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Reading While Eating for May 17: Dive Right In

In today’s lunchtime links: Cory Booker’s guide to twitter, the best movies of the millennium and a puppy that fell from the sky.

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A Dog’s Life: Uggie Is Writing A Memoir

The canine star of ‘The Artist’ is ready to bark all in his new memoir.

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After 35 Years, Werner Herzog Figures Out John Waters Is Gay

The guy who directed ‘Hairspray’? Nah.

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The Hipster Games: We Liked this Hunger Games Parody Before It Was Cool

Do you love The Hunger Games but, you know, only in an ironic way? Then maybe this parody trailer, The Hipster Games, is more your style.

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Really Love The Hunger Games? You Can Buy District 12 for $1.4 Million

The property’s owner has seized upon Hunger Games mania and listed the property for sale at a price of $1.4 million, which is just a sliver of the $152 million the movie made its first weekend.

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Reading While Eating for March 28: Animal House

Parrots and puppies abound in Thursday’s link roundup.

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Save Steve Holt! Arrested Development Fans Rally for Bit Player

The illegitimate Bluth son, and the actor who plays him, need your help.

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Reading While Eating for February 29: Take the Plunge

Wednesday’s links talk Leap Day, bungee cycling and leaping into married life.

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Indiana Jones' 'Nuke the Fridge' Plot Is, Shockingly, Scientifically Impossible

Sorry, George Lucas, but don’t expect to successfully ride out a nuclear apocalypse in your refrigerator.

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WATCH LIVE: Stars Arrive On the 2012 Oscars Red Carpet

All (camera) eyes are on Hollywood this evening for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The night is the film industry’s biggest celebration of itself, and stars of all calibers will soon begin rolling up in their limousines at the theater formerly known as Kodak. Follow the red carpet action live here.