October 2010
“NPR’s Twitter users are gadget hounds, as well as news junkies….”
– -Quote from a new survey of NPR’s Twitter users, conducted by the NPR Research team. More than 10,000 of NPR’s Twitter fans took the survey in late August and early September, providing insight on how they consume news on Twitter, how they interact with NPR, and how they compare with NPR’s Facebook...
September 2010
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Sideshow: New 'Nucky's Way' in A.C.? →
nuckynews:
HBO’s Prohibition-era gangster series Boardwalk Empire has inspired a councilman in Atlantic City, where the story is set, to suggest renaming a street after the show’s antihero, Nucky Thompson.
HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' Draws 3.4 Million To... →
nuckynews:
Not nearly as many viewers strolled the boardwalk with HBO’s newest series on Sunday night. The second installment of Boardwalk Empire garnered 3.3 million for its premiere on Sept. 26 at 9 p.m.,
supersonic electronic →
Cy Cy Sabathia
rmc512:
Yankees ace CC Sabathia dominated the Blue Jays to win his 21st game of the season and to guarantee his team a spot in the postseason.
CC Sabathia, the logical choice for AL Cy Young Award!
MY YANKEES ARE HEADING TO THE POSTSEASON!!!
Yvonne Strahovski attends PETAs 30th Anniversary... →
Taylor Swift arrives for the Roberto Cavalli Show... →
Hayden Panettiere visits the Oktoberfest in... →
Alessandra Torresani attends the launch of "Guitar... →
Boardwalk Empire: Season 1 Episode 2: The Ivory... →
nuckynews:
Last week’s pilot episode of “Boardwalk Empire” culminated in typical Scorsese fashion: brutal violence and gangland killings. The second installment in HBO’s new series finds our characters dealing…
First Look: The Coen Brothers' 'True Grit' →
Iran's Interrupted Lives →
nybooks:
Haleh Esfandiari
In late September, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in New York asserting his government’s respect for human rights, several young students in Iran were receiving lengthy prison sentences for their efforts to speak out in defense of those rights. Indeed—as a small photography exhibition about student repression in Iran at Georgetown Law School this month...
'Boardwalk Empire' Season 1, Episode 2 'The Ivory... →
nuckynews:
Like “Mad Men,” “Boardwalk Empire” is obviously hewing close to historical detail, with Jimmy presenting his wife with a “vacuum sweeper” and the Commodore embarrassing his African-American maid in…
“On my way out the door they said, ‘Oh by the way, Martin Scorsese’s attached as...”
– Boardwalk Empire writer Terence Winter discusses his early views of the show. (via nuckynews)
Taylor Swift arrives for the Roberto Cavalli Show... →
WatchKaty Perry Jiggling Cleavage on SNL via dailymotion.com
“I think negotiators have to be prepared for those polarized feelings of joy and...”
– Gary Noesner, who spent 30 years working as a hostage negotiator for the FBI, on the conflicted emotions negotiators feel during a hostage crisis. (via nprfreshair)