Movie Buzz The New York Times wrote about Rodney Ascher's documentary on Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining.” It turns out they don't know the Kubrick masterpiece as well as they thought. (via twitter.com)
Culture Buzz Alas, stopping to text with your back against the wall is only half the battle. Can we forcibly remove all slow people from the sidewalks also?
Kudos to “The Times” for correcting such an egregious mistake.
Taken from Alex Prager's wonderful gallery, “Touch of Evil: Cinematic Villainy From the Year’s Best Performers” for The New York Times, here’s a still of Pitt as David Lynch's breakthrough madman.
Music Buzz Or rather, overcomplicating it needlessly. I guess I'd rather look at a nice pithy chart than read another article about '90s revivalism.
And they did it quickly. This just shows what a few subtle word changes can do for the NYPD.
Culture Buzz This New York Times photo of a sexy raw chicken is currently all the rage on the internet. Unfortunately, not everyone could find the humor in this adorable little chicken. (PETA, I'm looking at you.)
How has this scent not been thought of before? Oh please, like you've never cracked open a book just to smell the pages. Now you can use your ereader without missing the musk of paper and ink.
America: the memory of a goldfish. Not entirely sure how I feel about the Alabama tornado aftermath getting completely bumped from the front page.
The New York Times published perhaps the greatest correction in its history on Sunday. “A series of pictures last Sunday of covers of the magazine Tiger Beat, with an article about how the original teen-girl tabloid has remained virtually unchanged since its inception in 1965, erroneously included a parody cover, produced by the satiric newspaper The Onion, that featured a picture of President Obama.” (From ShortFormBlog, via Mediaite)
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Culture Buzz A fascinating insight into the past. The most interesting articles from The New York Times Sunday Magazine from exactly 100 years ago. Visit Source for larger versions.
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The New York Times' Elizabeth Taylor obituary was ready for so long that its writer died almost 6 years before she did.
Food Buzz Christoph Niemann plays with his food, and I bet his mother doesn't mind it! Merry Cookie Christmas and a Happy Sprinkled New Year!
http://www.slate.com/id/2275292/
Stick it to the Old Gray Lady!
http://mashable.com/2010/09/09/news-me/
Yesterday we were left wondering what was next for The New York Times. Today, the Times announced that it's developing a personalized, social news service called News.me. It looks like print media just became one step closer to extinction.
http://mashable.com/2010/09/08/nytimes-print/
Grab your E-readers. It appears as though the print version of The New York Times may soon be a thing of the past, states Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. Seriously, who could have seen this coming?