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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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pop culture stories: 28 news summaries

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Pop Culture Gems to Hit
Vegas Auction Block

Gun that killed JFK assassin, Superman suit among items slated for Vegas auction

Mar 2, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Indiana Jones' whip. The gun that killed JFK's assassin. Madonna's Like a Virgin wedding dress. All are up for grabs at a massive memorabilia auction scheduled for March 15-16 in Las Vegas, Reuters reports. Billed as the best pop-culture collection ever assembled, the 850-lot treasure trove could fetch more than... More »

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television • music • Hollywood • Las Vegas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • John Lennon • pop culture • auction • Elizabeth Taylor • Christopher Reeve • movies

Smurftastic Comeback in Works

Movie, DVD releases aim to bring blue elves to new generation

Feb 21, 08 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - At age 50, and after a decade in exile, the Smurfs are planning a comeback, NPR reports, with the original series coming out on DVD and a 3-D movie expected next year. Though today’s kids have more sophisticated options than watching the repair of mushroom houses, “the Smurf... More »

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pop culture • animation • cartoon • Smurfs • 3D movie • comeback

Charmin Icon Dies at 91

TV adman played Mr. Whipple, who urged customers to refrain from squeezing

Nov 19, 07 10:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Dick Wilson, the actor who played Charmin's Mr. Whipple for 21 years, died today at the age of 91, the AP reports. Although he did stints at Disney and had parts in popular television shows of the 1960s, Wilson will be widely remembered as the uptight grocer who urged customers,... More »

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obituary • pop culture • commercials • celebrity • Mr. Whipple • Charmin

China Puts Lid on Macchiatos, Controversy

Beijing—respectfully—forbids Starbucks in Forbidden City

Jul 15, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks has closed its outlet in Beijing's Forbidden City after seven years of controversy. The coffee shop had become a symbol for the intrusion of foreign culture in China's heritage, culminating in protests and government intervention. "It was a very congenial decision," a Starbucks official said. "We... More »

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China • Howard Schultz • Starbucks • pop culture • Forbidden City • Eden Woo

Paris Blackout Sweeps Mag

Heiress fatigue sets
in at Us Weekly

Jun 27, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may be spring time for Paris but one of the nation's top pop culture rags won't be participating in the media frenzy. Just as the scofflaw celebutante ends her well-publicized stint in jail this week, Us Weekly is bowing out of the competition—not only eschewing the predictable cover... More »

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media • Paris Hilton • pop culture • Katie Holmes • celebrity • heiress • Tom Crusie • Us Weekly

ID Theft Targets Celeb Victim: Herman Munster

Credit card crook
hits dead end at Mocking Bird Lane

Jun 21, 07 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fan of classic TV sitcoms apparently set a trap for an online identity thief—who fell for it hook, line, and remote control. A credit card number up for sale in an underground chat room that caters to crooks recently caught the attention of a security company monitor who... More »

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television • Internet • identity theft • Herman Munster • pop culture • The Munsters

MTV Meets Web 2.0 Halfway

Will user-generated content, viral videos, be fountain of youth?

Apr 17, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - MTV is fighting an unprecedented drop-off in ratings by tapping straight into the YouTube generation. The revamped bastion of youth culture will be less cable channel and more media hub, letting its teen viewers decide—and create—what they want to see, while keeping them connected to their digital world. More »

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television • media • Internet • YouTube • MTV • user generated content • pop culture

Doe-Eyed Sanjaya Divides America

Idol, not Iraq, galvanizes
youth vote

Apr 12, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar, the waifish breakout star who lacks only a singing voice, is America’s latest wedge issue, according to The New Republic. One teenager went on hunger strike for 16 days to protest Sanjaya's continued presence, sparking a counter protest of "Binge Eating for Sanjaya"... More »

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entertainment • television • American Idol • Sanjaya Malakar • VoteForTheWorst.com • pop culture

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