William M. Hartnett

As if featuring one of our cats on its home page wasn’t enough, The Post is using a picture of our other one this morning. As I’ve said before, I’m absolutely mental about this sort of thing. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the pictures.

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>For Fox’s Rivals, ‘American Idol’ Remains a ‘Schoolyard Bully’ (NYT)
Believe me when I say that I am far from being a TV snob. As evidence, consider my honest, slack-jawed conviction that Hell’s Kitchen was appointment television. Given such appalling viewing habits, how is it that I’ve never watched more than five minutes of America Idol, [...]

>Canadian Company Offers Nude Photos via Cellphone (NYT)
WTF? People are buying soft-core porn — sorry, “sex-related content” — over their cell phones for $2.60?! Is this a Canadian thing? Meanwhile, in Connecticut …

>Teacher Faces Jail Over Pornography on Class Computer (NYT)
(Via Pogue)
… a substitute teacher faces up to 40 years in prison after being convicted [...]

>Chelsea cut their losses down to £80m (The Guardian)
English Premier League side Chelsea have CUT their losses to £80 million in the most recent financial year, which, based on current exchange rates, is roughly $971 billion. According to The Guardian story linked above, owner Roman Abramovich has sunk over £500 million into the club in [...]

As previously stated, my wife and I, which is to say I alone without her knowledge or involvement, am unhealthily dedicated to the dissemination of pictures of our cats. Well, as you can see above, my employer is unwittingly getting into the act. Pokeweed is going viral, son! If you’re inclined to indulge my cat-photo [...]

>Horror Movie at High Pitch in TV Ad Aimed at Teenagers (NYT)

“If you can’t hear the advertising, then maybe the movie isn’t for you. That was the implicit message in a television commercial for ‘The Messengers,’ a horror film from Sony’s Screen Gems division that opened on Feb. 2. In addition to the usual ominous [...]

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>History Offers Hope and Fear for Kodak (NYT)
Newspaper: “Eastman Kodak is an industrial giant of the 20th century that has been cut down to size in the 21st by its failure to keep up with developments in technology and the demands of the marketplace.” Indeed.

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The Buffalo News delivers the story of Charlie the Karate Chimp’s cameo in the movie Ghost Rider. Charlie — What the hell is AP style for chimpanzee names on second reference? — has been featured in a handful of well-circulated videos. Left unresolved by the story is whether these clips are of greater cinematic value [...]