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They’re Grrrreaaat!

The _NY Times_ "reports":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/business/media/14kellogg-web.html that The Kellogg Company announced today that it will phase out advertising its products to children under age 12 unl...
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A Bad Day for Barack

Is it possible that the "articulate and bright and clean":http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/index.html Barack Obama has already fallen off? The Illinois Senator was served a one-two combination...
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Storytelling

Heeb's critically acclaimed Storytelling series presents Jewish stories from an ever-changing crew of performers across the country. We now give you Heeb _Storytelling in its online incarnation. Check back here...
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Boys 2 Men?

I can't even begin to estimate how many people have asked me to introduce them to the Beastie Boys since we "interviewed and photo'd them back in 2003":http://www.heebmagazine.com/articles/view/43. One guy want...
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Hitchens on Hilton

On _Slate_ today, Christopher Hitchens "debates":http://www.slate.com/id/2168128/nav/tap3/ the ultimate question: Which is worse, Paris Hilton or the media? And brace yourself, Hitchens comes out in favor of th...
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You Say Potato

Gawker "decries":http://gawker.com/news/withdrawal-overdose/which-east-village-institution-is-the-next-bank-branch-268123.php the loss of East Village institutions to a wave of corporate bank openings. But how ...
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The Death of Reilly

To all of my fans who have been desperately seeking sustenance from my customary _joie de vivresection_ of all things entertaining, I must apologize for my absence, but I have recently suffered the loss of a lo...
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Lost in Translation

Just checked out the New York Times "latest story on gays in the military.":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/politics/08gays.html?_r=1&oref=slogin In it, Hillary Clinton complains about the army's decision ...
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PAC-Men

The "End the Occupation event":http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ that concludes today Washington D.C. brought together anti-war activists, pro-Palestinian militants, "Neturei Karta":http://www.nkusa.org/ and oth...
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Laugh All The Way To The Bank

Tired of spending all your money on boozing and shmoozing? I know I am. So sink a couple bucks into something that's really worth your time and check out _Heeb_ favorites "Michael Showalter":http://www.heebmaga...
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Getting Hostel

Out of all the movies requiring a sequel, Eli Roth's "_Hostel_":http://www.hostelfilm.com/ is not at the top of my list. Nevertheless, today marks the release of the torture-porn's "second installment.":http://...

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