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What "Happy Feet Two" Star Matt Damon Taught Me About Fracking

It's bad for farm cows, and even worse for heartfelt dramatic monologues.

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| Fri Dec. 28, 2012 4:05 AM PST

Video: Top Chef Traci Des Jardins Thinks You Probably Eat Too Much

A classically trained French chef on rethinking portion size, the beauty of small fish, and what to drink over the holidays.

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| Wed Dec. 26, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Tom's Bar: a Cocktail Worthy of New Year's Eve

Bourbon or sparkling wine? With the Seelbach cocktail, there's no need to choose.

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| Wed Dec. 26, 2012 4:00 AM PST

All We Want for Christmas Is...Guns

This year's Black Friday showed a record number of firearms purchased for the holidays.

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| Sun Dec. 23, 2012 4:00 AM PST

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10 Totally Tasteless Pro-Gun T-Shirts

Thousands of Americans were killed by firearms last year and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

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| Sat Dec. 22, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Mormon Money, Scientology's Hollywood Apostate, and a Freshman Priest

Five great stories about religion.

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| Sat Dec. 22, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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"Movie & An Argument" Podcast: Judd Apatow's "This Is 40" & Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained"

In which ThinkProgress critic Alyssa Rosenberg and I chat about the new Apatow comedy and the new Tarantino revenge-fest.

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| Fri Dec. 21, 2012 8:38 PM PST
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NRA Press Conference Riddled With Weirdly Outdated Cultural References

"Mortal Kombat," "Kindergarten Killers," and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"? Really??

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| Fri Dec. 21, 2012 12:55 PM PST
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What Does the "Les Misérables" Movie Have to Do With the Newtown Shooting?

PR teams for film and TV are busy talking on-screen violence—except for the one big movie that actually involves gunning down a child.

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| Thu Dec. 20, 2012 2:41 PM PST
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Video: Colbert Super-PAC Donates Its Leftovers

The Ham Rove Memorial Fund—rumored to be linked to the comedian's Super-PAC—donates over $270,000 to groups exposing money's influence in politics.

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| Mon Dec. 17, 2012 3:35 PM PST
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Bill Murray Is Far and Away the Best Franklin D. Roosevelt in Movie History

He plays FDR as a booze-swilling, chain-smoking, urbane frat-boy ladies man. (Go figure.)

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| Mon Dec. 17, 2012 9:58 AM PST
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Mayan Apocalypse: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were REALLY Afraid to Ask

Here's the ultimate explainer on the possibly imminent end of the world. Best hurry up and read it.

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| Mon Dec. 17, 2012 4:00 AM PST

MoJo Music Critics' Top Albums of 2012

More than two dozen gems, from Bill Withers to Screaming Females.

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| Mon Dec. 17, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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"Movie & An Argument" Podcast: "The Hobbit," Bill Murray, and the Golden Globes

In which ThinkProgress critic Alyssa Rosenberg and I chat about the 2013 Golden Globe Awards nominations, "The Hobbit," and Bill Murray playing FDR.

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| Sat Dec. 15, 2012 7:35 PM PST
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The Most Fantastic and Glorious Movies of 2012—and the Worst of the Worst

A trailer-trash opera, a Great Recession movie, bootleggers, Channing Tatum, and an HBO doc top my irrefutable list of "bests."

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| Fri Dec. 14, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Sen. Joe Manchin's Lonely War on MTV's Trashy "Buckwild"

In which the coal-loving, gun-toting Democrat launches a crusade against the "Jersey Shore" of West Virginia.

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| Tue Dec. 11, 2012 10:00 AM PST

Meet First Aid Kit, Swedish Sibling Sensation

"We're the only girls in our touring party," observes Klara Söderberg. "Where are they?"

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| Mon Dec. 10, 2012 4:03 AM PST
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A 6-Word Review of "Playing for Keeps," the New Gerard Butler Rom-Com

There's only one thing you need to know about this movie.

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| Fri Dec. 7, 2012 2:55 PM PST
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Controversial Anti-Abortion, Pro-Creationism Evangelist Makes a John Lennon Movie

In his short documentary, minister Ray Comfort is more interested in yelling at strangers about Jesus and evolution than he is examining the former Beatle's life.

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| Fri Dec. 7, 2012 11:55 AM PST
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More Trolling on White House Petitions Site: Death Star Edition

A few hundred people jokingly/not-so-jokingly want Obama to "spur job creation" by beginning construction on the Death Star from "Star Wars."

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| Tue Dec. 4, 2012 8:20 AM PST