•Blogosphere: Congratulations to friend-of-the-site Nate Silver, whose little blog called 538.com has completed its ascendancy, getting relaunched today as part of the New York Times’ online operations. •History: New Orleans has a particularly fascinating and byzantine political history; with...
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After edging out a handful of other hopefuls (including Edward Norton) to play eccentric funnyman Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon (1999), Carrey disappeared into the role, living as Kaufman -- and his blustery alter-ego Tony Clifton -- for months (Carrey even owned Kaufman 's bongo ...
My girlfriend and I went to London the day after Christmas 2005. We were there for a week, and I remember repeatedly seeing a commercial for an upcoming BBC series. It was about a cop in Manchester who gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1973. He doesn’t know if he’s dead, in...
After edging out a handful of other hopefuls (including Edward Norton) to play eccentric funnyman Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon (1999), Carrey disappeared into the role, living as Kaufman -- and his blustery alter-ego Tony Clifton -- for months (Carrey even owned Kaufman's bongo drums...