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The Song Remains the Same

April 10, 2010
By Sam Hurwitt
The Song Remains the Same

Like anything else it can be done well or it can be done poorly, but one thing I love is when a song created for and inextricably associated with one movie is used in another movie in a completely different context.  It’s cute when it’s done for the in-joke alone, like when the Star...
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Oscarbatory Exercise

March 7, 2010
By Sam Hurwitt

3:30 Live-tweeting the Oscars, because clearly you need to know what a cultural commentator such as myself is thinking every second of the day. 3:35 Oh lord, Cameron & wife showed wearing Na’vi blue. Of course they did. 3:38 Maggie Gyllenhaal and Tina Fey look freaking fabulous. No surprise there either. 3:39 Yes, E! guy: “No-brainer” totally...
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