Dangerous Liaisons

Shibboleth, Doris Salcedo, 2007 — Photo: Tate I can’t believe that people are still managing to trip over that long crack that is Doris Salcedo’s temporary art installation in the floor of the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern in London. But the completely ridiculous idea that Salcedo’s piece might actually be dangerous got me thinking [...]

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My Video Commute: Bringing the Middle East to Midtown

As part of my ongoing effort to use my video iPod to ensure that I never have to read on the subway again, I’ve been sampling video podcasts–this morning, the Mosaic newscast from linkTV.The Peabody Award-winning show, which compiles news reports from around the Middle East, has been available for some time on satellite TV [...]

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To Air Is Human

The things I learn watching CNN with the sound off on the elliptical trainer in the morning! The above clip comes via a report this morning that Delta Airlines has been using short video to indoctrinate passengers about airline courtesy. This clip is called “Middleman”–you’ll see why when you watch–and the Planeguage campaign’s YouTube page [...]

The Top 10 Museum Shows

It’s end of the year list making time, and here at Time.com we’ve been making our’s. Top ten movies, top ten books and so on. Here’s a link to my completely subjective inventory of the top ten shows in U.S. museums this year. The only rule — an exhibition had to have its first American [...]

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Strike Watch: TV Critics Tour Cancelled by Critical Lack of TV

This time they’ve gone too far! The writers’ strike has officially crippled TV critics’ ability to sit in a hotel ballroom in L.A. and ask questions of the stars of The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The Television Critics Association has officially announced that it has cancelled its planned January press tour, owing to a lack of [...]

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The Morning After: Deal or Deal or Deal or No Deal

NBC Photo: Trae Patton Deal or No Deal was Two. Freaking. Hours. long last night, as the show padded itself out with a twist involving three players at once. Welcome to the writers’ strike, folks–it just gets better from here! (Though Mrs. Tuned In–who belongs to the Bella Voce Singers, due to rock Saint Saviour’s [...]