http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/en_nm/porn_dc_1 Canadians who may have become tired of being passed over as porn stars will have a new, home-grown outlet to showcase their erotic talents. Federal regulators have granted Alberta-based Real Productions approval to launch a new digital pornography channel, which promises to serve up at least 50 percent domestic content. Canadian porn. Where the […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_en_ot/people_roeper_1 Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper says he is leaving the nationally syndicated show “At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper” after eight seasons. At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper… Starring neither Ebert nor Roeper. **EDIT** Wow. I’m psychic!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071223/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_no_news_3;_ylt=AmUmBG2JVrfs7B5R8uiPBwIE1vAI Another article bemoaning the TV writer’s strike, albeit this one at least tries to frame it in a social-and-industry-trend kind of way: “It’s not surprising that you’re not seeing news filling the gap caused by the writers’ strike,” said Robert Lichter, president of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. “More and more, the […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070120/en_nm/britain_bigbrother_dc_2 TV eviction cast as victory for good in racism row I would prefer TV show cancelled as victory for good in taste wars but I suppose small victories are victories just the same.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060901/en_nm/media_sept11_dc_1 Dozens of CBS television affiliates are balking at network plans to rebroadcast the acclaimed documentary “9/11” for fear that coarse language by firefighters in the film may incur stiff new fines for indecency. The FCC is terrorising broadcasters into an alarming degree of stupidity. I’ve seen this documentary – it is a difficult but […]
The Simpsons – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made-up_words_in_The_Simpsons A somewhat padded list of made-up words from the Simpsons. Scary to note how many of these have made it into common parlance. I myself am guilty of “meh”-ing many a thing. An interjection expressing apathy, general indifference, and boredom, meh does not originate with The Simpsons, but has been dramatically popularized by it. […]
Peter Jennings, ABC News Anchor, Dies at 67 – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/business/media/08jennings_obit.html?ei=5094&en=02a097e623baae4d&hp=&ex=1123560000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all Peter Jennings will be missed. IMO he was the last of the traditional reporters in American news that kept the entire industry (and it’s safe to call it that now) from being Fox-ified and CNN-nd. I suspect his origin had a lot to do with this, and the NYTimes obit seems to agree: “The […]