1. Obama has yet to fill empty seats at civil liberties watchdog committee  permalink

Obama has yet to fill empty seats at civil liberties watchdog committee
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing

It's been a year and Obama has yet to fill the empty seats on the government's main civil liberties oversight committee: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was recommended initially by the bipartisan September 11 commission as an institutional voice for privacy inside the intelligence community. Its charter was to recommend ways to ...

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Obama has yet to fill empty seats at civil liberties watchdog committee Liquid glass will change your life, eliminate detergent profits   —  A Turko-German consortium has announced a liquid glass product "that will revolutionize everything" (it's a "new kind of glass," as Mr Wolfram might put it). Seriously, it sounds like the applications for this stuff are endless, and yes, that's what everyone said about aerogel and the Segway, but maybe this time... They're shipping to the UK soon,

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Obama has yet to fill empty seats at civil liberties watchdog committee Derelict hotels around the world   —  Here's a collection of photos of 24 rotting, abandoned hotels around the world, some of them looking like horror movie sets, others like enormous follies, and still others like faerie palaces. Rotting stuff kicks ass. Graham Hotel: You don't normally think of people seeking out gold in Georgia but that's exactly what happened in the town of ...

2. Tila Tequila Deletes Her Twitter  permalink

Tila Tequila Deletes Her Twitter
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“Miley Cyrus was right! Everything I tweet about turns into some stupid headline! I could say something & the media will turn it all around and make it into something else! They watch your every move! Miley Did the right thing to delete her Twitter page, and damn…who woulda thought??? TILA TEQUILA DELETED HER TWITTER PAGE TOO?? ...

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NCIS stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The series chronicles the operations of an elite team of special agents whose mission is to investigate any crime that has a shred of evid…

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4. Review: 'Lost' - 'LA X, Parts 1 and 2'  permalink

Review: 'Lost' - 'LA X, Parts 1 and 2'
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( S06E01/S06E02 ) "We're back." - Kate Did you hear that? That was the collective sound of TV fans across the country all brain-farting in unison. ' Lost ' is back for its final season and I've gotta be honest -- I'm not really sure what to think about 'LA X.' In four or five months time, once the series has concluded, I'm positive I'll think ...

5. SUICIDE GIRLS MUST DIE! Poster hits!!! Oh no, not my precious Suicide Girls!  permalink

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Hey folks, Harry here - Got sent this poster today, it is for SUICIDE GIRLS MUST DIE! And all I know is upon this poster. Well, that's not exactly true, as I know it is being released on March 12th... and the plan is for it to destroy AVATAR's box office records. Click on the poster to see it embiggened... and you'll find that some of our fave ...

6. Zooey Deschanel to Play Promiscuous Rock and Roll Lady  permalink

Zooey Deschanel to Play Promiscuous Rock and Roll Lady
Adrian Chen / Gawker

Zooey Deschanel sleeps with bands, stars react predictably to Oscar nominations, Hugh Jackman goes to 19th century China and Ben Silverman teams with a Murdoch. You'll catch cold out there! Come inside and have a hot glass of Trade Roundup . •Zooey Deschanel continues to play roles that make her look cool: She'll be starring in a half-hour ...

7. Today's Hot Photos  permalink

Today's Hot Photos
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The best in celebrity photos for Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Wentworth Miller is a double-fister, Clint Eastwood is tired, Cat Deely is a flower girl, Lindsay Lohan is bleary-eyed and so many other celebrities in today's gallery!

8. Handicapping Everyone's Comeback  permalink

Handicapping Everyone's Comeback
Adrian Chen / Gawker

They say spring is the season of rebirth. How come everyone is trying to stage comebacks right now, then? So many high profile turnarounds are in the works: Mel Gibson , Michael Vick , butt rashes and more. Who will succeed? Comebacks, like many of our favorite snack foods, come in clusters. Take 1994: We had John Travolta 's comeback in Pulp ...

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Handicapping Everyone's Comeback Is MacGyver About to Sue MacGruber?   —  If you love behind-the-scenes Hollywood drama, you're going to love this! As we've discussed before, Rogue Pictures is planning to release a big-screen version of "MacGruber" on April 23, 2010. "MacGruber" will be based on the SNL-sketch of the same name, starring Will Forte and Kristen Wiig. If you've never seen the "MacGruber" sketches, here's ...

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Handicapping Everyone's Comeback Mel Gibson to Reporter: "Asshole."   —  Mel Gibson is trying to make a come back. We do not want him to . Case in point, his weird interview with a WGN reporter. He calls him an "asshole"—not the best way to promote your new movie! Alright, it was actually pretty funny in a drunken uncle sort of way. At least, not racist. But still, we are not going to see Edge of Darkness . ...

9. Steampunk leather mask with a breathing tube beard  permalink

Steampunk leather mask with a breathing tube beard
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing

Another sweet creation from Ukrainan steampunk leather mask-makers Bob Basset, this one with a cute little breathing-tube beard in the style of the Pharaohs. Leather mask "F" Previously:Steampunk "Raptor Pilot" mask #4 Boing Boing Boing Boing: Cthulhu mask on eBay Steampunk Soviet gas-mask - Boing Boing...

10. Lady Gaga's Grammy Nipple Slip  permalink

Lady Gaga's Grammy Nipple Slip
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Lady Gaga's Grammy Nipple Slip Yup, right there on live television. It's really not a major awards show unless there's a wardrobe malfunction, and it's a pretty spectacular one at that. Click to view uncensored! Nipple Slips at the Academy...

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I missed her at the Grammys, didn’t you? There was altogether too much accomplished walking. Just didn’t feel right. But Mimi had no & ...   —  I missed her at the Grammys, didn’t you? There was altogether too much accomplished walking. Just didn’t feel right. But Mimi had no “official” business at the Grammys. Mimi DOES however have official business at the Oscars.
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Pop nosh: can i see a show of hands? Ke$ha Before And During The Grammys   —  Ke$ha at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (left) held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California - (01/31/10). The day before she was at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy bash. Her eyes always stand out... WENN.com

11. Nick Jonas Says This Is 'Who I Am'  permalink

Nick Jonas Says This Is 'Who I Am'
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"Although it's louder at times, it's a bit out there. And it's an emotional experience," he told MTV News. "Starting to write the record I realized stylistically these songs were different than the Jonas Brothers sound."

12. Comic Book Star David Beckham Enjoys A Night Out Without The Boys  permalink

Comic Book Star David Beckham Enjoys A Night Out Without The Boys
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While Victoria Beckham is frolicking in the ocean with the couple's sons in Santa Moncia, David Backham enjoyed a night out with his mates in Milan, Italy. He dined with British actor James Corden and a few other pals at Ristorant Da Giacomo.

13. 'We Are the World' Remade for Haitian Relief  permalink

'We Are the World' Remade for Haitian Relief
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Over 80 stars from the music and entertainment world gathered in Los Angeles on Monday to remake the classic benefit recording 'We Are the World,' and this time the victims of the Haitian earthquake will receive aid as a result of this song's sale and download. What makes this remake so exciting is that here it is 25 years later and an entire ...

14. The Geek-Off Tournament: Round #5!  permalink

The Geek-Off Tournament: Round #5!
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So it's the penultimate round of this On-Screen Geek-Off Tournament of ours, and we're down to two inevitable nail-biters after a series of increasingly close calls last week. We've got Ghostbusters , The Goonies , Back to the Future and Ferris Bueller's Day Off represented, but at the cost of beloved characters from Real Genius , Wayne's World ,

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The Geek-Off Tournament: Round #5! The Geek Beat: Celebrate the Geek: 2010 Edition   —  February dawns with a lot of intriguing little news bites about The Green Lantern , First Avenger: Captain America , and how your favorite characters may be mangled by odd story choices. Last year , I described this very same week as one where "everything is taking a breather before Watchmen , Wolverine , and all the madness that will follow the ...

15. Gay Marriage Activists Vow to Make Most Boring YouTube Video Ever  permalink

Gay Marriage Activists Vow to Make Most Boring YouTube Video Ever
Adrian Chen / Gawker

You know how the Supreme Court ruled the Prop 8 trial couldn't be filmed ? A pair of Los Angeles filmmakers have pledged to create filmed reenactments of all 60 hours of the trial based on firsthand reports and transcripts. [ marriagetrial.com ]

16. Hollywood Chug  permalink

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Hollywood Chug Abigail Clancy Is Hotter Than Hot Elizabeth Hurley’s Timeless Cleavage The Oscar Nominees Were Announced This Shit Doesn't Need a Damn Headline Is Lindsay Lohan Reuniting With Sam? Sienna Miller Does the Walk of Shame Ali Sonoma And...

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17. "White Collar" Star Matthew Bomer Rocked The Tights As Superman For a Hot Minute  permalink

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Apparently Matthew Bomer, star of the series White Collar, donned the red cape before Brandon Routh ultimately got the role in Superman Returns. "I actually screen-tested for Superman, and there was a time when Brett Ratner and I were going to work together on it," Bomer told MTV News. "That particular incarnation of that franchise sort of fell ...

18. Girl Fight!  permalink

Girl Fight!
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Readers, our nation's girls are in trouble. They are fighting each other and uploading videos of these fights to YouTube. Now is the time to come together as Americans and stop this... OMG: GIRL FIGHT ! THOSE CHICKS ARE TOTALLY FIGHTING! CBS 2 has done a hilarious throwback to a time when people were worried about the effect of " The Internet " ...

19. Grammys Fug Carpet: Sheryl Crow  permalink

Grammys Fug Carpet: Sheryl Crow
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It's like Sheryl Crow focused all her attention on her jewelry -- which WAS awesome, for the most part, though her earrings are distractingly like film canisters -- and forgot to pay any attention to her dress:

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Grammys Fug Carpet: Sheryl Crow Grammys Fug Carpet: Colbie Caillat   —  I sort of wish he'd said something about this -- like, say, pulled her aside and whispered, "Sweetie, it's intriguing and all, but this is the Grammys, not Dancing With The Stars. You can do better." Unless she WAS angling for a spot on Dancing With The Stars, in which case, this is spot-on and probably has Cheryl Burke drooling in lusty envy ...

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Grammys Fug Carpet: Sheryl Crow Grammys Fug Carpet: Ashanti   —  I would seriously have paid someone $100 bucks to sneak up behind Ashanti at the Grammys with a pair of scissors and just chop off that train: In fact, fifty bucks to whichever member of Ashanti's entourage gets to her closet first and does it now.

20. Avid for aviatrix tale  permalink

Avid for aviatrix tale
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The 1929 race involved 20 female pilots, including Thaden, Amelia Earhart and Pancho Barnes, flying for nine days from Santa Monica to Cleveland. The race was won by Thaden, who penned the 1938 book "High, Wide and Frightened."

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