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I confess to having started another blog, "Hearts and Minds" at worldaffairsjournal.org. And because they are actually paying me (just a pittance, fellow bloggers, just a pittance), I agreed not to post those entries here.

But that doesn't mean I can't direct interested readers to the site, which has four entries so far: two on Avatar in China and two on the Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan (pictured above), whose new film, My Name is Khan, premiered in the U.S. this weekend.

I could use this new blog as an excuse for neglecting Serious Popcorn, but as loyal readers know, SP already suffers from chronic neglect. Who knows? Maybe my two-timer's guilt will goad me to better behavior.

February 15, 2010 3:02 PM | Permalink

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