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Are You Ready for Some Football?

The college football season started last week with a great set of games, and continues thi...

commerce
A Magazine for the Modern Lady’s Hectic Schedule

Here's a publication no one should be without: Four Weeks is a new monthly magazine that i...

commerce
Anti-Bush Films Hot at Toronto Festival

The British-made film Death of a President, which uses computer generation to create a viv...

books
The Story of Upton Sinclair

John Wilson of Books and Culture has an excellent article on the socialist American author...

movies
Hope in Disney’s “Invincible” Film

The Walt Disney movie Invincible won the box office competition again last weekend, bringi...

movies
“Crocodile Hunter” Irwin Killed

 Famed "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was killed yesterday when he was stun...

books
“Golden Age” Detection Fiction

Looking for something to read over the three-day weekend? I have some writers for you to i...

commerce
A Pictorial Tour of the Prestigious MTV Video Awards

Just FYI, the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards took place in New York City last night. I have n...

uncategorized
Possible Prez Candidate Appears in Online Video Game

  Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) yesterday appeared in a popular on-line v...

omniculture
UK Cracks Down on Violent Pornography

The United Kingdom is cracking down on violent pornography, after a campaign led by the fa...

movies
Glenn Ford and the American Character

Actor Glenn Ford died yesterday at the age of 90 after a long career in the movies and tel...

television
Commemorating 9/11

The TV networks will be doing a significant amount of programming commemorating the forthc...

commerce
Re-Colonizing China

Yes, China took over Hong Kong, but it may well be that Hong Kong's former colonizer, Grea...

art
Baby Poop Art

In our ongoing Everything Happens in the Omniculture department, E! Online reports that a ...

commerce
Hong Kong Entertainers Protest Invasions of Privacy

A protest movement in Hong Kong (led by one of my favorite entertainment figures, Jackie C...

commerce
Tom Cruises to New Partners

Actor and film producer Tom Cruise has quickly found funding for his production company, w...

commerce
You Heard It Here First . . .

 Regular readers of Karnick on Culture will recall that your faithful correspondent s...

style
Emmy Thoughts

I watched a few minutes of the Emmy Awards ceremony last night on NBC. Some thoughts:It wa...

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“Invincible” Wins Weekend Box Office Competition

The Walt Disney film Invincible, starring Mark Wahlberg as a decidedly underdog aspiring p...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Psych Finale—Finally Satisfying

Finally, the USA Network comedy-mystery Psych came up with a fully satisfying episode, las...

commerce
The Emmys, for Those Who May Care

Yes, the TV academy's annual Emmy Awards are coming up fast, and the ceremony at which the...

commerce
Manners, Morals, and Macy

Manners are important to society and to each of us as individuals, in that they codify and...

commerce
Another Great Thing About America!

Sure, our subways are soaked with urine, but at least we're spared THIS: [AP reports:] Tok...

style
And Here I Am, Using My Own Nose, Like a Sucker!

Yes, in the Omniculture, everything happens.The New York Times has brought on a perfume cr...

sports
NFL Defenses Blitzing More

 ESPN.com's John Clayton notes that NFL defenses are blitzing much more often in pres...

commerce
Money Talks and Cruise Walks

Tom Cruise's loss of his production agreement at Paramount Pictures has raised a good deal...

movies
A Gay Old Time at the Movies

Variety reports that Steve Buscemi and Dan Ackroyd have joined the cast of the forthcoming...

commerce
Chicago Nannies Ban Foie Gras—Steaks, Potatoes Next?

The Chicago City Council, in its infinite wisdom and benevolence, has banned the sale of f...

commerce
Sony Grabs “Amateur Video” Site

As I noted just this past week on this site, the democratization of the media through tech...

commerce
People on a Plane—with Snakes

The box office performance of a "high concept" film such as Snakes on a Plane is...

mysteries
Fox’s “Vanished”—A Good Start on a Fiendishly Complex Story

 The only reviews I've seen of the new Fox TV series Vanished have been negative, alt...

commerce
Turner to Remove Smoking Scenes from Cartoons—in UK

  In response to a complaint by a single viewer, British media regulator Ofcom s...

omniculture
Obliterating Cultural Distinctions: Shakespeare at the Fringe

Shakespeare in a bouncy castle, or moon walk, is the Reuters writer's pick for zaniest Sha...