A Fond Farewell to Robert Venturi, the Architect Who Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love Las Vegas

via VF Daily http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/08/farewell-to-robert-venturi-las-vegas-architect?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vanityfair%2Fvfdailyfeed+%28VF+Daily+%28X-rail%29%29

Where Was NBC When the Russian Gymnast Fell?

NBC did not show Russian gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva falling during its prime-time coverage of women’s gymnastics on Tuesday, although the network had the time to do so.

via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/where-was-nbc-when-the-russian-gymnast-fell/

Watch the Red Band Trailer for Bachelorette

It’s like Bridesmaids, just without everyone except Rebel Wilson! Okay, that’s not fair.

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Bourne Again

How “The Bourne Legacy” plotted the handoff from Matt Damon to Jeremy Renner.

via WSJ.com: Weekend Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443687504577563301533782704.html?mod=rss_Weekend_Journal

It sure sucks to work for Chick-fil-A when you’re gay

Great piece over at Huffington Post in which LGBT employees of Chick-Fil-A are interviewed about what it’s like working there right now. They’re getting it from both sides: the icky customers who thank them for hating gays, and the entitled jerk protesters who assume the same. And, bonus: some of the fast food chain’s gay employees report “a lot of general homophobia” in their work environments.


via Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/it-sure-sucks-to-work-for-chic.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Paramount Ends Deadline Hollywood Facebook Game


The game was launched last summer as a partnership between Paramount Digital, Liquid Entertainment and the blog run by Nikki Finke and owned by Penske Media Corp.

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IRS may have sent out $5B in refund checks to identity thieves

Don't Cash That CheckThe Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent tax returns for 2011, Treasury Department investigators said Thursday.

via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/irs-missing-billions-id-theft-164707999.html

anamariecox August 02, 2012 at 07:22PM

@anamariecox: RT @jasonWSJ: Sign in Olympic swimming media center. This is pretty hilarious: http://t.co/OXnT2ZYu

awallenstein August 02, 2012 at 07:08PM

@awallenstein: Jimmy Fallon could host Oscars, reports @Latimes. I think it’s pathetic if the film world can’t tap one of its own http://t.co/vEeDYvTu

davidplotz August 02, 2012 at 01:10PM

@davidplotz: This is an amazing note that Abe Lincoln scrawled to save a soldier’s life. http://t.co/JrWzQWN0