Arts Entertainments

The Facebook phenomena

This week I watched the popular new movie "The Social Network" which tells the story of how a very angry individual who had a fight with his girlfriend decided to get drunk and "get revenge" on her. He spent a few hours creating a website that would allow Harvard students to vote for the mates of the girls he displayed

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Top 5 facts about the George Washington Bridge

Tourists and history buffs alike love the interesting facts about the George Washington Bridge. There is certainly no shortage of fun facts about the George Washington Bridge. Here are five of the most unusual.1. Radio fans save the bridgeHoward Stern fans were called into action on December 7, 1994. A young man called Stern's radio show and announced that he

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Coffee culture in America

It wasn't until I moved to the US that I started drinking coffee regularly and became what they call in the Netherlands a 'koffieleut', which literally translates to 'coffee socialite'. Although the average European drinks more coffee per year than the average American, the cultural importance and its effects on the average European seem to me less than on the

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The Muppets of Sesame Street

Sesame Street has been a pioneer in early childhood education and entertainment for preschool children. Jim Henson is the creator of the adorable Muppet characters from the children's television series. More than 4,000 episodes have been produced since November 1969, making Sesame Street one of the longest running television shows in television history.The Muppets featured on Sesame Street have made

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Tribute to Black Heroes and Sheroes

In some African traditions, the griot told the story of the local population: the village, the family, or the clan. The griot gathered the threads of the story that represented the various people who participated in it. He kept these threads and kept them safe. I savored them, they treasured them. Woven together to form a cloth, a whole that

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