Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Dan Charnas: The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

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In December 2010, an NPR Staff writer wrote, “How Hip0Hop Became a Cash Machine” for the show, All Things Considered. Thirty years ago, hip...
Friday, January 7, 2011

Nora Ephron: I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

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From NPR's Morning Edition : You might say Nora Ephron — raised in Beverly Hills, the daughter of New York playwrights who moved west to...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) is a 2005 non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Justin Halpern: Sh*t My Dad Says

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From Time Magazine : For Justin Halpern, going home was his lucky break. A year ago, Halpern was a 28-year-old writer who after splitting up...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Jay-Z: Decoded

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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and businessperson. He is one of the...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Dana Milbank: Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America

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Joseph Smith, Jr., first leader of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons)  The White Horse Prophecy is a statement purported to have been made ...

Jennifer Homans: Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet

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The book and author were recently the subject of a WHYY Radio program-episode of Fresh Air. On the webpage for the show, this was said about...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Mara Shalhoup: BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family

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Wikipedia: The Black Mafia Family (BMF), was a drug trafficking organization originally based out of Detroit, Michigan. Started by the Fleno...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Denis Leary: Suck On This Year: LYFAO @ 140 Characters or Less

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Comedy Central recently said this, about Denis Leary's new book: "Suck on this" is one of the most frequently used phrases in ...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Bill Carter and "The War for Late Night"

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The New York Times introduces Bill Carter's new book this way: [In] his new book, “The War for Late Night,” Bill Carter, a television re...