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The Privileges by Jonathon Dee presents an amorality tale that unfortunately is more fact than fiction. A well written story about a golden couple who hit it big illegally in the hedge fund racket, spend obscene amounts of money and never seem to reflect.
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You’d think a guy who was responsible for a lot of the things George W. Bush said would put together a series of horror stories meant to be reiterated by Democrats around the camp fire, but Matt Latimer’s Speech-less uses a novel concept in his memoirs of his days as the former president’s speechwriter:...
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For the amount of time I’ve spent playing Drop7, the $2.99 app from area/code available on iTunes, I should know how to play.  …which is why my addiction will continue until I figure out some sort of strategy. -
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Janelle Monae wears a tuxedo better than Bond and brings a funk and soul to her music and videos that hasn’t been seen since James Brown. I dare you to watch this video (Janelle Monae – Tightrope ft. Big Boi) without smiling and dancing, triple dog dare you.
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In Harry Brown, Michael Caine goes all “ex-Royal Marine” on some raping, murdering, drug-addled teens who are apparently responsible for 90% of all the drug-related deaths, sexual assaults, and teen pregnancies in South London, as well as, you guessed it, the death of his best friend.  Caine is the movie’s crutch, and it leans–heavily–on...
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In its breakout season, this legal/family drama, starring many familiar faces (see Julianna Marguelies , Chris Noth , Matt Czuchry , Archie Panjabi , and Christine Baranski ) is...
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Colson Whitehead’s coming of age novel, Sag Harbor, is centered in an upper middle class black summer resort community on Long Island. Because it is probably more fact than fiction, it gives white readers a different perspective on black culture and life than we get from the more popular hood books and movies.
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Skip Bayless is best likened to a Teddy Ruckspin malfunctioning because somebody put a tape in the back that says “nonstop bullshit.”  You are bad at your job, Skip; you are clueless about sports, don’t deserve your exposure, look like a horse, have zero professionalism, and in general, were the most irritating ESPN personality...
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South of Broad offers the usual larger than life situations and characters we have come to expect from Pat Conroy juxtaposed against compelling narrative and beautiful poetic descriptions. If you have the time and want to be transfixed to the world fiction is supposed to send us to, read this, “Beach Music” and “The...
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The collection of stars from Parenthood‘s cast range everywhere from Coach to Six Feet Under to Gilmore Girls to Die Hard. The writing works itself away from cliché (despite the show being one) when it comes out of the mouths of talented actors, to the point that I’ll wedge in a family dramedy between 24 (yes,...
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