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Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei back on Twitter after release
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has returned to Twitter following a long silence after his release from detention in June when he was barred from giving media interviews as part of his bail conditions. Ai tweeted on Saturday for the first time since he was taken into custody at Beijing’s…
Reporters say they were attacked by security guards at right-wing conference
Two reporters for ThinkProgress allege that they were “attacked by security guards for no apparent reason” on Thursday at a conference of the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The guards told Scott Keyes and Lee Fang that they had to stop filming and leave the lobby area, but when…
Afghan TV series ‘The Ministry’ pokes fun at government
KABUL (Reuters) – Britain and the United States poke fun at incompetent, arrogant middle managers in the television comedy “The Office,” but in Afghanistan the target is a fictional minister of garbage in a new series called “The Ministry.” Instead of a series mocking drab office life in impoverished Afghanistan,…
Paul McCartney says press hacked his phone
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney said Thursday he will contact authorities about the “horrendous violation of privacy” over the British press’s alleged hacking of his phone, the Los Angeles Times reported. The British singer and musician made a video statement to the Television Critics Association while he was in Ohio for a…
Fox News turns ire on ‘Spongebob’ global warming episode
When Fox News producers aren’t coming up with simple-minded metaphors to “debunk” the scientific consensus on climate change, they’re apparently turning their outrage machine onto a children’s show for refusing to be “fair and balanced” like them. In a bizarre string of on-air attacks, Fox News hosts seem to be…
Jerry Lewis will not appear in 2011 MDA telethon
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jerry Lewis will not appear in the annual muscular dystrophy telethon that he has hosted since 1966, despite earlier plans for him to sing a swan song, the organization behind the event said on Wednesday. The announcement by the Muscular Dystrophy Association came just days after…
Huckabee cartoon attempts woeful retelling of 9/11 attacks
In a new “history” cartoon aimed at children, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, now a Fox News personality, spins an animated, less-than-nuanced retelling of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., with a distinctly pro-Bush, pro-torture spin. In his “Learn Our History,” the former Republican presidential…
‘Lost’ Hitchcock film found in New Zealand
One of the earliest films made by British master director Alfred Hitchcock has been found in New Zealand, researchers said. The New Zealand Film Archive on Wednesday said the first three reels of the six-reel feature “The White Shadow” were found in a cache of ageing nitrate prints given to…
MSNBC extends Rachel Maddow’s contract to 2014
MSNBC has signed Rachel Maddow to a new contract in a deal that extends her spot at the network at least into 2014, according to TVNewser. “I’m really, really happy in this job and to have the chance to extend it for a few more years, especially with the year…
Murdoch paper The Sun warns website users data stolen by LulzSec
LONDON — Britain’s Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun has sent a message to readers warning them that computer hackers may have published their data online after an attack on the paper’s website last month. The paper’s publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) said in an email late Monday that details of…
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