Extra, Extra: Well, Somebody REALLY Didn't Like The Hunger Games

Jen Chung

Published Mar 20, 2012

Modified Mar 20, 2012

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Dave Poland's suggested ledes for a review about The Hunger Games: “If you made vanilla pudding that had just the right color to look like good vanilla pudding… and then you removed the vanilla… you would have The Hunger Games.”
Speaking of, fans having been waiting since yesterday for tonight's Hunger Games event at Barnes & Noble in Union Square.
We're apparently borrowing from "Uncle Chang" to pay for the war in Afghanistan.
"Bacon and eggs" kind of Jew: Today was the nasty special election for State Senate seat once occupied by Carl Kruger.
New NY Times paywall only allows ten free articles per month, down from twenty/month.
Why is President Obama's reelection campaign spending $10,000 on nail polish?
An actor who played a bully in the Harry Potter movies was jailed for his role in the London riots (stealing Champagne, holding a homemade bomb).
Why does Uniqlo do well? Because it hires lots of workers.
Olive Wilde will return to House for the series finale.
And Times Square is directly or indirectly contributes to 10% of all jobs in NYC and $1 of every $9 of economic activity.

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