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By Laura Flood at 9:00 AM on November 4, 2012

A pop-culture news roundup for the week of Oct. 28, 2012. read more

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By Shaina Pearlman at 3:00 PM on October 28, 2012

There was no shortage of music news this week as the famous mural from Elliott Smith’s album Figure 8 was renovated by a group that calls themselves the Punk Rock Marthas, Neil Young & Crazy Horse took to their website to offer an advanced stream of their album Psychedelic Pill, Sufjan Stevens released an awesome—and gory—claymation video for his song, “My. Frosty Man,” fans got to hear the result of Cee Lo’s collaboration with The Muppets for his upcoming Christmas album, two members of Pussy Riot were sent to Siberian prison camps and Calexico played through a blackout. In movie... read more

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By Ryan Bort at 4:00 PM on October 12, 2012

The Vice Presidential Debate wasn’t all that went down this week (though if you’re on Twitter that might be hard to believe); the music, film and TV newswires were busy as always, most notably with the release of the first new Rolling Stones track in over seven years, the passing of former NFL great and actor Alex Karras and the announcement of the National Book Award finalists.... read more

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By Shaina Pearlman at 12:40 PM on September 14, 2012

A pop-culture news roundup for the week of Sept. 10, 2012. read more

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By Katie King at 11:30 AM on August 11, 2012

A pop-culture news roundup for the week of August 5, 2012. read more

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By Patty Miranda at 11:00 AM on August 5, 2012

A roundup of pop-culture news for the week of July 29, 2012. read more

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By Ryan Bort at 11:00 AM on July 29, 2012

This week featured a number of notable album announcements, none bigger than Pinback’s news that they will be releasing their first full-length album in five years on Oct. 2. Also with new releases on the way are Deerhoof, The Sea and Cake, Caribou’s Dan Snaith, Crystal Castles and A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers, who will be releasing his third solo album this fall.... read more

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By Patty Miranda at 11:00 AM on July 22, 2012

A pop-culture roundup for the week of July 16, 2012. read more

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By Ryan Bort at 1:00 PM on June 30, 2012

The biggest news story of the week was, unfortunately, a somber one. Screenwriter and essayist Nora Ephron, known best for her films When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, died on Tuesday at the age of 71.... read more

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