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An Ethel song with a twist…

In perhaps the most surprising collaboration to come out of TED, string quartet Ethel has recorded a lively little number with … Einst...

May 18, 2006
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Al Gore, Comedian

At TED2006, and again at our TED screening of “An Inconvenient Truth,” we witnessed the reinvention of Al Gore as global warming...

May 17, 2006
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Hot Study Hall: The History Boys on Broadway

Alan Bennett’s fabulous new play The History Boys opened on Broadway last week at the Broadhurst to uniformly wonderful reviews after ...

May 1, 2006
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Does Smüg have an Umlaut? Martin Short in Fame Becomes Me

I had the pleasure of catching the very first public performance of Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, now playing in San Francisco (April 25-Ma...

Apr 30, 2006
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New York prepares for Thomas Dolby (and his "bizarre-looking doohickeys")

From today’s New York Times: Thomas Dolby entered pop eternity in the guise of a bespectacled, wild-haired mad scientist, with the 198...

Apr 28, 2006
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South Park Parodies Al Gore

Tonight’s episode of South Park was an entertaining parody of Al Gore and the anti-Global Warming message he has been promoting. ...

Apr 28, 2006
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Ze Frank's Reading the News So You Don't Have To

All you need to know about everything current told to you through the mind of TED’s favorite funny man. Ze Frank has a daily show. Che...

Apr 27, 2006
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Make: Magazine's First Ever Maker Faire Explodes

Where can you find a man riding a giant giraffe robot, a fire-spewing electric cart equipped with sheep’s wool seats, a plug-in Prius ...

Apr 24, 2006
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities on screen

At TED, we’ve had the great privilege to watch Herbie Hancock improvise: Both solo and with others, like pianist Makoto Ozone. Now a n...

Apr 24, 2006
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