January 2012
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“Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown. … There is something so...”
– author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, throughout a sensational two-part interview with Stephen Colbert. Part 1 | Part 2
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Watch[Bleep] Liz Lemon Says.
Overdue.
(AwwwPWOMP.)
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“I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. ‘Let my armies be the rocks and the...”
– Prof. Henry Jones
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WatchRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) reads aloud the resignation letter of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) this morning. Read more.
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WatchStephen Colbert interviews Maurice Sendak.
This is the greatest interview in the history of “The Colbert Report.” (Go to our actual tumblog if you have trouble watching on the dashboard.)
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“Leon. Good job tonight. Good job tonight.”
– Barack Obama to Leon Panetta as he stepped into the House chambers last night to give his State of the Union address, in reference to a successful hostage rescue and pirate raid in Somalia that had just gone down.
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“Charlize & Tilda just pulled up in a stolen police car.”
– Patton Oswalt, also not nominated this morning for an Oscar, in a series of snubbed fantasy tweets.
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“Just as having a lot of pens doesn’t make you a great writer, having a lot...”
– Ezra Klein challenges Newt Gingrich’s identity of an idea man.
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WatchLadies and gentlemen: Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy, supporting Hidden Valley Ranch. (List of nominees here.)
WatchLive announcements of the Oscar nominations here.
And more coverage, including nominee reactions throughout the day, here.
(Judging from our Dashboard, looks like everyone got to work today early for this, hmm?)
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WatchMelody Records is closing. At left is a staff-approved playlist, in honor of the 35-year-old D.C. institution. Consider it your soundtrack for the afternoon.
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“I’m a little over myself, to be honest.”
– reality-show brand name Bethenny Frankel in New York magazine.
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“When three women want to sign on for life with a man who is now running for...”
– Dr. Keith Ablow, psychiatrist and member of “the Fox News Medical A-Team,” in an essay arguing that Newt Gingrich’s three marriages might make him “a strong president.”
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“I think we can all agree Obama’s driving us into the ground. My honest...”
– Dianne Belsom of Laurens, S.C., in Marc Fisher’s piece on media polarization and political worldviews.
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“In 5-billion yrs the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember...”
– astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter five minutes ago.
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deannatroi asked: Can you recommend any good cafes in the DC area?
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The International Botanical Congress has decreed that fauna may now be known by its English name instead of Latin.
Please go read this incredibly fascinating exploration of what that means by Adrian Higgins. It will make you feel smarter.
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“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did....”
– Mark Wahlberg tells “Men’s Journal” how 9/11 would have gone down differently if he had been on his schedule flight, which crashed into the World Trade Center. Uh.
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