Monthly Archives: November 2009

A Tale of Three Newspapers: The LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times

Posted on November 29, 2009 by whiskeysplace

The recent, and sad news that LA Times trans-sexual sports reporter Mike Penner aka “Christine Daniels” was found dead at home at the age of 52 cements the transition of the LA Times from popular, metropolitan daily newspaper to a … Continue reading →

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Twilight vs Call of Duty: The Hidden Story

Posted on November 23, 2009 by whiskeysplace

The Twilight New Moon movie has posted $140.7 million for its opening weekend. The response, which was surprising, of tweens, teens, and their moms lining up, many a week in advance, for the movie, generated a lot of press coverage. … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, female, games, gay, more, movies, twilight, vampires | 27 Comments

Gossip Girl’s Threesome A Dud and Dollhouse’s Cancellation

Posted on November 12, 2009 by whiskeysplace

Monday Night’s “Threesome” episode of CW Network’s “Gossip Girl” was a dud. Heavily hyped and promoted, the increased viewers only 20%, from 1.95 million viewers to 2.4 million viewers. By contrast, in the same week. NCIS did 20.9 million viewers. … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, demographics, dollhouse, more, television | 39 Comments