Pop Culture Round Up: October 16 - 29

CBC News - Film - Bonjour tristesse

Decisions on Mates and Products share Criteria | Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. Miller-McCune.

What Creates Buzz? - WSJ.com

The insiders' guide to the arts | Culture | The Guardian

CBC News - Film - Comedy awards pick Less Than Kind, Trotsky

Does the Internet Make You Smart or Dumb? : Discovery News

“Upcycling” turns garbage into useful products. But is it really green? : This Magazine

Is Pure Altruism Possible? - NYTimes.com

The decline of video stores: Here's what we lose when our video stores close - chicagotribune.com

Do Intelligent People Drink More Alcohol? : Discovery News

How the web blurs the line between truth and falsehood : This Magazine

Pop Culture Round Up: September 4 - October 15, 2010

Urban Plight: Vanishing Upward Mobility — The American, A Magazine of Ideas

Jokes To Tell Your Parents For Rosh Hashana : NPR

Damien Hirst faces eight new claims of plagiarism | Art and design | The Guardian Mind -

Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com

How to use a semicolon - The Oatmeal

Commercial cinema stands condemned | The Australian

It Turns Out There Is Accounting for Taste | Miller-McCune Online

Mad Men: the future of American film is on television | David Hare | Television & radio | The Guardian

CBC News - Film - Tarantino accused of favouritism in Venice

Looking for a Blockbuster Film in the ‘Mad Men’ Age - NYTimes.com

When a comma makes life needlessly hard - The Boston Globe

Christo vs. Colorado - WSJ.com

FFWD - Calgary Screen - Video Vulture - Better wizards than Nicolas Cage

Maisonneuve | The Eh-List

CBC News - Media - Messing with the medium

Op-Ed Contributor - A Dictionary of the Near Future - NYTimes.com

Hollywood Weighs In on Fat People - NYTimes.com

Cold Case, Numb3rs - chicagotribune.com

MTV -- Yes, MTV -- Wants Your Financial Aid Ideas - NYTimes.com

The Civilizations Buried Beneath Us : NPR

CBC News - Books - Lulu nods put Ottawa graphic artist in hot seat

Watch and learn - The Boston Globe

Hooray for Nollywood! | Film | guardian.co.uk

Ballroom steps on to stage

Ipsos OTX Study: People Spend More Than Half Their Day Consuming Media | TheWrap.com

"Where the Wild Things Were" A retrospective of werewolves in popular culture by Emily Landau | The Walrus | Online Exclusive

In Praise of Laziness - By Robert Zaretsky | Foreign Policy

Barbra Streisand inspires a killer dance track - Things That Go Pop!

Are Our Writers As Lousy As Our Bankers? - 3quarksdaily

CBC News - Film - Goon hockey film begins Winnipeg shoot

The Authentic Self: How Do You Know If You’re ‘Really’ Racist or Sexist? – TIME Healthland

An appreciation of film editor Sally Menke. - By Sasha Watson - Slate Magazine

The film career of David Bowie. - By Jessica Winter - Slate Magazine