Kick-Ass Kicks Ass!!!

As much fun as “Kick-Ass” is upon first viewing, its unraveling — and bloody reweaving — of comic book tropes is even more entertaining the second time around. You notice the little things in this flick about ordinary folks who decide to become superheroes — the nuances of Nicolas Cage’s fanboy-infused portrayal of a wannabe [...]

2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced

Per Wikipedia, the Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a $10,000 cash [...]

Lindsay Lohan’s Memoir

Lindsay Lohan already lives an extremely public life, but soon we may be able to read all about it in her own words. If you don’t count her Twitter, of course. “I write a lot and it’s very therapeutic for me because then I can see what’s happening on paper,” she told OK! Magazine. “I’ve [...]

Remembering JD Salinger

In all but “medically pronounced” fact, “J.D. Salinger” has been dead since 1980, when he gave his last interview to The Boston Sunday Globe. Having published nothing since 1965, he told his examiner – I’m not mincing any words here; everyone must have felt Salinger had explaining to do – that, “I love to write, [...]

Is Vanity Fair Racist?

Magazines have a tough time getting race right, but usually they manage to do a better job than Vanity Fair did in its March issue. The magazine, which is owned by glossy publishing house Conde Nast, recently delivered its annual Hollywood issue — to howls of protest from around the blogosphere and the analog world. [...]

The Sad Truth Behind Radiation

In today’s New York Times, Walt Bogdanich reports on the devastating consequences of medical mistakes related to radiation treatment. He tells the story of several patients who believed they were undergoing lifesaving treatment but instead were hit with lethal doses of radiation. He writes: Without a doubt, radiation saves countless lives, and serious accidents are [...]

Heidi Montag’s Plastic Surgeries

Whatever happened to that woman from The Hills? Oh wait forgot, she had a lot of plastic surgeries so it’s hard to tell what she looks like. As a result of her childhood insecurites, Heidi Montag went through many plastic surgeries to get her “ideal appearance”. Heidi: “I was made fun of when I was [...]

Kyle Wiltjer: Oregon’s Finest

This work by boxofmess.com/ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at boxofmess.com/. Attribution No Derivatives This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to boxofmess.com Kyle Wiltjer exhibited his skill throughout [...]

To Soon For A Tiger Book?

Tiger Woods has been the subject of an almost endless stream of jokes since crashing his sport utility vehicle in his driveway, leading him to acknowledge his marital infidelities and take an indefinite leave from professional golf. Among other things, his skills behind the wheel have been compared to his precision when driving a golf ball. [...]

Golf Digest Axes Tiger

Golf Digest will suspend Tiger Woods‘ monthly instructional columns while the golfer is on indefinite leave from golf, the magazine announced Wednesday. SUV into a tree outside his Florida Home, and in the wake of more than a dozen women coming forward claiming to have had an affair with him. “Golf Digest has had a long-standing [...]

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