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Championship Week = Best Week Ever!!!

by: MichaelGenovese

NCAA basketball’s championship week is underway. It is one of the most exciting weeks in sports and the number one reason that college basketball is superior to college football. That’s right I said it, superior. Three times a day for a week you get to see something amazing. In college football what [...]

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“THE SPY NEXT DOOR” (Film Review)

On January 18, 2010 at 6:49 am

“THE SPY NEXT DOOR” (Film Review)

* (out of 4)
Director: Brian Levant
Rated: PG (mild violence)
I actually kinda liked this movie the first time I saw it. Of course, back then it starred Vin Diesel and was called “The Pacifier.” This second time, however was a different story. I think. Honestly, there may have been a good 15 minutes of cinematic brilliance [...]

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Baldwin/McCullough: Too Late for Haiti? LIVE 9pm EST

On January 16, 2010 at 8:52 pm

a production of XTREME MEDIA LLC of New York
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…Listen LIVE: 9-11pm EST…
A matching fund for Haiti Emergency Relief has been established for Baldwin/McCullough listeners.
(Every dollar donated through midnight Sunday will be matched up to $30,000, please click here and give as generously as you can.)

Are you looking for where you can [...]

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“The Lovely Bones” (Film Review)

On January 15, 2010 at 6:48 am

Anyone who has dealt with death knows that it is one of the hardest things to cope with. Those of us who had to deal with death as a child know how difficult it is to comprehend the finality of it at such a young age. This is a subject that is tough to portray [...]

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Deity Death Match

On at 6:35 am

Deity Death Match

When I was a kid, there was a term used to describe a natural disaster. It was called an “Act of God”. As the good parochial school boy I was, the terminology didn’t coincide with my religious teachings. After all, God was one angry guy in the Old Testament.
Floods. Fires. Locusts. Lot’s wife.
Truly, when there [...]

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Let’s Talk BASTARDS

On at 5:31 am

Let's Talk BASTARDS

Has anyone else noticed that Social Conservatism seems to be flirting with an emotional meltdown? Belligerent and obviously mistaking drunken bathroom sex with The Devil as a direct flight to religious exoneration. While you may claim the word of G-d as your inspiration, if you blaspheme under a cloud of hypocrisy, then you have not [...]

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Game Review)

On January 14, 2010 at 9:05 am

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Game Review)

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for Gamecube was a good game.  Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers for Wii, is not a good game.  In fact, Crystal Bearers goes down as another entry on the growing list of unfortunate blatant FF spin off cash-ins.  Any fan boy should feel aggrieved, and will be left nursing [...]

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It’s a Longshot, But it Could Save Us

On January 13, 2010 at 9:56 am

It's a Longshot, But it Could Save Us

The United States Congress is about to put its finishing touches on legislation that will drastically change our Health Care system forever. As Americans, we all would support such a move if it was a step forward with improving a system where premiums are reduced and coverage is expanded for those who need it. However, [...]

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Best Films of 2009

On at 7:00 am

Best Films of 2009

Here are my favorite films of the last year. Those with links will direct you to my review of the film.
Inglourious Basterds- This is Tarantino at his absolute best.

The Hangover- The most successful comedy ever for more reasons that I can type.

District 9- For a genre that is dead to me, this sci-fi drama hit [...]

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Mark McGwire Admits to Lying at the Right Time

On January 12, 2010 at 12:43 pm

Mark McGwire Admits to Lying at the Right Time

If I were on Mark McGwire’s legal team, I too would have encouraged him to come clean about lying in a congressional hearing several years ago. Let’s face it folks, we all knew even then McGwire was being less the truthful in his testimony. The reality is, that some point in his life he was going to have to fess up.

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Big Mac Comes Clean

On at 12:40 pm

Big Mac Comes Clean

Mark McGwire has come clean.
He has finally admitted today that he has done steroids. This is like Cher admitting that she has had a little plastic surgery.
Nobody in the sports world is surprised that Mark McGwire did steroids. We were shocked when he denied it five years ago in front of congress because it was [...]

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Who’s Your (baby) Daddy?

On at 10:05 am

Who's Your (baby) Daddy?

Ugly Betty has catapulted from Friday night prime-time exile to the top of the heap – right after ABC’s clever and well- written Modern Family and the popular-yet-depressing-to-me Cougartown.
I work in fashion, live in New York City and have long hung out with gay guys, so Ugly Betty has been a guilty pleasure for me [...]

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The “It’s Complicated” Rating Debate

On at 9:44 am

The “It’s Complicated” Rating Debate

Just when it seems more and more Americans are becoming in favor of legalizing the personal use of marijuana, the Hollywood motion picture industry is holding things together and making sure that a couple of elderly actors don’t promote the illegal use of the drug. Of course, it isn’t Hollywood that Hollywood is worried about [...]

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