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HuffPo's Double-Edged Sword Cuts a Clinton

It’s become a familiar scene in modern politics: the pol who came up in an era when you could speak off the cuff without being recorded, getting caught by the new Internet panopticon and having his or her embarrassing words or images posted on the Web. This time, the catch-ee was Bill Clinton, recorded on [...]

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The Morning After: Digging Back In

Not a single Baldwin among them, ABC’s mole-hunters return. / ABC/ADAM LARKEY After it debuted in 2001, but before it was remade as a VH1-like celebreality show for D-listers, The Mole developed a cult following as “the smartest reality competition on TV,” which I guess is a little like being the best cross-country skiier in [...]

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Perrineau: Was Lost's Michael Whitewashed?

In an interview with TV Guide, Harold Perrineau, plainly ticked off that his character Michael was killed so soon after his return to Lost—”What the hell? I came back for that?”—suggests that not letting Michael reconcile with his son Walt plays into a racial stereotype: TV Guide: Were you disappointed Michael and Walt didn’t reconnect [...]

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BSG Watch: Adama In, Adama Out

Father and son, before Lee went civilian. / SCI FI Channel Photo: Frank Ockenfels Very brief spoilery thoughts about Friday’s Battlestar Galactica coming up after the jump.

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The Morning After: Your SATC Reviews

We don’t usually discuss movie openings in The Morning After, but then again, film adaptions of TV series don’t usually gross $55 million in their opening weekends. Clearly somebody out there saw Sex and the City, so after the jump I have a few extra (very spoilery) thoughts about the movie (which I left out [...]

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Why Is Oprah Sliding? Don't Blame the Other O

Ever since Oprah Winfrey endorsed Barack Obama for President a year ago, there’s been a tendency in the media to yoke their fortunes. They’re both African American Chicagoans, from humble backgrounds, with cross-racial appeal. They’re charismatic leaders, inspiring passionate—to their critics, cultish—followings with messages of empowerment and change. And their names both start with O! [...]