Obama campaign's 17-minute reelection movie, which debuted Thursday night at more than 300 campaign-organized watch parties across the country, is a variation on the philosopher's theme: I think, therefore I act, and therefore I am ...
(Mar 16, 2012, National Journal)
Steamy yet discreet: an e-book revolution
There is an internet meme called Rule 34 which states: ''If you can think of it, there is a fetish for it.'' Rule 35 follows: ''If no such porn exists, it will be made.'' The publishers of the electronic-book arm of Harlequin, that grand dame of the ...
(Mar 16, 2012, Sydney Morning Herald)
Mass Effect 3 Ending Outrage Ends In Memes
The outrage over the ending of Mass Effect 3 has resulted in a rash of memes. The ending of the game has been poorly received and a source of grievance for many fans unimpressed that after investing time in three editions of the game, it all seems to ...
(Mar 16, 2012, Huffington Post UK)
IT Consumerization, the Cloud, and the Alleged Death of the CIO
But one such meme rises so high to the top that it has to be the sole focus here. And that is the much-repeated “death of the CIO” meme, coupled as it is currently with dreamy visions of the world brought to us by the consumerization of IT and the ...
(Mar 16, 2012, Wired News)
E. Thomas McClanahan | This 'war on women' isn't playing as it should
It takes the Republican war-on-women meme and amps it up to ridiculous proportions. “Republican cavemen,” she writes, want to “wrestle American women back into chastity belts.” As if. Strange, though. The whole “war on women” thing isn't playing as ...
(Mar 16, 2012, Kansas City Star)