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19 hours ago ago from Breakfast In The Ruins

I haven’t had much time for writing over the past few days, but thought I owed it to myself to at least get down a few words to mark the passing of Dan O’Bannon, a man who I guess never really quite made the grade as a household name or a big deal auteur, but was nevertheless to be found hovering in the background behind many of the most entertaining and influential sci fi and horror movies of the ‘70s and ‘80s, and, being some hopeless kind ...

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13 hours ago ago from Anna Kendrick upped your game, little man.

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4 hours ago ago from Robstenwellwisher's Blog

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22 hours ago ago from Naim Attallah Online

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my life in books: A Christmas Carol

14 hours ago ago from Jenni Lou

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18 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com . For Isaac Francisco Solnit, born December 17, 2009 It s clear now that, from her immoveable titanium bangs to her chaotic approximation of human speech, Sarah Palin is a Terminator cyborg sent from the future to destroy something -- but what? It could be the Republican Party she ll ravage by herding the fundamentalists and extremists into a place where sane fiscal conservatives and swing voters can t ...

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3 hours ago ago from Access Hollywood

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