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Sacha Baron Cohen is the New J.D. Salinger

“I don’t speak to journalists out of character,” the comic said to a reporter at one of Sunday night’s Golden Globes afterparties. The simple question: Is he a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? “You’ll have to ask the Academy.” And… scene. Thanks for coming, Sacha! [ NYT ]

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Kyle Gallner on His Sundance Two-Fer Red State and Little Birds

It’s rare enough to have one film at the Sundance Film Festival, but youngster Kyle Gallner has two pretty high-profile affairs premiering in Park City, Utah later this week: Kevin Smith’s horror film Red State and Elgin James’ in-competition Little Birds . Not bad for a 24-year-old.

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Bird-Friendly Glass Among BuildingGreen’s Top 10 of the Year

Happy Orange Bird via Sam Howzit , Flickr. The folks at Arnold Glas are chirping about an award for Ornilux from BuildingGreen , as a Top 10 green building product of 2010. The Ornilux bird-friendly, spider-inspired glass was spotlighted earlier this year by TreeHugger. So I guess we… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Jonathan Franzen Knows His Birds

Photo credit: / Creative Commons Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel Freedom has been lauded for it’s critique of middle-class American family life. There is another theme, however, that has slowly begun to attract attention: The place sustainability issues in pop culture…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Drug Test May Save Endangered Vulture from Extinction

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons In 1985, the Indian white-backed vulture was described as one of “the most abundant large bird of prey in the world.” Since then, things have changed dramatically. Since the 1990s, the population has dropped by more than 97 percent and conservationists believe that the species is reaching the point of unavoidable extinction. The culprit: Diclofenac, a bovine painkiller that poisons the birds. In spite of bans, … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rare American Bird Gets Lost, Winds Up in England

Photos via The Mirror One tiny American bird has achieved celebrity status among birdwatchers after being spotted for the very first time — all the way in Europe. Hundreds of folks gathered on a remote field to catch a glimpse of the rare Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, native to the north-eastern US, which apparent got a bit turned-around dur… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Deodorant May Help Save Stinky Endangered Birds

Photo via Flickr For most of history, life on New Zealand was pretty easy for the island’s native bird species — until the arrival of humans and the invasive species they brought with them, that is. These birds had no natural predators on land to worry about, which may have caused some of them, like the

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Tiny Owl Stowaway Booted From Luxury Ocean Liner

Original image from Wikipedia Commons A life at sea proved not to be for a tiny burrowing owl that had made its home on one of the world’s most luxurious cruise ships. The protected bird was found to have moved into the ship’s artificial golf course while it was docked in Port Everglades, Florida. Alerted to the stowaway, the local Fish and Wildlife Commission was brought in to … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pollution May Be to Blame for Swan’s Killing Spree

Swans may be regarded as symbols of love and harmony , but sometimes they too can be downright mean — and one such bird in Wales may be the meanest of them all. Aptly named ‘Hannibal’, this bird has been on a rampage since the beginning of the year, killing 15 of his pond-mates and attacking dozens more. “I’ve never come across such an aggressive bird,” said one wildlife worker, who describes Hannibal as a “horrible swan.” But it may not be entirely his fault. The bird is so aggressive, officials suspect

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