Salon.com > searching for sugar man http://www.salon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Killing bin Laden http://www.salon.com/2013/05/05/top_5_investigative_videos_of_the_week_killing_bin_laden_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/05/top_5_investigative_videos_of_the_week_killing_bin_laden_partner/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13289238 The I Files Where can you find Navy SEALs, horse racing, forgotten musicians and the shadowy trade in human body parts all in one place? Only on The I Files, in our list of this week’s top investigative videos.

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“The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden,” Center for Investigative Reporting

After watching this video, a bottle of urine and a bacon breakfast sandwich will always be inextricably linked with the death of Osama bin Laden.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/05/top_5_investigative_videos_of_the_week_killing_bin_laden_partner/feed/ 2 Rudest Oscars ever? http://www.salon.com/2013/02/25/the_oscars_play_off_their_winners/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/25/the_oscars_play_off_their_winners/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:26:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13210812 This year's Oscars continued a familiar tradition -- running lengthy clip sequences at the expense of Oscar winners' speeches -- this year, winners have been interrupted by intrusive music and mic cuts as they thank their friends, family and colleagues.

The "Life of Pi" team accepting the best visual effects trophy was cut off by the gradually swelling music from "Jaws" -- no bland, non-threatening exit music this year! -- and, as one of the "Life of Pi" team attempted to speak over the music, the mic was cut.

"Poor thing," Nicole Kidman appeared to say in a mute reaction shot.

The same exact thing, less the Nicole Kidman cutoff, happened to the makers of "Searching for Sugar Man," the best documentary feature.

Meanwhile, Seth MacFarlane's opening number featured numerous musical numbers -- including one mocking actresses who'd played nude, in an apparent tribute to the theory of the male gaze -- and cutaways to William Shatner, and a lengthy medley of songs from "Les Misérables."

Notoriously, the songwriters behind "Once" were cut off in 2007 after winning the best original song trophy and Jon Stewart ushered them back to fully thank their colleagues.

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