Every top 10 list, I like to say, is really a top-9 list plus a 15-way tie for 10th place. Putting together my lists of best episodes and best series this year, there were plenty of shows that could have easily made the list had I finalized it on a different day. There are also plenty of shows that, while they weren’t necessarily top 10 …
Last year on this day, I linked to the infamous Charlie Brown Christmas “Hey Ya!” video. Today, there are more Peanuts mashups online than ornaments on a tree, but this one made me laugh the hardest this year, because I am 12 years old:
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Surprisingly SFW! But I hope you’re not …
In the hope that I might need free time for holiday cheer of some kind, Looking Around is shutting down for the next five days. Back Monday. But on the way out the door I wanted to take note of two more books that I enjoyed in recent months.
Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (W.W. Norton; 268 pages)
Thornton has degrees in …
There are a couple schools of thought about entertainment spending and recessions. One is that, when there’s so much dire news in the world, home video is a relatively cheap and welcome escape. Another is that, if you lose your job and are worried about the same, the first thing you want to escape is that monster cable bill. Anecdotally, …
Two days before Christmas, it looks like the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art has accepted Eli Broad as Santa Claus. The L.A. Times is reporting on its arts blog that the museum’s trustees have accepted Broad’s offer of up to $15 million in matching funds for its endowment and another $15 million in operating expenses over five …
Last week, TIME named its Person of the Year. (I know! I didn’t see it coming either!) This year’s pick was more of a foregone conclusion that most, so it wasn’t likely that a TV or media person was going to claim the top spot. Which makes your nominations for Tuned In POY all the more influential! Who do you think had the greatest …
The title is self-explanatory. And I could go on, but I have to stop somewhere, so let’s make it 10. Your own nominations welcome in the comments. The coffee-stained envelope, please:
While I’m away, Robo-James has been programmed to generate some daily discussion posts. But that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook. Consider this your daily open-topic post to write about what was on TV last night, what’s in the news today, or what you’re looking forward to tomorrow. Just play nicely, announce your spoilers, and use the coasters.