Wall Street Journal

Fug/Fab Face-Off: Erika Christensen vs. Hayden Panettiere

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For me this is definitely fug, in a non-relative sense. It is flat-out and overt. Erika Christensen is so lovely (and so good on Parenthood, like everyone else on that show, so please, NBC, don't cancel it or else we are going to have issues). Why is she doing this to herself? If someone gave [...]

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'Colbert Report' Suspended Without Explanation

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A spokesman for Comedy Central said on Thursday morning that the taping of "The Colbert Report" had been suspended on Wednesday evening and would be again on Thursday due to "unforeseen circumstances," but the network did not immediately provide additional details of what led to the cancellations. (The Wall Street Journal reported that a family [...]

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Fighting Diseases Globally – Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

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Indeed Humanity in Crisis might have been the title of the recent talk amongst those from the World Health Organization and the Global Fund to fight disease. It seems there is no one-size fits all, and yet, time is wasting, and the longer it takes to bring in the aid, supplies, education, and/or drugs the [...]

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Candidate Tax Proposals: Keep the Rototiller Locked Up

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Dad looked over the huge garden that was plagued with weeds. He handed a hoe to Son and said cut out the ugly stuff. Son took the hoe and nodded agreement. Two hours later, Dad returned and was shocked to find that the garden was gone. A blossoming garden had been converted to a stretch [...]

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Hostess bankruptcy: It's the trouble with Twinkies

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Don't worry: the Twinkie supply won't dry up. Hostess Brands, however, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in the past decade. Last time around, it set a record for languishing in restructuring. And even though a bankruptcy double-dip is never a good thing, Hostess' investors have enough confidence in the ongoing [...]

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'Homeland' Producers Spill a Few Secrets From the Second Season

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By Christopher John Farley ShowtimeA scene from Showtime's "Homeland." "Homeland" is about secrets, so it's about time for the people behind the show to start spilling some. The acclaimed series starring Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, and Mandy Patinkin wrapped up its first season this week with a finale that scored record ratings for [...]

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Thanksgiving Is For Food and Football

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For food, Tablet Magazine columnist Joan Nathan has you covered: here is Jewish-style sweet potatoes, and here is how to prepare your turkey. Sports-wise, first, some brief further commentary on Ryan Braun’s MVP award. It’s interesting that two prominent write-ups focus on two completely different sides of Braun’s merits. One, in the Wall Street Journal, [...]

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On the content beat: YouTube-Disney, Nook tablet, Netflix deal

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Have we got some deals for you, and other news involving distribution of content in the Internet age. • YouTube and Disney are set to sign a deal bringing Disney-produced videos to the Google-owned video site, according to the New York Times. GMSV recently mentioned the ongoing war between the tech and entertainment industries (see [...]

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Why Your Future Creative Writing Stories Should Also Focus on the Sense of Smell

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The other day I was speaking to a class about the future technologies which will impact publishing industry, as if they haven't had enough disruption already with online news syndicates and consolidators, as well as eBooks which seem to be taking the market by storm. One doesn't necessarily have to read the Wall Street Journal [...]

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Could Gwyneth Paltrow be right about cheating?

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By Ed Power Thursday Sep 22 2011 Good Golly Miss Gywnnie! Life style guru and occasional movie star Gwyneth Paltrow caused rather a furore by suggesting infidelity need not spell the end of a long-term relationship. Promoting her new movie Contagion — in which she plays a cheating spouse who comes down with highly virulent, [...]

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Facebook Faces Access Tension From Developers, Start-Ups

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SAN FRANCISCO – As more companies become more dependent on Facebook to interact with their customers, the social network has been forced to walk a fine line between allowing unfiltered access to its users and exposing them to a flood of spam — an issue expected to be one of several hot topics Thursday at [...]