Jay-Z has a new song, which Today's Kathie Lee Gifford wishes it had a melody.
While Kim Novak protests about the use of Vertigo's music, a bigger backlash is gathering pace as Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist charms its way to the Oscars.
Related: Sean O'Neal, for The A.V. Club, elaborates on Novak crying rape.
Funny how quickly the world changes. This clip made me think of the first time I logged onto the Internet, around 1994, to look up information about The Simpsons for a TV class.
From the kids at Lawrence High School comes a new video—a punk update of Mack David's "Sunflower"—that is a celebration of Kansas (now 150 years young), the arts (a cut in funding has recently been proposed in the state), and the diversity of the state's youth:
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Is it fair to say that many of us attach no actual "nostalgia," in the strictest sense of the word, to the singles of the 1990s?
The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2010, opting for David O. Russell over the Coens, and the American Society of Cinematographers has an inexplicable thing for Danny Cohen.
The Reverse Shot gang gives us its two cents. Mad props to their giving mad props to underdogs Let Me In, Frozen, and The Anchorage, as well as to True Grit's fantastic, moving ending.
In the wake of Saturday's tragic shooting in Arizona, Chicago newsman Bill Kurtis speaks from the heart about his late son's mental illness.
And will the tragedy be a defining moment for Sarah Palin? Not if FOX News has anything to say about it:
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Links for the Day: Directors Guild of America Nominations, Coachella Lineup, Kim Novak Raped by The Artist, War Horse Illustrated Review, & More
by Ed Gonzalez on January 10th, 2012 at 11:34 am in Links for the Day
The Directors Guild of America has announced its 2012 nominees.
Pope Benedict says gay marriage is a threat to humanity's future.
Speaking of real threats to our future, Pat Buchanan might not be coming back to MSNBC.
Coachella's 2012 lineup has been announced.
Jay-Z has a new song, which Today's Kathie Lee Gifford wishes it had a melody.
While Kim Novak protests about the use of Vertigo's music, a bigger backlash is gathering pace as Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist charms its way to the Oscars.
Related: Sean O'Neal, for The A.V. Club, elaborates on Novak crying rape.
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