The Year in Pop. Watch. The phrase “guilty pleasure” has long outlived its usefulness. If you really like a song or a movie or a TV show, no matter how cheesy the conventional wisdom says it is, you should feel free to say so without guilt, and to defend your appreciation vigorously. That’s one reason why I (and, judging by the number of comments, you as well) enjoy reading Mandi Bierly’s Pop. Watch Confessional columns. They get at how important entertainment really is in our lives, and they open the emotional floodgates for readers by reminding you of things you’d forgotten you loved.

THE LIFE OF MERLIN. I am preparing to sing the madness of the prophetic bard, and a humorous poem on Merlin; pray correct the song, Robert 1, glory of bishops, by.

It was this sort of writing — passionate discussion of things individual writers cared deeply about — that marked the best of Pop. Watch for me in 2. Whether or not you shared Michael Slezak’s enthusiasm for Fergie, or his appalled feelings over The Bachelor, you had to enjoy his writing about those subjects, maybe more than the subjects themselves. Same for Annie Barrett on The O. C. and reality TV, or Adam Vary on American Idol tapings and Transformers toys, or Simon Vozick- Levinson on hip- hop, or Chris Willman on country music and Bruce Springsteen, or Marc Bernardin on sci- fi, or Whitney Pastorek on music festivals and indie film, or Ken Tucker on Friday Night Lights, and too many others to name. Looking back on my own writing this year, I found myself writing far too many obituaries — we lost too many talented people in 2.

NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson will return to Earth as the planet’s new record holder for longest time cumulatively spent on space by an American or a. Headlines from the network and other sources, as well as downloads of trailers and clips. Publishers Weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries and more. At a press conference on Sunday, angry citizens ran off Jason Kessler, the organizer of a disastrous rally for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other members of the. Praise for Introduction to the Study of Religion ‘Students and teachers of religion in colleges and universities have needed a book like this for a long time.

I also found they led to some of my most passionate, and most warmly received items. Credit here properly belongs to those who inspired me.) I also got worked up writing about such issues as free expression, the hijacking of pop culture for partisan political purposes, and the war on film critics, all of which are, of course, linked. That these continue to be issues of contention saddens me, and it’spartly our fault as critics and journalists for not doing a better jobof explaining what the stakes are. That’s why I am so grateful to havebeen part of Pop.

Watch in 2. 00. 7, to have a forum to raise such issues andstart a conversation. So while I want to thank all the writers,editors, photo mavens, tech wizards, interns, and celebrity guest bloggerswho helped put together Pop. Watch in 2. 00. 7, I especially want to thankyou, the readers, for your lively, intelligent, and civil commentary.

We posted nearly 2,5. That kind of response is incrediblygratifying to us, whether or not you agreed with what we wrote, becausewe relish our ongoing conversation with you. Hope you’ll continue tocomment as fervently in 2. Look forward to hearing from you.

Extremely Unruly Goat Smashes Office Glass Door, Comes Back for Seconds. A goat that was extremely bored, ornery, or both decided to smash in the front door of polyurethane manufacturer Argonics Inc.’s Colorado office this weekend, and the mystery may have gone unsolved were it not for the company’s surveillance system. Argonics uploaded video to You. Watch At The Edge Of The World Online Free 2016. Tube of the goat’s July 1. Monday, writing its staff was initially confused to discover nothing was stolen. But camera footage revealed the interloper to be none other than one real jerk of a goat who casually busted through one window, ran away, then decided—in what appeared to be a spirit of pure malevolence—that he didn’t like the way the other one looked, either.

According to Denver broadcaster KUSA, said goat was accompanied by several accomplices, meaning there may be an entire flock out there, just ready to ruin some place of business’s day.[You. Tube via Reddit].