Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:20:01 +0000 - Nine Inch Nails' Ghosts I-IV topped Amazon's digital download charts in 2008, despite being offered to fans free of charge. Creative Commons touts the project as a new model for music.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:10:02 +0000 - We're six days into the new year, and that means everybody is abandoning ship on 2008 and looking forward to all the wonderful things 2009 has in store for us. The good folks at JoBlo for instance, have used their time machine to jump forward to the end of the year and report back on what the best movies of 2009 will be.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:30:02 +0000 - He should be better soon -- now that the Apple Store is getting rid of DRM, Cory Doctorow will get rid of his Steve Jobs voodoo doll.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:30:12 +0000 - The Chicago Tribune's RedEye challenged Chicago's songwriters to write a song about Illinois' embattled governor. Here are the excellent, middling and, of course, awful efforts.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:20:14 +0000 - Ron Asheton, guitarist and founding member of the Stooges, was reportedly found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan this morning.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:50:02 +0000 - Spin Magazine's camera crews captured Plushgun, Ludo, People in Planes, and Innerpartysystem acting out the best scenes from their favorite movies, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Seven, and The Big Lebowski. These are impressive and hilarious... I'm astounded at how close these get to the originals. You can win an xbox...too bad I have one already.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:30:01 +0000 - What's great, and terrible, about Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it. Anyone--including the person the Wikipedia entry is about. This becomes obvious when looking at the pages of certain washed-up celebrities, and the results are equal parts hilarious and sad.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:10:02 +0000 - The 1990s were a glorious time filled with baggy jeans, fanny packs, and countless celebrities who still hadn’t realized the mullet was out of fashion. The 90s also gave rise to a number of television series that many of us still hold near and dear to our hearts.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:50:01 +0000 - Domestic film box offices broke multiple records this year, grossing an estimated $9.78 billion. Thanks to both major and not-so-major releases this year, films from studios like Warner Bros, Paramount, and Sony all contributed to the highest-grossing year in film history.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:50:10 +0000 - Original band members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann have toured sporadically since the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry Garcia. They told Rolling Stone magazine in November that they've worked out their differences, aided by a successful October benefit concert for Obama. The group now just calls itself the Dead.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:40:02 +0000 - For decades, public access programming on cable television has provided a virtually free forum for community activists and aspiring entertainers, for preening star wannabes as well as serious-minded political watchdogs. But in Los Angeles and across California that forum began crumbling last week.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:00:01 +0000 - Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but some of these covers feel like they're worth a million bucks. Check out our picks for the hottest headliners of the year.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:10:02 +0000 - Last year, Hollywood's writers went on strike for 14 weeks, and genre television took tremendous damage as a result. But movies didn't emerge unscathed, either — we just won't see the fallout until this year. So how does this affect the movies you care about? Here's a rundown.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:51:14 +0000 - From the fact that Wolverine was a sickly child to his war experience, this is a very interesting list to gear up for 'Origins'
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:00:02 +0000 - A great review of the movie from an interesting perspective. At lot of the reviews I've read are pretty dry but I actually gained a little insight from this one.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00:01 +0000 - John Travolta's lawyers -- who are close family friends -- reveal to Usmagazine.com that Jett may have died in his father's arms Friday. "Yesterday was the worst day of [John's] life,"
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:40:02 +0000 - 2008 had some fine albums, but it's unlikely they'll measure up to 1968's...Both were turbulent years with watershed presidential elections, unpopular foreign wars, and major upheaval - social then, financial now. 1968 saw the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., racial tensions, and the ensuing riots; 2008 we voted our first African-American