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SONGS OF THE WEEK

Songs of the Week: Frank Ocean Likes Golden Girls, Beanie Sigel Says Good-bye

By Amos Barshad at

Passion Pit, "Constant Conversations"

Hilarious YouTube interaction of the day:

WhatsAnAvailableName: "Better then that stupid song about walking."
fnormality : "'Take A Walk' was not stupid! It made me nod my head & dance."

By the way, I will now and forever more give my opinion on everything as being "Better than that stupid song about walking." How was The Dark Knight Rises? "Better than that stupid song about walking." How was the chorizo in your breakfast burrito? "Better than that stupid song about walking." How was your walk? "Better than that stupid song about walking." Etc.

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THE BIG CON

What You Missed at Comic-Con: Francis Ford Coppola's Insane Next Movie, JT's Sci-Fi Turn

By Andy Greenwald at
Francis Ford Coppola
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Comic-Con, San Diego’s annual orgy of geek revelations and Hollywood hype, came to an end over the weekend and the general consensus seemed to be that of a 14-year-old Farscape obsessive after his first messageboard posting: meh. Many of the big guns either chose to sit out this year’s fete entirely or coast on the good-will of enthiastic nerdom by dangling posters or concept art as if they were the One Ring. Such reticence was probably a good call. Recent box-office returns have demonstrating the capriciousness of the Comic-Con audience — as the disconnect between the rapturous response in the room and subsequent commercial failures of one-time Hall H attractions Kick-Ass and Green Lantern proves.

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