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Also debuting on HBO Sunday: the fifth season of Entourage. The last season was a big misstep, diddling about while Vince’s movie Medellin was in post-production and wasting time on dumb plots about she-males and rimjobs. (Um, is that an inappropriate reference? If you actually know what it means, you’re …
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As Maureen Ryan writes, there’s been a flurry of back-and-forth today between The Drudge Report and The Oprah Winfrey Show. A Drudge post this morning claimed “Oprah’s staff is sharply divided on the merits of booking Sarah Palin.”
Later in the day, Oprah released a statement that—after having endorsed Barack Obama last year—she had …
Let’s wrap up those conversations with Hirst. Today we talk mostly about money, including the upcoming Sotheby’s auctions that will be selling 223 of his works in the first ever auction sale of work directly from an artist’s studio.
LACAYO: A few years ago you pretty much stopped drinking.
HIRST: …
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John McCain outdrew Barack Obama’s acceptance speech by about half a million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. An estimated 38.9 million people watched McCain’s speech, compared with 38.4 million for Obama—and 37.2 million for McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin. (George Bush in 2004 is a mere footnote, at 27.5 …
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A reminder that the multi-network fundraiser Stand Up to Cancer airs tonight at 8 p.m. E.T. See the organization’s homepage for more information and performers, or to donate.
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While I (and others before me) have been advocating that people writing about politics should disclose their votes, journalism has not exactly followed en masse. But the author of US Weekly’s controversial Sarah Palin “Babies, Lies & Scandal” cover story announces in the Huffington Post that she’s voting—for McCain.
Today US Weekly, …
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The new print edition of TIME has my review of True Blood. As you’ll see, I am not crazy about it. And yet—mainly because I had to cut the review down by about a third—my piece ended up being both more and less harsh on the show than I wanted.
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* The most awesome campaign theme song ever** has hit a snag: turns out Heart don’t want Sarah Palin playing Barracuda at her events. (Meanwhile, I missed this piece earlier, but EW also has an interesting story on the mixed reactions among Brooks & Dunn and their songwriter to the use of Only in America by both Bush and Obama.)
* One …
The Damien Hirst interviews I’ve posted a few times this week were part of a long piece about Hirst I produced this week for my esteemed publication. It’s pegged of course to the upcoming Sotheby’s auction in London of new work from Hirst’s studio. Time International chose to …
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In the televisual equivalent of a red-state strategy, the Democratic candidate (finally) ventures on to The O’Reilly Factor. Here’s my writeup.
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The most seemingly comfortable section of John McCain’s acceptance speech was his talking about his own torture. Never known as a wizard with the teleprompter, McCain grew most at ease toward the end of his speech, talking about his journey from wayward youth to prisoner of war to candidate. In perhaps his most memorable line, he joined …
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And Biden! And Cheney! And not quite Obama, but close!
The nomination acceptance / unveiling of Sarah Palin drew an Alaska-sized 37.2 million viewers last night on the broadcast plus cable news networks, besting the tallies of Hillary Clinton (26 million) and Joe Biden (24 million) at the DNC, doubling night 3 of the 2004 Republican …
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Oooh, this should be a good way to blow off some work this afternoon. TV Guide has come up with its list of the 10 Best TV Pilots in the issue on newsstands now. Their list, my knee-jerk cavils and additions, and your invitation to play along, after the jump:
