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• What Do Cubans Really Think of Cuba?

  With the 50th Anniversary of Castro's ascension to power (January 1st, 1959, to be precise), we spent almost a day of our vacation checking out the 257-minute version of Che, the new film from Steven Soderberg. Even at more than four hours (not including the intermission), it felt incomplete-- both because it was so involving and because so much was left unexplored. Why did Che care so much? What was his personal stake in the Cuban and Bolivian revolutions? What was the deal with his personal life, anyway? And what happened to Cuba after it became a socialist republic? We've inched closer to an answer to that last question thanks to a Reuters story which dwells on Cuba after a half centry of Castro. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2008, 10:14 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: movies, benicio del toro, communism, cuba, fidel castro, cuban government, che guevara, socialist

• Sloppy Seconds: Samantha Ronson Checks In, Then Out

  A man buried with his cellphone is still getting calls from his wife. For God's sake, leave the man be! Cuba's youngest politician is a cutie-- not to diminish her intellect... or to mention her ability to throw us in prison and misplace the key. Want to party with Michael Bay for $250? No? What about if we told you Megan Fox was going to be there? Read More... Posted Dec 22 2008, 05:08 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: lindsay lohan, music, dead people, New York City, Barack Obama, downloading, cuba, topless, megan fox, topless photos, itunes, samantha ronson, michael bay, sfw, politician, cell phone, the great depression

• Nude Photo Book Just Made Famous French Actress A Lot More Famous

  Emmanuelle Beart, a French movie star who never made the big time over in the States, is responsible for the biggest-selling issue of Elle of all time. (This would be no big deal if she hadn't been 41, naked, and almost forgotten at the time.)  Four years later, she's back with what some are calling the first actress-starring all-nude book since Madonna's Sex in the early 90s... Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 10:56 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: books, nsfw, france, magazines, frances bean cobain, cuba, cuban government, french, nude photos, elle, photo essay, actresses, naked woman, emmanuelle beart

• Sloppy Seconds: No, Wait... This Is The Worst Show Ever

  Gustav, that finicky fuck, passed over Jamaica and is making a turn toward Cuba and our friends in the Southern states... Early reports suggest Republican leaders are generally pleased with McCain's VP choice. Do we agree with Fleshbots list of the Top Ten Waiter Sex Videos? Read More... Posted Aug 29 2008, 05:30 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: porn, babies, kim kardashian, Heath Ledger, john McCain, celebrities, cuba, dancing with the stars, sarah palin, hurricane gustav, disaster

• On Our To-Do List: Fidel Castro

  Fidel Castro may be stepping down, but he's still standing erect. Whether you love him or hate him, we can all agree on one thing about Castro: El Jefe Has Got STAMINA. His speeches go on for hours and hours. His long, thick cigar is always lit. His revolution is constant and anything but predictable. And he ruled Cuba hard and firm for half a century, only stopping to come up for air and let his kid brother have his way with her. Read More... Posted Feb 22 2008, 10:32 AM by Katie Halper with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: FBI, CIA, cuba, fidel castro, To-Do List, jefe, havana cigar, cigar, Raul Castro, stamina, fidel, assassination, castro, el jefe, cigars

• Your Talking Points: Fidel Castro Retires

  We don't really expect you to sit through the above video (at least not all the way through), but it seems somehow fitting background music while you read our abridged version of the career of Fidel Castro, who finally stepped down as Cuba's leader today, nearly half a century after leading the revolution. Viva la revolucion! and, uh, read on...   Read More... Posted Feb 19 2008, 12:41 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: politics, communism, cuba, fidel castro, revolution, cuban government, che guevara