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Video: James Dean and Ronald Reagan, Circa 1954

Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:52 pm PDT

The Atlantic has an exclusive report on some very cool recently unearthed footage from a TV episode featuring Ronald Reagan and James Dean acting together, unseen since 1954: Ronald Reagan and James Dean: Rare Video From 1954. In the clip, Dean is a hopped up (and really dumb) teenage delinquent who ...

Video, Culture, Atlantic, Rare Video, Ronald Reagan, James Dean

KFC In Fallujah Not the Real Deal

Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:49 pm PDT

That “KFC” fast-food restaurant in Fallujah turns out to be unauthorized by Colonel Sanders.

LGF, Iraq, KFC, Fallujah, Culture

Shock and Awe and KFC

Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:55 pm PDT

If you get a craving for some yardbird, extra crispy, and you happen to be in Fallujah, you’re covered: Kentucky Fried Chicken Sizzles in Fallujah.

LGF, Iraq, KFC, Fallujah, Culture

A Flying Camel Moment?

Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:51 pm PDT

I’m tempted to call this a flying pig moment, but that would be culturally insensitive: A first for Saudis: Mozart performed publicly and women can attend. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - It’s probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia’s first-ever performance of ...

LGF, Saudi Arabia, Mozart, Culture, Islam, Wahhabism

Barbie, Batman, Spiderman, and Harry Potter Invade Iran

Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:19 pm PDT

It’s the dreaded invasion of American culture: Iran takes new shot at Barbie, calling US doll ‘destructive’. TEHRAN, Iran - A top Iranian judiciary official warned Monday against the “destructive” cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys. In the latest salvo in a more than decade-old ...

LGF, Iran, Radical Islam, Barbie, Culture

Iowahawk: Hillary's Hellcats

Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:24 pm PDT

Another long-lost episode from a TV series that never existed, courtesy of the thoroughly demented Iowahawk: TV Classics: Hillary’s Hellcats. The action-adventure genre got a sexy shot in the arm in 1983 with the debut of Hillary’s Hellcats, the Friday night NBC series starring Farrah Sansabelt-Haggar as Hillary Dale, leader ...

LGF, Iowahawk, Parody, Clinton, Hillary, Culture, Television

Iowahawk's Six Degrees of Stark Naked

Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 8:02 pm PST

If you’ve had enough politics for the evening (or the decade), here’s a change of pace at Iowahawk’s Bolus (not sure I like the sound of that), where he’s playing Six Degrees of Stark Naked.

LGF, Iowahawk, Culture, Pop Music

The Revival of Cultural Life in Iraq

Thu, Jun 8, 2006 at 9:06 pm PDT

Here’s an eye-opening report on the surprising strength of the Iraqi cultural scene: The Revival of Cultural Life in Iraq Under Stress. The revival of the Iraqi cultural scene reveals a strong current in support of indigenous Iraqi culture, secularism, women’s rights, and opposition to terrorism and violence. As in the past ...

Iraq, Culture, Media