Alicia Cohn

Gulliver Seeks Rental - The Newfound Fascination With Tiny Dwellings - NYTimes.com

nytimes.com — In Luke Clark Tyler 's last New York City apartment, his shoes had some unusual companions in the closet. The shoes sat, in neat pairs, on a rack, directly below his dishes and right next to the microwave. A few inches away, a hip-high refrigerator lived beneath his desk.

Tumblr's massive porn stash-by the numbers

dailydot.com — By purchasing Tumblr, Yahoo bought a lot of porn. Thousands upon thousands of blogs dedicated to porn. Among Tumblr's biggest 200,000 most popular domains, more than 10 percent-22,775, to be specific-contain adult material. That's according to a study by Web analytics firm SimilarGroup and obtained by TechCrunch.

CNN’s GUT CHECK for May 20, 2013

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — CNN's GUT CHECK | for May 20, 2013 | 5 p.m. - n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle DEVELOPING: WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF KNEW OF IRS REPORT BEFORE ITS RELEASE... New details emerged Monday of what the White House knew about the Internal Revenue Servi...

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Amazon kills 'Zombieland' TV project, backs 'Alpha House'

reuters.com — "Zombieland" writer and producer Rhett Reese wrote on Twitter that Amazon's decision was "sad for everyone" and blamed it on negative online reviews of the pilot by viewers. Amazon picked "Alpha House" to develop into a full TV series, said Garry Trudeau, the "Doonesbury" cartoonist who wrote the comedy and is co-executive producer on the project.

Chef Scruggs on The Occidental's Movie Moment

dc.eater.com — Photos: Courtesy of The Occidental] Lots of excitement over at The Occidental yesterday. The classic D.C. restaurant's patio, along with those of J&G Steakhouse and Cafe du Parc, were the setting for a scene from the upcoming Captain America sequel, currently being filmed in D.C.

'Star Trek' star Zachary Quinto gets political

washingtonexaminer.com — Spock left the spaceship Wednesday night, transported (as the actor Zachary Quinto) to the District the same evening his new movie, Star Trek: Into Darkness, opened nationwide. So does the sequel, which delves into space politics and the threat of terrorism, have something to say to real-life politicians?