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Ellen Page Coldly Denied Admission Into Hip New AMPAS

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2008-12-01 18:40:13 by Mark Graham in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
In an effort to provide the shadowy cabal known as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with some much-needed transparency, AMPAS executive director Bruce Davis agreed to be questioned under hot interrogation lights about his organization's mysterious recruiting methods by the New York Times . Facing waning ratings for the cash cow that...
 
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Justice League Movie Finally Dead?

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2008-12-01 17:36:41 by Lane Brown in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
Terrible news for fans of Adam Brody and Armie Hammer! The long-gestating Justice League of America movie which has previously suffered writers'-strike-related delays, awful casting , and the denial of a crucial $80 million Australian tax rebate may finally be dead. Dark Horizons reports that George Miller, the hapless director linked to the...
 
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Cyndi Lauper and the Hives Aim for a Filthy New Christmas Classic

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2008-12-01 17:00:23 by Ehren Gresehover in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
Quick! Put the soap in While its not the Pogues' Fairy Tale of New York, the brash and boozy A Christmas Duel can rightly take its place alongside Shane McGowans story of doomed gutter romance on hip Christmas playlists. Cyndi Lauper and Hives singer Pelle Almqvist are a surprisingly good fit, but if the two make something like beautiful music...
 
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Artist Rafael Perez Will Get His Pants Back From That Bird

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2008-12-01 16:15:24 by Emma Pearse in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
Rafael Perez's Checking the Safety (2008 Rafael Perez uses oil and watercolors to render whimsical women with dangerous curiosities. Here, a pantless woman inspects her kinda dainty rifle with care. Is it too late to make a Sarah Palin joke? Anyway, see her and other tender psychos at DFN Gallery through Friday Read more posts by Emma Pearse...
 
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Soulja Boy on How One Actually Supermans a Ho

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2008-12-01 15:45:38 by Jeff Weiss in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
Since emerging from his Batesville, Mississippi, bedroom armed with a smash singleslashcultural meme, Crank That, Soulja Boy has racked up 400,000,000 views on You Tube and another 50,000,000 on MySpace. His 2007 debut, Souljaboytellum.com , went platinum, shifted 5,000,000 ringtones, and earned a Grammy nomination. Along with instant success...
 
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Dexter: Attention, Emmy Committee

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2008-12-01 15:00:52 by Adam Sternbergh in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
Can you see the acting We can't say we're loving this season, what with its predictable plotlines (this week Dexter finally concludes that he has to kill Miguel, an outcome which seemed obvious from the second time they met), familiar twists (Deb is making bad relationship decisions! Again!) and soporific overdose of Rita's wedding preparations...
 
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The Mad Men Dilemma, and Other Culture Highlights From This Week's New York

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2008-12-01 14:15:47 by Lane Brown in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
In this week's issue of New York : Are we suffering from Quality Show Fatigue ? Adam Sternbergh investigates. Need a primer on indie culture? Here's one! David Browne drops in on Golden Animals . David Edelstein reviews Frost/Nixon and Cadillac Records . Stephanie Zacharek reviews Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate . Dan Kois reviews Blasted ....
 
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Hunter Parrish Beloved by Marijuana Fans

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2008-12-01 13:30:41 by Stan Park in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
It's funny when I get recognized on the train. People either say I love your show, dude or Hey, where do you buy good weed? Hunter Parrish [ Page Six Mag A month after [director] Gus [Van Sant] asked me to do it, they sent me another script, and on Page 5 there was a full-on love scene. And I was like, 'Gus, what the heck?' He says, 'Well, it...
 
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Details of the Liz LemonDon Draper Romance Revealed!

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2008-12-01 12:45:09 by Lane Brown in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
In Vanity Fair 's new Tina Fey cover story , several mysteries are solved, including the one about how she got her famous facial scar ("the result of a violent cutting attack by a stranger when Fey was five"). Most interesting to us, though, is the new info on the upcoming relationship between 30 Rock 's Liz Lemon and a character to be portrayed...
 
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