Arts & Culture

With 'Lincoln' set to sweep the awards, and every historical figure this side of Thomas Edison and Leonardo Da Vinci being reimagined as crime-fighting sexy action heroes, sooner or later these things were bound to meet in the middle.  Next up for the untold story angle, courtesy of NBC and director Barry Levinson is...is America's first president himself, George Washington!  But will 'George Washington' re-imagine the man for modern audiences, or stick to the real story?

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Coca-Cola is everywhere. The drink is sold in just about every supermarket, drug store and gas station across the country and throughout the world. Not much has changed since the product's inception except, of course, the price.

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Help, ten days left in No Shave November already and we haven’t been itchy for no reason. For the month of November WYRK has not been shaving in order to raise money for kids at St. Jude’s hospital. WYRK, among other radio stations, record reps, artists like Casey James, Keifer Thompson and Frankie Ballard are helping to raise money for the families of kids in need. The money will provide unsurpassed care to children, but also support research center that specializes in finding cures for childhood catastrophic diseases. Here’s how you can help WYRK help St. Jude’s this Thanksgiving.

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It was worth looking at. The rumors about a real life Barbie have been swirling and there are numerous videos out there. This one is of 21 year old Valeria Lukyanova in a bunch of different bikinis.

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If you can't get enough of the country music drama on ABC's 'Nashville,' then you'll be excited to learn that the Music City mansion inhabited by Rayna James (Connie Britton's character) is up for sale. Unfortunately, it comes with a hefty price tag that only a successful country music star could afford.

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Ennio Marchetto is a world renowned and awarded comedian who has created his
own theatrical language mixing mime, dance, music and quick change costumes
made out of card-board and paper. In 18 years Ennio has performed in over 70
countries for more than a million people

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I enjoy learning about the history of Buffalo and Western New York and it was just yesterday that Clay and I learned something new about a building we see everyday when we look across Lafayette Square. It’s the Liberty Building – Buffalo’s fifth tallest building completed in 1925.

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Did you ever get inspired while grocery shopping? Yesterday I was doing my grocery shopping shopping and wondering about what to make for dinner. As I was going up and down the aisles buying the usual staples, I saw a sale on nachos chips, 2 bags for $4

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Taylor Swift has teamed up with Target for an exclusive deluxe edition of her fourth album 'Red,' out Monday, Oct. 22. It was an obvious partnership between the singer and the store, given the album title and the fact that crimson is the discount retailer's signature shade, as is evident in its bullseye logo. In conjunction with the partnership, Swift filmed an adorable, 30-second commercial promoting the Target exclusive, which boasts six extra tracks.

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Awww, this guy is so nice. And awkward. And he did mankind a favor with this little bit of field research. Taylor Swift should not be used as pickup lines -- the only thing that comes from it is massive confusion and mild physical discomfort.

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President Obama and Governor Romney squared off again in the second presidential debate of 2012.  As most of you were watching the debate on television, I was listening to it and following social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.  You really kind of get some immediate reactions to how people feel that way.  Here are some of the best comments I found:

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Have you seen the TV show Duck Dynasty? It's pretty damn funny if you like Southern redneck humor.

One of the main characters, Si, seems to use one word in particular over and over. The word is "hey"

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