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Smart People Looking Back
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'The Baby Borrowers': Test-Driving Parenthood For A Teenage Wake...
From Huffington Post | June 25, 2008To judge from the current state of romantic comedy, the modern American couple reproduces first and reconciles to love later -- morning sickness... more
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Fifty ways to leave your lender
May 9, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesOne of the advantages of working for a mutual fund company that employs a number of outside investment managers to sub-advise its funds is... more
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Can you see Ellen Page as Jane Eyre? Of corset.
Wise-cracking "Juno" star Ellen Page to play "Jane Eyre?" In a BBC production? Not everyone in the blogosphere is thrilled with the latest... more
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Prop. 98 debate: Is rent control worth saving?
A number of smart people have been encouraging me to post on the dueling eminent domain propositions, Proposition 98 and Proposition 99. Because... more
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A refresher course in filmmaking shorthand
| May 2, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesIn "Smart People," Dennis Quaid plays Lawrence Wetherhold, a widowed English professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Wetherhold, a bearded... more
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San Francisco: free Web2Open unconference this week
From Boing Boing | April 23, 2008Sarah Milstein, Boing Boing's Operations Manager/Chief Loop-Closer, and CrowdVine's Tony Stubblebine are orchestrating a free unconference... more
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Clinton's faux-Springsteen attack ad
From The Swamp | April 18, 2008by James Oliphant The smart people at Slate have done Hillary Clinton a favor and fashioned a new attack ad for her to use in Pennsylvania... more
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Friday Estimates by Klady - 3/12/08
From The Hot Blog | April 12, 2008So what happened on Prom Night? 1. The best marketing materials for girls in this genre since The Ring. 2. Tracking doesn't get teens... more
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Weekend Boxoffice: Prom Night vs. Street Kings
From Thompson On Hollywood | April 12, 2008Here's Variety's b.o. forecast for this weekend. I'll probably catch Street Kings (21% rotten on the Tomatometer). Here's Peter Debruge's... more
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'Smart People': Home Grueling, By Kurt Loder
From MTV News Latest Headlines | April 11, 2008Kurt Loder reviews "Smart People," an unassuming Dennis Quaid film that fends off family-comedy clichs. more
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'Smart People' makes for yet another smart family comedy
| April 11, 2008 From Los Angeles Times"Smart People" is the kind of small, cranky family and/or friendship comedy that has been busting out since "Sideways," often exceeding expectations... more
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A choice career
| April 10, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesTHOMAS HADEN CHURCH is a man of contradictions. He's gamely appeared in a posh hotel dining room to talk about his new movie, "Smart People... more
