Showing posts with label Magazines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magazines. Show all posts
Friday, December 15, 2017

Rolling Stone remembers Tom Petty

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I checked in with Rolling Stone  again because of its Tom Petty memorial issue. Well, that's a little misleading. In fact, I check in ev...
Friday, October 27, 2017

My Takeaways from Entertainment Weekly's Family Matters reunion

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Allegedly to celebrate Hulu's premiere of the complete run of Family Matters but probably just as an excuse to meet Reginald Vel Johnso...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Let's check in on Rolling Stone

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Say what you will about Rolling Stone . Say what you will about puns. To me it is undeniable that "What a Foo Believes" is a s...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Mag Rack: Because they are still making 'em and I am still reading 'em

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Some thoughts on current periodicals: * Entertainment Weekly still ain't what it used to be, but it still surprises every now and the...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

5 things you didn't know about Rick Astley (Rick reads Entertainment Weekly So You Don't Have to)

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I chuckled at finding an article on 80s superstar (it wasn't all fun and games back then, kids) Rick Astley in Entertainment Weekly rec...
Friday, September 2, 2016

Appalling slight to a great performer

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A recent "Entertainment Weekly" featured a profile of Chris Pine, a fluffy and short piece designed to put over the idea that he i...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

One of the dumbest attempts to hype a TV series in print

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The "Entertainment Weekly" issue with the big "Walking Dead" section tried to boost "The 100," a CW show which...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

What's the matter with kids today?

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They're afraid of being "old." apparently, and that fear manifests itself in a defensive preemption against anyone who dare ac...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Checking in with Entertainment Weekly...

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"Entertainment Weekly"  made a major design change recently, and if  you guessed it involved adding more pictures and removing pes...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Rolling Stone's Best of 2014 issue

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Don't worry, this isn't gonna be a big rant about injustices or idiocies scattered throughout the issue. No, I just want to point ou...
Monday, January 12, 2015

More BS in the Entertainment Weekly Best and Worst 2014 issue

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I can't help myself. Consider this the last post on the topic, and just indulge me while I get some of this out of my system. Here's...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Sorting through the BS that is Entertainment Weekly's "Best and Worst 2014" issue

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I know this is folly, but the whole point of this blog is to gripe about inconsequential things that bother me, and hope that maybe it makes...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Vault of Coolness: Sport Magazine from 1974 (part 1)

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Vault of Coolness is back with a look at the cover of this fascinating circa 1974 issue of Sport. I offer it to you as something to tide you...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Mag Rack #2: Shocking Secrets of America's Favorite TV Shows of the '50s and '60s

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Will you lose what little respect you had for me if I told you I bought this "Globe Collector's Issue" at the bookstore? Will ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Mag Rack #1

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Welcome to the Magazine Rack, a new recurring feature in which I talk about some of the various magazines I read each month. Yes, I do read ...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

My mom buys "Us" Magazine so you don't have to

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Well, you won't be seeing any "My wife reads People..." posts here anymore because while "People" continues to crank...
Friday, March 1, 2013

I don't know much about antiques, but I know brass when I see it

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Krause Publications recently canceled one of the few magazines I still subscribed to, "Comics Buyer's Guide," and it did so wi...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Vault of Coolness: The Plot to Smear Sophia Loren

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Time to head back into the Vault of Coolness, my rather immodest name for my regular excursions into the Cultureshark archives for something...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

This is what I'm talking about: Entertainment Weekly disses Tom Wopat

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Is it a good sign that yesterday I said I wouldn't be writing much about "Entertainment Weekly" and now my first post back is ...
Friday, August 5, 2011

Cultureshark Cares: A Public Service Announcement

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Months ago, when The Greatest Cable Channel Known to Mankind released its Summer Under the Stars Schedule, I rejoiced at the sight of August...