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Robert Downey Jr. Talks A Lot to GQ
Robert Downey Jr. did some sort of all-day interview with a guy who writes for GQ. It's a ridiculously long article, and so I'm going to sum it up for you all so you don't have to spend your day reading it.
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RIP Robert Rauschenberg
http://www.mollygood.com/ rip-robert-rauschenberg-20080513/Robert Rauschenberg, a “brash, garrulous, hard-drinking, open-faced Southerner,” according to The New York Times, and an important link between abstract expressionism and pop art, according to everyone, died of heart failure last night. He was 82.
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More Steps
http://collisionwork.livejournal.com/ 140524.htmlSince Friday, only one rehearsal for one show, which is going well, but not as fast as I'd like. I had to cancel a rehearsal on Sunday for one show and another last night for another (which was only theoretical anyway, if I could get enough actors together to make it worth it, which I couldn't).
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Robert Rauschenberg, Dead at 83
http://blog.spout.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ robert-rauschenberg-dead-at-83/Robert Rauschenberg, one of the last great post-war American artists still standing as of yesterday, has died at the age of 83. The New York Times has a four page obit. Above, in unlabeled footage from a documentary (if you recognize the film, let us know in the comments), Rauschenberg describes
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Citadel Founder: The Kids Aren't Alright
http://nymag.com/ daily/ intel/ 2008/ 05/ citadel_founder_the_kids_arent.htmlFINANCE • Banking analyst Meredith Whitney says that Citigroup is so deep in a black hole that even physicist Stephen Hawking couldn't help the company. [NYP] • Kenneth Griffin, the founder of the successful $20 billion Citadel Investment Group, says Wall Street arrived at its current economic situation by means of inexperience.
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Robert Downey Jr in Cannes, in Blackface.
http://blog.spout.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ robert-downey-jr-in-cannes-in-blackface/Above: the construction of a giant Tropic Thunder ad outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, captured by Variety. More pictures of Hollywood’s billboard invasion of the resort town at the Circuit blog.
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Joel Gretsch And Thoughts On Sci-Fi Thriller "Push"
http://www.the4400guide.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ joel-gretsch-and-thoughts-on-sci-fi-t…The 4400’s Joel Gretsch is getting back to sci-fi roots in a supporting role for a new film project slated for 2009, called Push. According to IMDB, the film is about a group of young American ex-Patriots with abilities, such as telekinesis and the ability of seeing the future.
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Robert Raushenberg, 1925-2008 [And Now He's Dead]
http://gawker.com/ 389927/ robert-raushenberg-1925+2008Artist Robert Rauschenberg, the man who saved us from abstract expressionism, died Monday at the age of 82. The Times describes him as a "brash, garrulous, hard-drinking, open-faced Southerner." People used to care way more about art when it was made by people like that instead of twee New School students.
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The Best Hornet of All-Time?
http://dimemag.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ the-best-hornet-of-all-time/The Best Hornet of All-Time? By Austin Burton Chris Paul (photo. David Deal) The Charlotte/Oklahoma City/New Orleans Hornets are a relatively young franchise. Next season will be their 20th in the NBA since joining as an expansion team, and in that time the Hornets have only advanced past the first round of the playoffs five times.
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Lebanon does not want another war. Does it? By Robert Fisk
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ lebanon-does-not-want-another…Dandelion Salad By Robert Fisk in Beirut www.independent.co.uk Sunday, 11 May 2008 I went to cover a demonstration in West Beirut yesterday morning – yes, please note the capital W on “West” – and then I get a text from a Lebanese woman on my mobile phone, asking if she will have to wear a veil when she returns to Lebanon.
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Holiday In Monrovia
http://www.proctorformayor.com/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ holiday-in-monrovia/Holiday In Monrovia Comments: 2 - Date: May 13th, 2008 - Categories: Team Proctor, Rip the System, I (heart) Pasadena!, The State of Things, C'mon City Council!, Mad Blog Props, Elsewhere In The Area, Sid Tyler Facts, Sock On Madison, The Proc Says..., The Aaron Proctor Interview Series, Dear Mr.