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The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 16 varieties of marijuana. But a reviewer of the business warns the decor looks a little cliche, what with the Grateful Dead posters on the wall and the Mexican-blanket tablecloths.
President Barack Obama has told a young boy that he shouldn't take it too seriously when he hears all the criticism aimed at the president.
After just five days, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is halfway to $400 million domestically, a box-office milestone only eight other movies have reached. If it climbs that high, the "Transformers" sequel will be by far the worst-reviewed movie ever to make the $400 million club.
Pushing again to get the health care system overhauled, President Barack Obama is arguing that people must beware of "scare tactics and fear-mongering" that have killed such efforts in the past.
Some liberal political activists and economists are seizing on comedian Jon Stewart's attacks of CNBC to push an online petition drive urging the network to be tougher on Wall Street leaders.
The ceremony had yet to begin, but this arrivals line felt more like an afterparty.
President George W. Bush is offering some advice to his successor, when it comes to dealing with his critics. He says in the end, Barack Obama will have to "do what he thinks is right." If he doesn't, Bush says, "I don't see how you can live with yourself."
"Waltz With Bashir," a groundbreaking animated documentary about Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, won the National Society of Film Critics' 2008 best picture award Saturday.
Sean Penn and "Milk," Gus Van Sant's biopic about gay rights leader Harvey Milk, continued to gain awards momentum Wednesday, winning best film from the New York Film Critics Circle.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has gone populist on its picks for best movies of 2008, choosing the animated smash "WALL-E" as No. 1 and the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" as runner-up on Tuesday.
Critics' reaction to the gala premiere at La Scala can be summed up in one word: Boring.
Some critics' and fellow filmmakers' comments about Paul Newman:
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is no stranger to criticism. He gives as good as he gets.
Richard Roeper, fresh off announcing that he was leaving the balcony of "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper," may have put it best.
Two American professors on their first visit to Israel since the publication of their book critical of the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington faced a sometimes-testy reception at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.
NBC News has managed to achieve the near-impossible this election season in getting Hillary Rodham Clinton and George Bush to agree on something.
Sen. John McCain's status as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has done little to ease the criticism he faces from a small but vocal group of conservatives in his home state.
Human rights groups that cite the Beijing Games in their criticisms of the Chinese government are violating the Olympic charter, China's foreign minister said Wednesday.
The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday named "There Will Be Blood," a gritty tale about a turn-of-the-century oil man infected with greed, the best picture of 2007.
Sen. Barack Obama and another potential Democratic 2008 presidential contender, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, will speak to activists from one of Wal-Mart's most vociferous union-backed critics Wednesday as debate over the world's largest retailer becomes increasingly political.
100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1)By Bruce Buschel/ New York Times
It seems to me that in life and with movies and TV shows and even on blogs, that some people see that other people are attracting a lot of positive attention and that some of those people seem to exist just to criticize the other people.
(Video) Obama Tells Health Reform Critics to 'Grab a Mop'President Barack Obama Thursday night called out his critics in Congress for blasting Democratic attempts to overhaul health care without proposing solutions of their own.
Why Do Conservatives Hate America?Somebody explain this to me: The president of the United States wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and Rush Limbaugh joins with the Taliban in bitterly denouncing the award? Glenn Beck has a conniption fit and demands that the president not accept what may be the world's most prestigi …
Obama: 'I Will Not Accept Partisan Efforts' Blocking Health Reform BillsDrawing a line in the sand?
I am confused over so many Gods.One friend suggested on faith and the other on religion.I know that Hinduism has so many Gods.Chirstians have their own God,so do the Muslims,Buddhists and so on.Earlier I had a feeling that God resides in all human beings in you and me.In certain …
Student weds to save friends life A Chinese student has sold her hand in marriage online in a bid to raise money to save her friend's life, who has been diagnosed with encephalomyelitis.
Qaddafi's Son Blasts Lockerbie Release Critics Son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi branded British politicians questioning the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing as "disgusting" and "immoral."
Bare-Bottom Rock Climber Statue Causes Stir -At least one critic in the western Colorado town of Silt said a new sculpture of a bare-bottom rock climber is exposing the public to a little too much art.
Bird Brain: Japanese Scientist Teach Pigeons To Distinguish between 'good' and 'bad' artShigeru Watanabe (a psychologist at Keio University in Tokyo and possibly a man in league with the birds) set up a nefarious experiment.
Fear Mongering Abounds in Critics of Health ReformMany prominent objections to reform involve fear mongering.
President Obama: Ouster of Honduran president Zelaya was coupPresident Barack Obama said on Monday it was hypocritical for critics of Washington's response to a coup against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to demand a more forceful U.S. role in returning him to power.
We all know there are great films, like Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc.
Alcohol Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt ItFor some scientists, the question will not go away. No study, these critics say, has ever proved a causal relationship between moderate drinking and lower risk of death — only that the two often go together.
Cannes Hearts Ebert - indieWIRECannes Film Festival conference center pavillion re-named "The Roger Ebert Conference Center"
In one of my other articles I asked readers what they would like to say to President Obama in 30 words or less. Many people obviously had lots to say because it attracted hundreds of comments, most of them positive.
The tone wars: When critics play petty games, Obama winsBarack Obama won the 2008 election in no small part because a critical mass of American voters were exhausted by 16 years of petty sniping about every idiotic thing under the sun.
Limbaugh Calls Gingrich A 'Fly-By-Night Operator' Who 'You Can't Depend On' And 'Will Sell You Out'This past Sunday on Meet the Press, former House Majority Leader Newt Gingrich took a shot at Rush Limbaugh, saying that anyone who doesn't want President Obama to succeed is "irrational." Today, Limbaugh responded on his radio show.
Bloggers Love Watchmen, But They're On Their OwnThe reviews of Zack Snyder's Watchmen are pouring in, and a pattern has developed. The movie blogs are proclaiming the film a new masterpiece, but the mainstream media is clutching its head and groaning.
Study finds universal health care would cost less than bailoutsThe biggest obstacle to an enhanced national health care system wouldn't be money, a study conducted by the Institute for Health and Socio-economic Policy found.
"At The Movies" Lyons and Mankiewicz dish and take criticism"At the Movies" critics Ben Mankiewicz and Ben Lyons have dished it out and taken it since joining the show last fall.
Armchair critics take aim at Lee AnthonyExcerpt: Roy Kronk, the meter reader who discovered Caylee Anthony's remains, is not the only one dogged by conspiracy theories. If you believe the bloggers, pundits, and armchair detectives, Casey's brother Lee Anthony could be arrested at any moment.
In a time when recession's becoming a bigger word each and every day, people tend to want to leave their routinely lives for an escape.
What would happen if a Caylee Anthony movie is made?Excerpt: I hear from a lot of readers who fret that the Anthony family would be compensated if someone decided to make a Caylee Anthony movie. Dear readers, I don't think you need to worry.
Britney Spears on 'Good Morning America': Voices from around the WebExcerpt: Britney Spears' much-anticipated appearance on "Good Morning America" today celebrated both her upcoming tour and her 27th birthday. Now, a few hours later, the critics have spoken. The consensus? Great abs, heinous performance.
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