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Joe Wright Eyes a Thriller
Joe Wright is king of the epic, sweeping, often-period dramas that sometimes receive Oscar buzz. His filmography ranges from the acclaimed (Atonement) to the middling (The Soloist) to the D.O.A. (Indian Summer)....
Start Press: Your Part Of The Story
If you think about it, any videogame on the shelf at GameStop could safely be described as fantasy. But I like the kind with pointy ears. I like the kind with bearded kings and blustery mountain passes and wars that have been raging for eons. I like ...
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<em>Where The Wild Things Are</em> (PS3)
Developer: Griptonite Games Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii Bored to be wild The film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s picture book Where The Wild Things Are gave audiences, both young and ...
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Dave Rawlings Tours Independent Record Stores Through December
While few musicians would downplay the importance of the independent record store, even fewer hold it in such reverence as Dave Rawlings. The singer-songwriter/producer/collaborator, who just released his new album of superb Americana gems, A Friend ...
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Machine Head
The 10 Best TV Guest Appearances of the Decade (2000-2009)
Some shows (Extras, Curb Your Enthusiasm) are built around celebrity appearances, while others (Friends, Weeds) just sprinkle episodes with guest stars for added humor or drama. Either way, we love a good TV cameo. Here, we look back on our favorites ...
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Will Haven
The 20 Best Magazines of the Decade (2000-2009)
We love magazines. Because we are one, we don't get to spend a lot of time writing about our peers. But our passion for magazines runs as deep as it does for music, movies, and yes, even beer.
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Best of What's Next: Nathan Moore
The sharp, introspective lyrics of Nathan Moore draw an instant connection to the great folk singers of the past...
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FIFA 10 (Awesome of the Day)
Considering how quickly and fully my love for all things soccer has developed, there’s really only one word to describe it: obsession. It started with a trip to Manchester this summer for the Manchester International Festival. I’d expected ...
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Ben Stiller, Noah Baumbach and LCD Soundsystem Join Forces for <em>Greenberg</em>
Writer-director Noah Baumbach has mastered the art of “emotional torture porn,” a phrase aptly applied to his past films by bloggers/NPR radio hosts Adam Kempenaar and Matty Robinson. This is an extreme way of saying that Baumbach creates ...
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The Avett Brothers, Andrew Bird and Gillian Welch Amongst Performers Set for 10th Annual FUV Feastival
New York’s 10th Annual FUV Feastival is giving plenty to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. On Nov. 26-27, the event will consist of some of 2009’s best live acts into just two days, like Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, Andrew Bird, Ben ...
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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas
Writers: Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day
Studio/Run Time: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 42 mins. Starring: McElhenney, Howerton, Day, Danny DeVito, Kaitlin Olsen
A bloody, sweaty treat for It’s Always Sunny fans For a ...
Joshua James Tour Diary - Tokyo/Baton Rouge - 11/19/09
Tokyo Every time that I get on a plane I accept the fact that I might die. I say to myself “this might be the day that you die”. And then I board the plane....
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Eddie Murphy Gets R-Rated With Talking Animals
Dr. Dolittle this is not. It was announced recently that Eddie Murphy will be producing an R-rated animated film called The Misadventures of Fluffy....
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EMI Shuts Down Beatles Download Website
A U.S. federal judge ruled for Beatles download website Bluebeat.com to be shut down via preliminary injunction, as initiated by EMI Music Group....
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Lou Barlow and Dinosaur Jr. Tour Diary - Tempe/Solana Beach - 11/3-4/09
Tempe, AZ 11/3 8 am flight to Phoenix from the Burbank, Bob Hope Airport, the perfect airport: small, boarding planes off the tarmac up a staircase always feels romantic, somehow. Though the feelings I have leaving home again are far from wistful. ...
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Shearwater Prep New Album for February Release
Shearwater, once best known for its association with Okkervil River—Okkervil frontman Will Sheff and former member Jonathan Meiburg began the band as an outlet for songs that didn’t quite float in the River—truly stepped out with ...
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<em>This is It</em> Headed to MTV
Michael Jackson’s This is It will eventually air on MTV and sister networks, where many people probably planned to see it anyway....
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Tom Waits: <em>Glitter and Doom Live</em>
Music’s cookie-monster contrarian gets his Peter Pan on “Now, when I was a boy my daddy sat me on his knee and he told me, he told me many things. And he said, ‘Son,’ he always called me son, he said, ‘There’s a lot ...
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High Definition: Why <i>Phineas and Ferb</i> Is The Best Kids Show on TV
The following story was originally published on March 31, 2009....
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The Best Movie Scenes of the Decade
In a weird way, great scenes are even more indelible than great movies. When an entire film is awesome—like all of these, for instance—you’re often held rapt from start to finish, but you don’t see the trees for the forest. And ...
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Best of What's Next: Pyramiddd
Until this fall, the foursome had called itself Starfucker...
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<em>Terror in Mumbai</em> Documentary to Air on HBO
Almost one year after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that left 170 people dead, HBO will air a provocative and deeply unsettling documentary revealing the details surrounding the violence of those days....
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Judy Collins and Neko Case Set to Headline RootsFest 2010
Denver’s RootsFest will celebrate its third anniversary this year with a bill of trans-genre and generation artists. Folk veteran Judy Collins and alt.country cover girl Neko Case are set to headline the roots-music merrymaking....
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Creed Vs. Creed: Quality Assurance Representative and Rock Frontman Face Off
One is a creepy relic who's had trouble with the law. The other is a character on The Office. Creed Bratton: Quality Assurance Representative, The OfficeScott Stapp: Frontman, reunited rock band Creed...
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U2 to Headline Glastonbury 2010
Festivals don’t get bigger than Glastonbury. And bands don’t get bigger than U2. How the two haven’t paired up before now, in retrospect, seems kinda crazy. But it’s finally happened: The Irish juggernauts will headline next ...
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RiffTrax and "Weird Al" Yankovic Mock Rudolph on the Big Screen
Unless you’re one of the six people who thought Jingle All the Way was a good movie, chances are, when you see hokey Christmas flicks, you crack jokes to yourself or the similarly-sarcastic folks around you. Well, this Christmas, you’ll be ...
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Dream Theater
<em>Twilight: New Moon</em> Breaks Midnight and Opening-Weekend Records
Twlight: New Moon became the number one midnight theatrical showing of all time. On top of the midnight records, it earned staggering box-office numbers this weekend, taking over the number three spot for the biggest opening weekend of all time....
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Paste's Holiday Gift Guide for Kids and Babies
We've got Santa covered with the following gifts for kids and babies:...
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Jimi Hendrix
Avett Brothers Release Jody Hill-Directed Music Video, Announce Spring Tour
With their new video for “Slight Figure of Speech,” the Avett Brothers have tapped into one of America’s best late night activities. Infomercials! The song itself is tucked into several minutes of Andy Daly (Semi-Pro, Reno 911) ...
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Pixies Photos - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom - 11/20/09
Photos taken by Jon Gitchoff at Aragon Ballroom...
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Michael Moorcock Set to Write <em>Dr. Who</em> Novel
Influential fantasy novelist Michael Moorcock told the world via his online forum that he will pen the next Dr. Who novel, which will continue the book series that began in the mid-1960s....
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Björk Contributes Song to Children's Film
Details of Björk’s latest project may strike as oddly familiar, with a children’s tale serving as inspiration. But instead of Wild Things, the Icelandic songstress will be singing with hippo-like trolls and donkey-like tails in mind, as ...
HBO, <em>The Wire</em> Producers to Adapt <em>Rolling Stone</em> Writer's <em>Appetite for Self-Destruction</em>
Producers of The Wire will soon focus on the downfalls and digital downloads characterizing today’s music industry....
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Download Harper Blynn's "Centrifugal Motion"
Download Harper Blynn's "Centrifugal Motion" here.Harper Blynn's Loneliest Generation comes out Dec. 15 on Baby Jackal Records....
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Best of What's Next: Carrie Preston: Blood, Sweat and Twang
Hometown: Macon, Ga. Film/Show: That Evening Sun, True Blood For Fans Of: Amy Adams, William Gay, vampires Hollywood is littered with young starlets who come out of nowhere, land a big role and suddenly get their images splayed across gossip pages and ...
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Meet the New <em>Simpsons</em> Character, Ricardo Bombo
If you’ve been following The Simpsons’ create-a-character contest that ensued last month, you’ll be interested to know the wait is finally over. The show has selected a winner whose cartoon creation will be featured in the ...
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Judd Apatow Hints at <em>Pineapple Express</em> Sequel
The man who brought M.I.A. to the masses with the awesome trailer usage of “Paper Planes” is now considering a sequel to his stoner bromance flick....
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Tori Amos: <em>Midwinter Graces</em>
Famously idiosyncratic songwriter continues mid-career slump with album of holiday songs Given that holiday-themed releases are just a step above albums of pop standards on the continuum slumping toward creative irrelevancy, Midwinter Graces presents ...
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Listen Up: Mending A Heart With What Broke It (Or, I Love The Everybodyfields, Vol. 392)
It's been six months since the split...
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Larrikin Love
Japan
The 20 Best Live Acts of the Decade (2000-2009)
On any given night, on any city in America, there's a band or a singer/songwriter transcending the usual concert experience...
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Bruce Springsteen
U2
Sufjan Stevens
Wilco
My Morning Jacket
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Best of What's Next: Shelley Short
Shelley Short grew up in Oregon, in an home that always stayed warm...
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Nick Cave
The 10 Best Movie Soundtracks of the Decade (2000-2009)
The songs play in the foreground, in the background, over montage sequences and triumphant climaxes...
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The 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade (2000-2009)
The new Millennium got off to a great start where the world of gadgetry was concerned. For our 20 best we selected only actual gadgets—no websites like YouTube or Facebook, no software programs and no innovative companies like Netflix. From ...
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<em>The Oprah Winfrey Show</em> to End in Sept. 2011
Daytime television authority Oprah Winfrey announced today that her talk show will end after 25 years of running, marking Sept. 9, 2011 the final episode date....
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Roland Emmerich Unveils <em>Independence Day</em> Sequels
There’s just something about the idea of the world being ripped to pieces that gets the box-office bees buzzing, no matter how exhausted the story arcs may be. Roland Emmerich doesn’t give cinema anything new with his latest disaster ...
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What Will James Franco's <i>General Hospital</i> Experiment, Which Begins Today, Mean for His Career?
James Franco’s stint on General Hospital begins today. The marketing fanfare has been pretty epic, but the show’s core audience is not likely to expand despite the A-list presence, a fact that has led to the inevitable barbs “Well, ...
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Pixies Play Fallon, Fans Pick Second Song on Twitter
Aside from his penchant for starring in bad Queen Latifah movies, Jimmy Fallon’s usually got the public’s interest in mind. A man of the people, if you will. With his affable persona and regular-dude smile, he emits a charming ...
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Paste's Holiday Gift Guide for Gamers
Here are some gift ideas for the gamers in your life:...
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New Dead Weather Album Coming in 2010
Jack White supergroup the Dead Weather is already planning a 2010 sophomore record release, even though their debut, Horehound, has been out for less than a year....
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Jason Bitner (Ed.): <em>Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves</em>
Reminiscing the mix tape Blame it on Twitter, reality television, or the daily sprouting of self-chronicling blogs, but it’s undeniable that we’re living in a voyeuristic culture. Catching glimpses into other’s slice-of-life moments ...
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