http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:56:21 -0700 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:45:04 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d23-The-Weekend-That-Was-112309?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner Don't let Turkey Day pass you by without watching the greatest Thanksgiving movie of all time.Need some other quality Thanksgiving TV programming? Here's 475 T'giving shows, movies, and specials airing through next weekend.The Blind Side was the numb... television movies social media music books news Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:45:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d23-The-Weekend-That-Was-112309?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d19-The-Entertainer-of-the-Decade-is?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner ...Britney Spears!Just kidding.Well, it seems like it's been almost ten years since this decade started...(And let's just make one thing really clear right up front-- the decade is 2000-2009. I don't care about Gregorian calendars, Year One, etc. We ... television movies music books Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:22:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d19-The-Entertainer-of-the-Decade-is?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Remembering-Ken-Ober?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner ...when Remote Control continues! (®MTV) The quizmaster of 72 Whooping Cough Lane has gone to that great game show in the sky.Ken Ober, erstwhile host of MTV's long-defunct game show Remote Control, has passed away at the age of 52, and the wor... television Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Remembering-Ken-Ober?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d16-The-Weekend-That-Was-111609?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner Now we just have to wait 3 years... (®Columbia Pictures) 2012 (insert apocalypse-invoking verb here) the competition at the box office this weekend. Of course no one will even remember it once New Moon opens this Friday. Up's very own Ca... television movies music books Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:02:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d16-The-Weekend-That-Was-111609?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Date-Night-Carell-and-Fey-might-have-a-funny-movie?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner Please be funny. Please be funny... (®20th Century Fox) It's way too easy to get excited about movie trailers. Stupid movies instantly become funny, and bad movies instantly become entertaining. We've all seen the re-cut trailer for The S... movies Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:43:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Date-Night-Carell-and-Fey-might-have-a-funny-movie?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Trim-up-the-tree-with-Galaga?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner Luke! We're gonna have ornaments! (®Hallmark) Ho, ho, ho.With just over 6 weeks to go until Christmas, it's just about time for Easy 103.7 to start beltin' out the holiday tunes. (Oh, Johnny Mathis-- how I've missed thee)....which means it's al... television movies Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Trim-up-the-tree-with-Galaga?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d9-The-Weekend-That-Was-11909?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner She shoots. She scores. (®NBC) Disney's A Christmas Carol ruled the box office this weekend. And critics loved it, too-- including Roger Ebert and A.O. Scott.By the way-- if Ebert's not careful, he's going to become better known as a god of Twi... television movies music books news Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:02:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d9-The-Weekend-That-Was-11909?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Transformers-3-More-emotion-less-action-Huh?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner WANTED: For implying he's going gooey (®Touchstone) So Michael Bay fancies himself a touchy-feely filmmaker. Dear lord.According to a 'secret video' embedded within the Blu-ray edition of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Bay is looking at m... movies Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:08:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Transformers-3-More-emotion-less-action-Huh?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d2-The-Weekend-That-Was-11209?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner What with all the trick-or-treating and the end of daylight savings time, things may have been a little hectic this weekend... So in case you were a little out of the loop, here's a few things you may have missed.Heidi Klum and Seal really get into H... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:06:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d2-The-Weekend-That-Was-11209?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Stephen-Kings-Under-the-Dome-Its-coming?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner Town in a bubble. (®Scribner) Brace yourselves.November 10th is just twelve days away. And with it comes the arrival of Stephen King's latest tome (and a half-- it weighs in at a hefty 1,088 pages) Under the Dome.In the meantime, King's home-aw... books Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:17:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Stephen-Kings-Under-the-Dome-Its-coming?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d29-NBC-shows-some-love-for-Chuck?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner Nerd Herders rejoice! (®NBC) 'The Little Show That Could' just keeps on chugging up that hill.According to Josef Adalian at TVMoJoe, NBC has ordered another six episodes of Chuck, bringing the grand total to 19-- just three short of what's cons... television Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:32:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d29-NBC-shows-some-love-for-Chuck?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d27-No-V-skywriting-Common-sense-wins-again?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner ...so sayeth ABC.  (PilotList.com) It was to be the publicity stunt of the fall, a marketing ploy sent from the heavens. Literally. But cooler heads prevailed, and there will be no skywriting campaign to promote the upcoming ABC series V. ... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:34:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d27-No-V-skywriting-Common-sense-wins-again?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Ricky-Gervais-to-host-Golden-Globes-Public-to-laugh?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner See? He even LOOKS funny. (®Time Magazine/Everett) Remember 1995? We were still almost 3 years from hearing the name Monica Lewinsky. Boyz II Men and TLC ruled the radio. And Apollo 13 was the big movie. Yessir, that was a looooong time ago.... television Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:12:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Ricky-Gervais-to-host-Golden-Globes-Public-to-laugh?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d26-White-Collar?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey (®USA Network) Give USA Network some props. They don't do a lot of original, scripted shows (only 7, if you don't count wrestling), but what they do, they do right.Their latest, White Collar, airs Friday nights a... television Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:40:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d26-White-Collar?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Star-Wars-Episodes-79-Not-so-fast?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner (®Lucasfilm Ltd.) See? No more room on the poster. You just can't believe everything you read.If you could, Fred Claus would indeed be "entirely watchable". And Kanye West would actually be dead.Alas, though, some things... movies Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:21:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Star-Wars-Episodes-79-Not-so-fast?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d20-New-Jennifers-Body-UK-poster?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner (®20th Century Fox) If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, right?We all know what a box office disappointment Jennifer's Body was (it still hasn't earned back its paltry $16M budget) even with its can't-miss formula (Megan Fox! Diablo Co... movies Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:22:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d20-New-Jennifers-Body-UK-poster?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d19-ABC-skywriting-to-promote-V-series?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner (®ABC/Warner Bros.) Look! Up in the air! Sometimes ideas look good on paper.Sometimes not.ABC has announced that it is taking to the skies to promote its upcoming sci-fi drama V, using skywriting. Of a big V. In the sky.Really? Skywriting?Sure, ... television Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:47:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d19-ABC-skywriting-to-promote-V-series?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d15-The-end-of-ahem-aha-Amen?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner (®Warner Bros. Records) Quick-- name two songs by a-ha."Take on Me"? Good.....and....?Two points if you got "The Living Daylights" (from, yes, the Bond film).Five points if you got "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (t... music Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:32:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d15-The-end-of-ahem-aha-Amen?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Zombieland-The-Rules-for-making-a-great-movie?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner (®Columbia Pictures) Take a boatload of zombies, a hilarious/clever script, Woody Harrelson, a heaping portion of Michael Cera Jesse Eisenberg, a bit of Emma Stone, and some more zombies, and you have the recipe for one of the year’s most ... movies Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:14:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Zombieland-The-Rules-for-making-a-great-movie?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d9-The-Desert-Island-experiment-10-albums?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner All week long, readers of Whitney Matheson's "Pop Candy" blog over at USAToday have been chiming in on the old 'What-10-CDs-would-you-take-to-a-desert-island' debate......which, of course, got me thinking.I did give myself a few rules. No g... music Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:14:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8086-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d9-The-Desert-Island-experiment-10-albums?cid=exrss-Pop-Culture-Examiner