Not long ago, in connection with a story I’ll be posting soon on Time.com, I had a conversation with Thom Mayne, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect who heads the Santa Monica-based firm Morphosis. This fall New York got its first building by Mayne, a really compelling project in the East Village that holds offices, laboratories and …
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Breaking: Non-White Males Allowed in Late Night
Does George Lopez own the song “Low Rider”? The classic War tune was the theme for his ABC comedy, and it also kicked off his new TBS talk show, where the multiethnic band’s ’70s anthem underscores an idea that Lopez re-underscored in his monologue: This was a show intended for an audience that “looks like America.” A point that, even if …
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HIMYM Watch: She Was a Big-Boned Gal from Southern Alberta
Spoilers for last night’s How I Met Your Mother coming up after the jump:
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How Sesame Street Taught Kids to Watch TV
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Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary today, and as I noted last week, some fans of Fox News have been marking the occasion by suddenly getting offended over a two-year-old sketch from the show. One point I neglected to make in my post, but that should be obvious, is that …