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The Cat in the Hat! Green Eggs and Ham! Horton Hatches the Egg!

All may familiar titles to those who pored over Dr. Seuss books as a child.

But none may be more familiar with the man behind the whimsical tales than Dr. Charles Cohen, a dentist based out of Massachusetts who has transformed his small three-day practice into a Seuss database of sorts.

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Free speech organization FIRES back at SHSU, calls police action 'unconstitutional'

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In what is turning out to be a real news saga, FIRE, or the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, sent Sam Houston State University president Dana Gibson, Ph.D., a letter today denouncing a university police officer's actions yesterday in the campus' free speech zone.

(The letter is below jump)

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My fabulous fashion picks for this year's Emmy Awards

I'll be honest. Something about celebrity award ceremonies seems slightly pretentious to me. Don't stars get enough of a reward for starring in the latest blockbuster or having a chart-topping hit single with their enormous pay checks? Why do we have to fawn over them publicly once more?

I believe my Dad said it best when he wrote.

I find award shows boring and pompous. Can you imagine a world where normal people give each other awards and tell each other how great they are? On second thought, that might actually make the world a better place.

Nevertheless, the day after any award ceremony is always fun one. It's time for the claws to come out and the fashion police to frisk actors who at one time seemed invincible.

Going against the grain, I'd like to take a moment to in this blog identify those celebrities who in my eyes emerged fashionably victorious last night.

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Toddlers, tiaras and tattoos ... oh my!

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Most people would agree that something about TLC's show Toddlers and Tiaras is just fundamentally wrong.

Three-year-old girls strut down a runway wearing caked on make up and bikinis. Their mothers live vicariously through them, and contestants often feel pressured to succumb to society's ideals of beauty (See a girl about 4-years-old forced to wax her eyebrows below).

But the show's a hit. Why? Well, it's like that bad traffic accident on the interstate. Nobody can look away, and often times I think we can relate.

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Hilton storms out of interview after barrage of tricky questions

 
Good Morning America has struck again.

This time reality star Paris Hilton was its victim. The hotel chain heiress sat down in late July with GMA’s Don Harris to discuss her television series “The World According to Paris.”

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Writers blazed through True Blood episode with vamp speed

I’ll just go ahead and say it.

Last night’s True Blood was too damn short! Houston Chronicle’s Nathan Venz hit the nail on the head in his review. Perhaps, he said, the reason each episode seems so short this season is because Alan Ball has created far too many storylines for viewers to keep track of.

I agree. While the 5 billion (I exaggerate) plots may morph into one, something is seriously wrong if the show’s main character (telepath Sookie Stackhouse) has only 10 minutes of screen time throughout the 45-minute show.

Here’s all you need to know about “I'm Alive and on Fire.”

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Youtube, Twitter continue to blur lines between celebrities and citizens

Three marines in recent weeks have posted YouTube videos demanding Hollywood's hottest back up their patriotic claims by sacrificing a night of walking the red carpet to accompany them to the marine Corps Ball. 


I sense a trend here.

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"Heads will roll" if Bill angst doesn't end, True Blood fans say

Remember that infamous scene on HBO's break out hit show Game of Thrones where Jeoffrey threatens his betrothed Sansa with the spiked head of her father? Of course you do. First off, it wasn't too long ago. Secondly, it was epic.

Now, fans of director Alan Ball's series True Blood are joining Jeoffrey in his menacing. They say they'll be unhappy if season four doesn't deliver the show's main character, telepath Sookie Stackhouse, out from under her angst-filled relationship with vampire Bill, which has dominated the past three 12-episode seasons.

WARNING: The following post may contain spoilers for those who have yet to watch the first two episodes of True Blood's fourth season. 

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Actor Sam Trammell charms Houston truebies at Comicpalooza

Supernatural freaks and comic books geeks gathered one and all for Houston's annual ComicPalooza this weekend, but Truebies, or fans of the HBO series "True Blood," perhaps got the most bang for their buck - a visit from Sam Merlotte himself.

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Girl Power - Queen B is back and better than ever

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Girl power. You either got it or you don't.

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Blast from the past: Skarsgard is Gaga's bad romance in "Paparazzi" video

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Pop and fashion icon Lady Gaga not only has a knack for producing chart-topping hits, but also for casting heartthrobs in her bazaar music videos.

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Skarsgard to appear in classic thriller

One of the leading men of True Blood will grace the silver screen this September in the re-make of a 1970's classic Straw Dogs.

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"I listened to X band before they were ever born!"

 

Today, I have a simple question. Why are people so stuck up when it comes to good music? Somehow, someway you are less of a fan if you discovered the musician through a television show rather than a trip to the music store.

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Can Chris Brown really 'move on to something better'?

Pop and R&B Artist Chris Brown’s recent appearance on Good Morning America suggests it won’t be easy for him to “chuck up the deuce” to his 2009 drama.

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Drama series may produce ‘Werther Effect’ 2.0

Television phenomenon, “Teen Mom,” is banking high ratings for media mammoth, MTV. But this may come with a price: harsh criticism.

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