the hurt locker

The Morning's Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

1. Call it the John McCain bump: Even though it opened in extremely limited release yesterday, Zero Dark Thirty is already breaking box office records. [via Deadline]

2. This photo from the set of 30 Rock is giving us mixed emotions. On one hand, we’re devastated that the show is really ending. On the other: 30 Rock wine?! … Read More

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The Week’s Top 5 Pop Culture Video Mash-Ups

This week brought us an inordinate amount of creative pop culture mash-ups via the interwebs. From a delicious Lady Gaga-fronted version of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland to Abed channeling Mad Men‘s Don Draper on Community, it’s amazing to witness the magic that can happen when disparate fictional worlds collide. It’s almost as much fun as when TV stars hop between shows. See for yourself after the jump. … Read More

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Our Prediction: The Hurt Locker Wins Best Picture

With four of the Oscar nominees based on books that tell true tales, we can’t help but predict their fate come March 7th. We’ve done our fair share of calculations, and found that in the past ten years, only one book based on a true story has ever won Best… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

1. Finally: A Lost promo with some footage from season six — granted, it’s just one frame. [via E! Online]
2. What’s on David Bowie‘s iPod? Everything from African sounds to Arthur Russell to Chinese folk music. [via Guardian]
3. During a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art,… Read More

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Four out of 5 Flavorpill Editors Recommend… The Hurt Locker

Like dentists and their Trident, we at Flavorwire want to bring you authoritative recommendations, but a consensus of opinion tends to allude us. In this feature, we will spotlight the week’s most worthy new movie release with four reasons why you should see it…and one why you shouldn’t. This week’s selection: The Hurt Locker, which opens today in New York and… Read More

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