Newtown, Connecticut: How 'The Safest Place in America' Became Tragedy Town
A small town has been poisoned by history, a parish that will never need its state mentioned after it — a new kind of Columbine, and worse.
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A small town has been poisoned by history, a parish that will never need its state mentioned after it — a new kind of Columbine, and worse.
The Twitter account of Sandy Hook Elementary's principal Dawn Hochsprung, which has been circulating this afternoon for its haunting messages.
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Now awards season is really starting: the nominees have been announced, with Lincoln leading the way. Here's the full list.
The star-studded concert for Hurricane Sandy relief is taking place at Madison Square Garden tonight, but you can watch it streaming here.
This might be as meta as it gets. The man behind Homeland-inspired account @SergeantBrody is none other than Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari.
Mother Jones noticed a discrepancy in the "notable deaths" lists assembled by major newspapers: the majority of the "notable" people listed were men.
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The Drudge Report's homepage went full troll today, displaying a photo of Quentin Tarantino alongside a headline that repeated the n-word seven times.
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The nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards came out this morning, and while there were a lot of familiar names (did you really think that Daniel Day-Lewis wouldn't be on the list?) there were also some notable exceptions.
With apologies to Lindsay Lohan (sort of), we've attempted to dwell not so much on the horribly depressing and negative stories that flood the tabloids every day (read: Amanda Bynes) and instead focused on the tales of hope and redemption — in so far as one hopes Chris Brown can really be redeemed (he can't) or one really hopes for Rob and Kristen.
That said, The Guardian points out that the number of official Jedi Knights has actually decreased in the last decade.
In one of the episodes screened at Portlandia's season three premiere last night, two of the characters played by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein try to take back MTV. So what was Vinny from Jersey Shore doing at the after party?
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You might be going to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey this coming weekend, but you won't be going to see Age of the Hobbits. Wait, what?
In a poll made for Fox Nation and the ongoing War on Christmas, a survey has found a majority of Americans want Christmas to be less about the man in the Coca-Cola ads and more about the one with the birthday.
@SeinfeldToday, which popped up Sunday evening, ventures to propose of-the-moment plots for a modern Seinfeld. The man behind the handle explains where it came from.
If the penultimate episode of the second season of Homeland has gotten you down, fear not: The people behind that totally thrilling and now sometimes disappointing show are teaming up again.
Three film critics' groups announced their winners Sunday, and while Zero Dark Thirty continued its early award-season run, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association spread the love to The Master and Amour.
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Prepare for over-analysis: Gawker has gotten a hold of a copy of Lena Dunham's $3 million-plus book proposal.
As we remember the anniversary of Pearl Harbor on our shores today, take some time to look at the damage World War II wrought on Britain.
As the NFL wrestles with the murder-suicide involving the Kansas City Chiefs' Jovan Belcher, an informal new survey claims that gun ownership in the NFL vastly outnumbers that in the general population.
What's a serious film critic to do when one of our great presidents' rather undecorous act plays out on film? Herein, a compendium of quotes.
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Fallout from Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash's sex scandal has put a halt to what might have been a cool film project had everything not turned quite so icky.
Star Trek is supposed to go boldly where no man has gone before, right? Well, the new teaser for the sequel Star Trek: Into Darkness is out today, and it's going where many other movie trailers have gone before.
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It's not equal yet, but it's a start. Except for the whole salary thing.
Glenn Beck, he of the whiteboards and conspiracy theories, is teaming up with Vince Vaughn, he of the Wedding Crashers and dating Jennifer Aniston, to create a reality television show about documentary film.
It's still early, but things are looking good for Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden flick, which today claimed the National Board of Review awards for best picture, best director, and best actress.
Oprah Winfrey's brand may not be what it used to be, but the all-digital edition of her all-powerful book club is back out in the TV-less waters today, trying to maintain not just relevancy but dominance.
Conservative documentary 2016: Obama's America was a surprise box office smash, but does it deserve an Oscar nomination? We look at the numbers.
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The NY1 anchor wakes up to email, reads a lot of newspapers, and has a weakness for game shows.
You know what job recruiters are getting sick of hearing about? Your "creativity." LinkedIn has analyzed its 187 user profiles and mapped which buzzwords were the most overused in each country this year.
Not that we're sure what that means, really.
Images have been circulating around the web recently from a show opening dedicated to work inspired by his movies and TV shows. To learn about the genesis of the project, we exchanged emails with its curator.
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