Friday, September 03, 2010

Pop Culture Round Up: August 20 - September 3, 2010

CBC News - Media - BBC's Gosling charged over mercy killing story

DVRs shaking up movie marketing

Discovery of ancient cave paintings in Petra stuns art scholars | Science | The Observer

Eye wired open

An Airline Magazine That Makes Travelers Want to Pull the Rip Cord - WSJ.com

The Medium - What ‘Fact-Checking’ Means Online - NYTimes.com

Vampires bring $7 bil to Hollywood economy

Eternal Fascinations with the End: Why We're Suckers for Stories of Our Own Demise: Scientific American

Teary-Eyed Evolution: Crying Serves A Purpose : NPR

Does Peter Parker Have a Moral Responsibility to Be Spider-Man? | Big Questions Online

Exclusive First Look: 'Gossip Girl' season 4 trailer! | Ausiello | EW.com

CBC News - Music - Early unreleased Dylan songs in new album

Bering in Mind: Polyamory chic, gay jealousy and the evolution of a broken heart

The Smart Set: Lady Trouble - Chicago was once full of killer broads.

CBC News - Film - John Cusack plays Poe in movie thriller

9GAG - 35 Life Hacks You Should Know

Bob Dylan's No-Ticket Show No Sell-Out : SFGate: Culture Blog!

Phys Ed: Playing Music During Exercise - NYTimes.com

Plato's Pop Culture Problem, and Ours - NYTimes.com

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness published as a graphic novel | Books | The Guardian

Pawan Kalyan to star in Bollywood film of Christ's life | Film | The Guardian

The Online State of Nature | Big Questions Online

The Black Panthers: The soul survivors - Features, Music - The Independent

Book Review: The Oxford Book of Parodies - WSJ.com

Does a book's popularity guarantee its movie's success? - chicagotribune.com