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'Pain & Gain' is all brawn, no brains, reviews say
Leave it to Michael Bay to spend $26 million making a low-budget comedy. If that sounds like a robust price tag for "Pain & Gain," his new true-crime-inspired tale about three Miami gym rats who kidnap and extort a wealthy sandwich shop owner, consider...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Action (Movie Genre), Entertainment, Anthony Mackie, Transformers (movie)
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To do Tuesday: A big-screen "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!," Food Truck Invasion and "War Horse"
Theater "War Horse": This Broadway import, appearing at the Broward Center Tuesday through May 19, examines the bond between humans and horses with robust storytelling and deft puppetry. Adapted from British author Michael Morpurgo's young-adult novel,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, War Horse (movie), Broward County, Paula Poundstone
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The Onion's Twitter Account Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
ReutersMay 07 (TheWrap.com) - The Onion, America's finest fake news organization, was the latest victim of cyber hacking on Monday when the Syrian Electronic Army took over its Twitter account to tweet a slew of anti-Israel messages. Some of the tweets read:...Tags: Human Rights, News Agency, Bashar Assad, Science and Technology, Twitter, Inc.
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NPR was, well, different early Monday morning in Baltimore
The Baltimore SunTechnical difficulties, as they euphemistically say in broadcasting, left some NPR affiliates like Baltimore's WYPR scrambling Monday morning. WYPR confirmed that it had problems with the National Public Radio feed Monday. WTMD General Manager Steve...Tags: Entertainment, BBC, Radio
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CNN's 'Reliable Sources' host Howard Kurtz is grilled on own show
Instead of probing how other media outlets are doing their jobs, CNN media critic Howard Kurtz spent a big chunk of his Sunday morning show "Reliable Sources" being questioned about his own work. Kurtz took heat last week for a piece he wrote for the...Tags: CNN (tv network), Sports Illustrated, POLITICO LLC, National Basketball Association, Jason Collins
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The incredible, edible cicada
Ever wonder what cicadas taste like? Outside the Western world, insects are considered an accepted food source for people. "If you travel to places like Thailand or Vietnam, you'll see food carts that have fried insects," said Dan Nortman, entomologist...Tags: Entertainment, Allergies, Shrimp, Recipes, Thailand
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Howard Kurtz's Mea Culpa Isn't Good Enough
ReutersMay 06 (TheWrap.com) - I wish I could say that Howard Kurtz's mea culpa on "Reliable Sources" was convincing. But it wasn't. Here are all my disclosures right up top: Howie is a friend and colleague of two decades. I have been a guest on his show many...Tags: POLITICO LLC, The Washington Post, Journalism
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Howard Kurtz Apologizes for 'Sloppy' Jason Collins Mistake
ReutersMay 05 (TheWrap.com) - "Reliable Sources" host Howard Kurtz apologized Sunday for his incorrect coverage of NBA player Jason Collins, saying he had read a story by Collins too quickly and that as a media critic he should be held to a higher standard....Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), CNN (tv network), Sports Illustrated, Periodicals, Sports
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State hopes to ease some Baltimore-area traffic jams
In the stop-and-go world of Baltimore-area traffic, there's a lot more braking than commuters and transportation officials would like. Take Russell Allen, a Federal Hill resident who gets in his silver Ford Edge every weekday morning before 7:30 and...
Tags: Harford Road, Manufacturing and Engineering, Entertainment, White Marsh, Federal Hill
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With NPR's 'Wait Wait,' eggheads at the multiplex
NEW YORK -- At about 8 p.m. Thursday night, as moviegoers around the country were lining up to see “Iron Man 3,”an assuredly smaller group was gathering at 600 North American theaters for the live-cinema simulcast of the popular NPR game...
Tags: New York University, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Paula Poundstone, Entertainment
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In a Warming World, 'Cli-Fi' Is Here to Stay
ReutersMay 03 (TheWrap.com) - More than a year ago, I wrote a blog post here headlined "The Next Big Genre: 'Cli-Fi' -- Climate Fiction, in Which 'Mad Max' Meets 'The Road'" -- and now comes NPR and the Christian Science Monitor with two very good trend-...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, George Clooney, Entertainment, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Yes, the abortion-doctor trial is relevant to abortion debate
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Kermit Gosnell. There. As the case against the Philadelphia abortion doctor accused of gruesome acts of murder in his filthy clinic goes to the jury this week, I have at last mentioned his name in my column.......
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