+Looking Around | 1898 days ago

We Had to Destroy the Village to Save It

By Richard Lacayo

Just last week the county commissioners of Montgomery County, Pa., where the Barnes Foundation is located, voted unanimously to go in search of outside legal assistance to explore ways to keep the Barnes collection from being relocated to an as yet unbuilt facility in downtown Philadelphia. The commissioners also voted to have their lobbyists in [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1898 days ago

24: Blather, Rinse, Repeat

By James Poniewozik

OK, so 24 repeats itself. That’s what it does; that’s what it’s for. It’s probably silly to even point it out. And I tend to agree with Tim Goodman that 24 is so ludicrous, it defies analysis. But it doesn’t defy a quick-and-dirty list, so here’s a taxonomy of elements from last night’s episode lifted [...]

+Looking Around | 1898 days ago

Even More About MoMA and Money

By Richard Lacayo

I spoke earlier today with John Elderfield, the chief curator of painting and sculpture at MoMA, who wanted to elaborate on an episode that I mentioned in an earlier blogpost about the very imaginative compensation arrangements devised some years ago for MoMA Director Glenn Lowry, which came to light recently in the New York Times. [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1898 days ago

Speaking of Which, Does Anyone Know Where the Last Menudo Is?

By James Poniewozik

From the you-didn’t-ask-for-it-you-got-it-anyway dept., this just came in over the transom from MTV: THE SEARCH IS ON! MTV AND MTV Tr3s JOIN FORCES TO FIND THE NEXT MENUDO BEGINNING ON MARCH 31 MTV Menudo New York, NY/Santa Monica, CA — (March 6, 2007) — The search to recreate Menudo, one of the biggest and most [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1898 days ago

Charles Gibson Discovers The Secret

By James Poniewozik

ABC/ HEIDI GUTMAN Gibson demonstrates the power of gravitas. Either his or Oprah’s. The argument behind the self-help concept The Secret–sorry, The Secret–is that if you want something, you can get it through force of will, determination and positive thinking. This may also be true of winning network-news ratings battles. In February, ABC won the [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1898 days ago

Sylar, Our Hero!

By James Poniewozik

If you haven’t watched last night’s Heroes, remove the top of your head and input the contents of the episode before reading further. NBC Photo: Justin Lubin So, good news and bad news. On the one hand, Mohinder’s not dead. But on the bright side, Sylar could still kill him in the next episode! While [...]