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The famous Grant Study has tracked hundreds of Harvard men, from youth to death, to determine what predicts happiness and contentment. 50 years of research is finally revealed.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/07/what-harvard-s-grant-study-reveals-about-happiness-and-life.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
via Homepage http://influencealley.nationaljournal.com/2012/11/king-likely-to-announce-hes-ca.php
There is always a twinge of dark comedy in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies, but it seems like Mr. Maya Rudolph has a hankering to try his hand at a full-on laugh riot. When Moviehole asked him about making a comedy, he responded, “Soon hopefully. I have to write it. It sounds daunting.” He continued: “I’d like to make a film like Airplane!. That never gets old. Or Ted. It was a big hit. Why? Because it’s great. Movies that are that big a hit are never fucking bad.” Is he aware that Seth MacFarlane doesn’t actually choose the Oscar nominations?
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via Vulture http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/p-t-anderson-wants-to-make-a-full-blown-comedy.html
By “shopping her closet” and donning a previously worn designer dress, the first lady of fashion reflects modern restraint and economic reality.
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via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fash-track/michelle-obama-wears-michael-kors-387355
A power crowd came out to support David Geffen at a premiere of a new documentary on the mogul at the Paris Theatre last night…
via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/power_surge_for_geffen_doc_noHWjRDZoaC53KpxyZ4FNK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20Page%20Six
Television highlights.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/arts/television/whats-on-tuesday.html
What’s Wrong With Online Reading, a slide presentation by Randy Connolly, argues that the relatively recent and increasingly popular approach to reading and learning – on computers, tablets and smartphones instead of traditional print – influences what and how we read, research and think, with disturbing consequences.
via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/121581/Is-my-iPhone-Changing-my-Brain
Opinion: How to draft remarks claiming victory or conceding defeat at the end of a long campaign.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83339.html
Within hours of Netflix Inc. announcing that it had adopted a “poison pill” measure to block a hostile takeover, activist investor Carl Icahn responded with a broadside calling the move “an example of poor corporate governance.”
via L.A. Times – Entertainment News http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-ct-icahn-questions-netflix-poison-pill-20121105,0,830985.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fentertainment+%28Entertainment+News%29
This is not exactly the story we want to hear again after Sandy or on Election Day.According to the Wall Street Journal, Yoselyn Ortegas, the 50-year-old nanny charged with the first- and second-
via Runnin' Scared http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/11/accused_ues_nan.php