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...Here's what you have to ask about scene stealers: Are they funnier than the star characters because they're not on screen as long? Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman all have the heavy lifting of story lines; Julien and the penguins (and a couple of cranky monkeys who serve as the movie's Statler and Waldorf) have only to shake their shtick, deliver their bright lines and get off. (Also, they're smaller in stature, hence cuter.) Liberated from the burden of consciences or backstories or any recognizable feelings; they have no obligation to audiences other than to make...
...true colors. And no, they don’t involve the swirling, digitized effects from his previous videos with Lil’ Wayne and Ludacris, or even the trademark carnivalesque top hat and Oakley shades he sports. Here, T-Pain is a pissed off hip-hop (ahem) star who is sick and tired of getting shit for using Auto-Tune. The insults in “Karaoke” just add up. First, Kanye West makes an appearance in the bathroom stall, and surprised, says, “T-Pain! I did not even recognize you without the Auto-Tune...
...spends ample time discussing the stranger-than-fiction behaviors of Nader and Ross Perot, and also sheds light upon more obscure third-party candidates. Perhaps most memorable are Kinky Friedman, a Jewish country singer who made a run for Texas governor in 2006, and Ilona Staller, an Italian porn star who was elected to Italy’s Parliament in 1987.The author further enlivens his text by employing clever examples. Many concepts of voting theory are quite difficult to understand, but Poundstone skillfully presents them within relatively simple contexts. His discussion of vote splitting is aided by an explanation...
...team of astronomers, including Harvard’s Massimo Marengo, found a triple-ring system surrounding Epsilon Eridani, the ninth closest star to the Sun. The rings suggest the existence of three or more planets around the star, according to their paper, which will be published in a forthcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal...
Whether it's a five-star holiday in Kuala Lumpur or a backpacking trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains, traveling à deux is the quickest way to get to know somebody. There's no room for pretense after she's heard you screech over a sand snake, and politesse quickly falls to the wayside after one of you gets hit with Montezuma's revenge on a romantic getaway. Traveling together can be a dealbreaker or a dealmaker...