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Why Can't Washington Leaders Compromise? We Don't Really Want Them To

We often get frustrated with Congress's inability to budge on anything, but that's what we hired them to do.
Austin Considine
12.21.12
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The NFL Is Terrible This Week

A whopping 13 games this week feature either two miserable teams flailing at each other like a bitter married couple going through the motions during an argument, or a really good squad that’s already secured a place in the playoffs and a toxic, tumor...
Harry Cheadle
12.21.12
Benh Zeitlin + Court 13

Breaking Down The Cinematography of Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Cinematographer Ben Richardson delves into how he shot the film.
The Creators Project Staff
12.21.12
Benh Zeitlin + Court 13

The Cinematography Behind Beasts of the Southern Wild

with Ben Richardson.
The Creators Project
12.21.12
Features

The Replacements Are Awesome And If You Don't Like It You Can Go To Hell

The Replacements weren't afraid of shit. And that's almost as important as the amazing songs they left behind.
Dan Weiss
12.21.12
Sports

UFC Ring Announcer Bruce Buffer Talks Octagons and Poker Tables

Bruce Buffer is the half brother of Michael Buffer, the guy who says "Let's get ready to rumble." He is also a ring announcer himself—the “Veteran Voice of the Octagon” they call him—and he’s as much a part of MMA as the chain-link and the sound of a...
Jimmy Jolliff
12.21.12
Motherboard Blog

Watch This Trailer: How 'Django Unchained' and 'To the Wonder' Sell Themselves

It's multiplex versus art house in the battle of modern auteurs' projected appeal.
Chris O'Coin
12.21.12
Real-life Stories

A Very Messy Christmas

So it's Christmas next week, which means most of you will be heading home to spend time with a couple of people you want to see and about nine people who are as fun as inflamed facial herpes on a first date. You know what helps in situations like that...
VICE Staff
12.21.12
Film

Hyped: The Week In Links 12/21

Busy week? Here’s somethings you may’ve missed.
Kevin Holmes
12.21.12
The Hopelessness Issue

Cowards Are Blackmailing Young Women to Death on the Internet

The most despicable corners of the internet house a byzantine network devoted to sharing screen-captured images of naked—and often underage—girls. And quite a few of these individuals get off on manipulating, blackmailing, and shaming the young women...
Patrick McGuire
12.21.12
The Hopelessness Issue

America's Congress Is Cracking Up

The main issue facing the United States isn’t that the bad guys are in control of the government, it’s that the government—in particular, Congress—can’t get anything done. Or won’t, same difference.
Harry Cheadle
12.21.12
Motherboard Blog

Instagram Rewrote Its Terms of Service, But the New One Still Isn't Great

The issue with Instagram's ToS change isn't so much of one of privacy, but of ownership.
Derek Mead
12.21.12
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