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The highest rated reality show on TV these days is The Contenders in which contestants are chosen at random, given a gun, and sent out to kill the other contestants.

Warner Home Video / 2007 / 100 Minutes / Unrated Street Date: June 10, 2008 Some cinematic satires are so well done, they straddle the line between parody and becoming the very thing they are satirizing.

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“Margarito was getting hit, bit he never stopped coming and punching.”

Alfonso Gomez didn't look like much of a contender in the same ring with Miguel Cotto. via Home News Tribune

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Yes, a look at that stuff you have to put between your heatsink and your CPU. What works, what does not, and should you buy all the hype you see spewed? We get mail every day asking about what we think is the ... via [H]ard OCP

Quite the turnaround this week on American Idol . In the Top 24 , it was the women who shined and the men who served up a large helping of mediocrity. via BuddyTV

On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston Five By Suzan Erem and E. Paul Durrenberger Monthly Review Press, 224 pages, $17.95 When 660 police officers charged striking dockworkers near the ... via Charleston City Paper

“You look at him on film, he does things you can't teach.”

RB, 5-11, 220 Tampa Middleton Statistics: Rushed 215 times for 1,228 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior. via Tallahassee.com

Even though the price of gas has crashed through the $3-a-gallon barrier and looks hellbent on nailing $4 a gallon, and the price of everything from plasma TVs to tuna sushi is going up, America still loves a ... via Motor Trend

NEW YORK - November 27, 2007 - Many of the world's leading companies already have 13-14 March 2008 in their diaries. via CSRwire.com

The winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards will be announced Tuesday. via Ottawa Citizen

“I just really like economic-type questions. All kinds: micro, macro, growth, international”

If it weren't for economics, Mark Grier might be vaccinating thoroughbreds and delivering foals instead of sitting on the short list to be Prudential Financial's next chief executive. via The Jersey Journal

Gangster films suddenly don't seem so long a shot for Oscar gold following the triumph of "The Departed," the "Oscar picture that wasn't an Oscar picture." Steven Gaydos 11/15/2007 The Contenders Anyone who ... via Variety

“This interior manages to be avant-garde and innovative without being difficult to operate. It's also really good-looking.”

More on the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year competition: 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year: The Contenders 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year: The Finalists News flash to automakers in Japan and Germany: The ... via Motor Trend

Sure, most voters are turned off by mudslinging, but on Election Day, a voter has to ask: Why is this candidate better than the other one? In that vein, we asked each of the Democratic CD 10 candidates not to ... via The Austin Chronicle

Cyber Sunday has now come and gone, but that's not the big thing that changed the rankings. via 411mania.com

“Did Marlon Brando die from being fat?”

I first heard of Marlon Brando's death in July 2004 while sitting in a cafe a few blocks from my former home in Oakland, California. via Tricycle

“I put my career on the line back in Cleveland, because I knew what to do in the moment.”

THE CONTENDERS: DENNIS KUCINICH The diminutive lion of the left Ohio congressman's sunny certitude wins admirers for uncompromising stances -- but few believe he can win By Ofelia Casillas | Tribune staff ... via Chicago Tribune