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Today is the release of the DVD of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog at Amazon.com, and if there is anyone whom you love this holiday season—yourself, for instance—you should buy it for them.
Wait!, you may be saying. Yes, I know Dr. Horrible was number four on TIME’s best TV shows of 2008. But I already watched it for free when it …
It appears that the trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, who met yesterday to choose between the $30 million rescue plan offered by Eli Broad and the option of a merger with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, are moving towards the Broad proposal. I say “appears” and “moving towards” because no one is calling it …
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Elsewhere in today’s New York Times, Alan Sepinwall has an incisive and funny op-ed on why the NBC Jay Leno decision marks the end of broadcast television as we know it. The move, he says, was for numerous business reasons “as inevitable as it is sad.” He recalls Tina Fey accepting an award from TV critics:
She thanked us “for
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Around this time last year, I marked the holiday season with a jaundiced essay on Christmas movies, including It’s a Wonderful Life:
Don’t get me wrong: I like Wonderful Life–the dance contest, the romance, the seductive mystery of Violet Bick. But isn’t there something a little oppressive about it? To me, a former small-town kid, it’s
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According to a new study from Deloitte (h/t TVTattle), “millennials” (Americans aged 14 to 25) watch 10.25 hours of TV per week—although they spend more time with “media” (including computers, videogames and music) than other age groups. Beyond that group, TV use goes up with age: 15.1 hours for Gen X (those aged 26 to 42), 19.2 hours …
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In today’s installment of Swag Photography, Fox has sent out review copies and promo packages for the debut season of Dollhouse and the return of 24. Both with action figures!
At left, a more conceptual doll of Echo, the “active,” which—I assume reflecting the conceit that actives are clean slates—sadly looks much more like a …
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It’s a bit of a slow day at Tuned In, as I start to work through my pile of January screeners and, yes, begin to get Robo-James oiled up and ready for the holidays. In the meantime, I point you to this MSNBC piece wondering what direction the Federal Communications Commission will take under President Obama. Will it be more hands-off, or …
Who says people don’t read anymore? I do it just about 24/7. This being the end of the year, I thought I’d cite a few of the art and architecture books I enjoyed the most in recent months.
Architecture first:
I.M. Pei: Complete Works by Philip Jodidio and Janet Adams Strong (Rizzoli; 367 pages)
For 50 years Pei has worked in his own …
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As I was watching the first three new episodes of Big Love—I just thought I’d throw that out there—I was seized by a welcome feeling. Not pleasure so much, though the episodes have the series in the same fine form as season 2. More like relief. As in: Ah, television, my old friend. I remember you! Good to have you back again!
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We don’t know what’s next for the struggling Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, but we know the MOCA Board is promising an announcement after its next meeting tomorrow. Right now MOCA has two options on the table. One is that $30 million offer from omnipresent philanthropist and MOCA co-founder Eli Broad. The money would go to …
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The first episode of season 2 of Flight of the Conchords is previewing at Funny or Die. (h/t Sepinwall.) But it won’t stay up forever. So tell Mr. Scrooge that you’ll finish balancing his ledger books in 20 minutes or so, rub your frostbitten fingers together, and enjoy. ‘Tis Christmas, after all!
If you get there fast, you can watch it …
Mickey Rourke’s critically acclaimed role in The Wrestler is just the latest in a long line of Hollywood comebacks. TIME looks at the most memorable.
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I’ve been remiss about updating you on the flurry of American Idol news lately, mainly from not caring. Oh, I’ll still watch Idol—though I may skip the audition rounds—but I’m not certain any of the twiddling is going to change the core show much, or change the fact that it’s not the new thing anymore and is likely to keep shedding …
