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On Sandy Hook, Movie Violence, and 'Jack Reacher'

By Jason Bailey on

Any time there’s a senseless, random mass shooting, the responses come in waves — and senseless, random mass shootings have become so common that you can all but set your watch by those responses anymore. First, there’s shock. Then, there’s the insistence that “now is not the time” to talk about guns, or to “politicize a tragedy.” And then the anti-gun people either wait a while or don’t, and start talking about gun control, and then the pro-gun people start talking about arming everyone, and comparing outlawing guns to outlawing cars and spoons and fertilizer. And then the blaming starts: of parents, of a deficient mental health system, even (this time) the lack of men around. Alex Jones will lead the charge of tinfoil hat-sporting nutjobs claiming that the whole thing was a government operation enabling them to “come git our guns.” And, at some point in the midst of all that, it will be time to blame pop culture. … Read More

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Francis Ford Coppola Readying New York-Based Epic Spanning Five Decades

By Alison Nastasi on

A five-film Francis Ford Coppola Blu-ray set arrives in stores today, perfectly timed with some exciting news that the Godfather director shared in a recent interview about his 53-year-long career with EW. Recently, it was announced that the legendary filmmaker would be moving his office to the Paramount lot. Coppola filmed several works there, including his iconic mafia movie The Godfather, The Conversation, and Tucker: The Man and His Dream. We had visions of the director returning to his roots and the grandiose epics that made him famous, taking a left turn from the small-scale, intimate features he’s been creating lately. It seems that we will indeed be seeing a new Coppola movie that recalls the greatest hits of his 1970′s filmography. He told EW: … Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Of course there’s a rumor floating around Hollywood that Angelina Jolie is in interested in directing Universal’s film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. [via Deadline]

2. Bob Welch, an early guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, was found dead yesterday at his home in Nashville from an apparent suicide. “He was a huge… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Kelsey Keith on

1. TIME magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world is out; A-listers like Banksy to Conan O’Brien are namechecked and the cover pairs Lady Gaga with Bill Clinton. [via TIME]
2. OMFG, WTF is Paramount doing making a Magic 8-Ball movie? “Reply hazy, try again.” [via Vulture]
3. Interpol! Remember them? They’ve just released a new song called “Lights.” What does it sound like? No idea, since the download didn’t work, but if I had to guess I’d say “dark,” heavy on the reverb, and lyrically confusing. [via Stereogum]
4. Unlikely female triumvirate alert: Sarah Silverman is in talks to co-star with Michelle Williams (actress featured in several topographically-based dramas such as Dawson’s Creek, Brokeback Mountain, Shutter Island) in Sarah Polley’s directorial feature Take This Waltz. [via Variety]
5. New York mag’s veteran party reported Jada Yuan had dinner with the “capriciously moody” Bill Murray and survived to tell the tale. [via… Read More

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What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we enjoyed all the bad puns in this piece about Hung‘s huge ratings. We felt bad for Susan Orlean’s cremated chicken. We watched the first four minutes of the new Harry Potter movie in German. We wanted to buy one of these pre-fab homes designed by Dwell and… Read More