December 2011
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“My job was to fact check his articles. Since he had a photographic memory and an...”
– Nick Clegg on working as an intern for Christopher Hitchens
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TIME: 2011 Person of the Year →
The Protester
Once again, Time magazine has declared the person of the year to be a multitude of people with the same idea (The laziest example being ‘You’, meaning everyone who uses the internet).
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“Mr. Oldman…is an actor of great experience and accomplishment who has...”
– The Wall Street Journal on Gary Oldman’s performance in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
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600 Light-Years Away: Earth, Mk II →
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the “habitable zone” around a star not unlike our own.
The planet, Kepler 22-b, lies about 600 light-years away and is about 2.4 times the size of Earth, and has a temperature of about 22C.
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“I imagine a majority of us have had sex and have seen the opposite sex or same...”
– Shame director Steve McQueen on the film’s NC-17 rating.
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Defending the Iron Lady →
Meryl Streep says she wanted to capture why people have “that special venom for her” in her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
Streep’s performance is hotly tipped for an Oscar nod, which if she gets it, will be her 17th nomination.
The Iron Lady is out in the UK on January 6, 2012. The US wide-release date is January 13, 2012.