It’s being turned into a movie by Aaron Sorkin, but Ben Mezrich’s book about the creation of Facebook is apparently as badly written as a typical status update on Facebook. Janet Maslin’s New York Times review is unsparing.
In summarizing coveted advance copies of the book, other writers have been relatively kind to Accidental Billionaires....
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Summer entertainment: Norton Museum ‘Disney’ show marries music to visuals
Disney and music. From the start they’ve been inseparable. Walt Disney was new to the entertainment business in 1927, when he saw The Jazz Singer, the first full-length movie with a synchronized sound track. It was a Eureka moment. He dashed back to the studio, ditched two silent Mickey Mouse cartoons in the pipeline...
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‘Eureka’ returns with a bang! …or, maybe a crunch
Comment RSS Email Print After almost a year of being away, SyFy’s Eureka returned this past friday with just as much enjoyable, plucky technobabble that had us all wrapped into the show as before. The show centers around the Sheriff of all small town in northern California called Eureka. The town is home to...
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Disease-carrying mosquitoes turn up in Twin Cities
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District says a new disease-carrying mosquito has arrived in the Twin Cities area. The Japanese rock pool mosquito can carry the West Nile virus and LaCrosse encephalitis. It was recently discovered in Burnsville, Cottage Grove, Eagan, Eureka Township, Lake Elmo, Lakeville and Savage. The mosquito was...
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Summer of Sci-Fi
BBC America Torchwood: Children of Earth Five-part mini- series premieres July 20 at 9 p.m. Continues daily through July 24. Being Human Six-episode series premieres July 25 at 9 p.m. and continues on Saturdays through Aug. 29. Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead First of four stand-alone specials. Premieres July 26 at 8 p.m....
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Samuel’s Articles
Showing: Most recent articles A sci-fi oasis in the TV desert that is summer: SyFy brings in old a new Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 With shows like Battlestar Galactica and Russel T. Davies run at Doctor Who ending this year, the need for a decent replacement grows stronger and… Keep Reading » Other Examiners:...
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