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Friday, November 2, 2012

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TELEVISION
How Real Is Homeland?
Would that really happen to Brody? Ahead of Sunday’s episode, Samantha Zalaznick talks to an intelligence expert about the level of realism in Showtime’s Emmy Award–winning drama Homeland. Warning: contains major spoilers, read at your own risk.
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MOVIES
50 Years of James Bond
He shakes us. He stirs us. Get ready for a leaner, meaner James Bond. Skyfall is already out across the pond and hits theaters stateside next week. Simon Schama traces the evolution of Sir Ian Fleming’s iconic suave agent as its film counterpart turns 50.
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ART
This Art Really Stinks!
New York’s Museum of Arts and Design is staging its first “scent” exhibit—but can fragrances really be critiqued? Blake Gopnik gets a whiff.
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Taylor Swift is a polarizing figure, having drawn the ire of some contemporary feminist critics for her squeaky-clean image and break-up ballads…”

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NOSTALGIA
Clueless Reuion… With Vampires
Seventeen years after Clueless, writer-director Amy Heckerling reunites with Alicia Silverstone in the new comedy Vamps, in theaters today. They dish to Marlow Stern.
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MUSIC
The Man Behind ‘Gangnam’
He’s a military vet, father of twins, and the heir to his family’s semiconductor business. Marlow Stern talks to Psy, the Korean pop star who gave us the viral sensation “Gangnam Style.”
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Dictionary of Pop Music
Heidi Klum’s Best Halloween Costumes

In response to Please, No More Star Wars!:

Disney is perhaps one of the best companies to handle this project as they have not only the funding to pump into the franchise but a proven track record of being able to revitalize declining franchises.

— sithkitty

In response to The Obama Haters’ Book Club:

There has been nothing in my lifetime that has approached the level of hatred that Obama has endured from the right wing.

— scottdad

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