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JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight

This is the part of the American Idol season in which the show descends gently into a relative ratings hammock, which sways gently between the Really Bad Singers episodes and the Really Good Singers episodes (the final four or so). But I’ve always had a soft spot for the Hollywood-audition episodes, which introduce a nice [...]

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She Said It, Not Me Dept.

“Wiggling around the Hudson Theatre stage in a party frock with plunging decolletage, [Tina] Fey told the crowd, ‘I hear Aaron Sorkin is in Los Angeles wearing the same dress– but longer, and not funny.’” (Scroll down for the item.) Next week on Studio 60: NBS executives order Matt and Danny to change their show [...]

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Roadkill on the Information Superhighway

Because CNN is all down with the Internizzle, American Morning has been having anchor Miles O’Brien stand in the studio in front of a bank of video feeds, streaming in from cnn.com, and narrating the action. Here’s O’Brien at 8:43 this morning, as the studio camera panned across the video wall: Let’s look at the [...]

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How I Met the Music Industry

I know I’m coming to the Grammys a bit late. What can I say? I’m battling to keep up with my sleepless, indefatigable TiVo like John Henry driving steel. My colleague and time.com editor Josh Tyrangiel has already done a yeoman’s job reviewing the performances. (Although I would add that, to get the full effect [...]