Project Runway's sixth season could've been a preventative measure -- a way to steer the show's pinstriped waterskis away from a massive, Bunim-Murray-edited shark jump. Instead, this season not only jumped the shark but found time to turn the shark into pendants for the Macy's Accessory Wall, which also looked dead this season. Did anyone ever use that charmeuse albatross? After the jump, we inspect the seasons ups and downs (and the 85%-sure winner of tonight's finale) with a smattering of questions.
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By now, you've likely the heard the incredible tale of Justin Halpern: a 28-year-old guy who just happens to move back in with his parents in San Diego; then starts transcribing his 73-year-old dad's salty, irrepressible bits of grumpy wisdom and uncensored tough-love onto a Twitter account; then sees his followers grow exponentially as thousands upon thousands line up for a fresh, steaming serving of his father's hilarious spoken shit; then grabs the attention of Hollywood (forever on the lookout for the next scatological social networking phenomena); then finds his baby optioned by CBS and plopped into the hands of Will & Grace creators for adaptation into a sitcom pilot. It's an amazing story, and one that led Movieline's Pulitzer-prize-aspiring investigative department to compile this much-needed FAQ on the man, the dad, and the Golden Shit.
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It's unoffically MJ Day at Movieline, where a good chunk of the virtual water-cooler conversation has revolved around the opening day of Michael Jackson's This is It. And a fraction of that chatter has raised a number of questions, concerns and doubts that many casual Jackson fans yet serious moviegoers have about the quality and sincerity of the legend's posthumous performance film. After the jump, find some of the most pressing This Is It questions asked and answered -- and feel free to submit your own for consideration. No reasonable inquiries turned away!
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