Morning, readers.
*Vanity Fair reports on the more prevalent issue surrounding health care reform: How will the plots of movies be affected if there are no asshole insurance companies? Among the films that would have never been able to be made: As Good As It Gets, Domino, Erin Brockovich, Sicko, and the most recent release, Repo [...]
In which the author discusses five books he'd read, if time permitted.
1. After the Ice: Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic, by Alun Anderson
Well, well, well...some people at Thanksgiving dinner were really convinced—really, audibly, obnoxiously convinced—that Climategate proves this whole global warming thing is a vast conspiracy. After all, a few scientists' decisions [...]
When Will the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Run Out Of Mainstream Acts to Induct?
Meet New Moon Cast Members at Fair Oaks Mall
Clip Job: Five Bands with at Least as Many Members as Songs
Photos: Miley Cyrus @ Verizon Center
Photos: Bruce Springsteen @ Verizon Center
The First Lady was at the Verizon Center last night, daughters and Secret Service in tow, to witness Miley Cyrus' first tour under her own name rather than the Hannah Montana brand. Many more photos after the jump (click on any photo for a larger version).
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What it is: Rocking around the Christmas Tween. Seven holiday-appropriate songs from Hollywood Records' junior-high-pop juggernaut at a very reasonable price (available only at Target).
The bike under the tree: Automatic DQ for Aly and AJ's "Greatest Time of Year," which is in fact the greatest song on this compilation. But it's recycled (as is Miley [...]
