From Vesuvio to Lutece. / AMC
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, crack open a bag of Utz—may I recommend The Crab Chip—and watch Mad Men.
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Bernie Mac, 1957-2008
Comedian and actor Bernie Mac died early this morning of complications from pneumonia. I was more familiar with him from his Fox sitcom than from his standup, but Mac first broke through to a wide, national (read: white) audience in The Original Kings of Comedy, the concert film about the African American comedy tour. It was in a routine …
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Opening Ceremonies Liveontapedelayblog!
7:25: We’re set to go Chez Tuned In. The laptop is charged; the chips are ready; and Tuned In Jr. and Tuned In Jr. Jr. are primed for their first Olympic Opening Ceremonies. Mrs. Tuned In and I have told them that this will be an exciting show, much better than the Movie Night they would have had otherwise.
The boys may as well get used …
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It's Mainstream Now; Edwards Admits Affair
In an interview with ABC News to air tonight, former Presidential candidate John Edwards admits having had an affair with a filmmaker contracted to his campaign. This is his first public admission regarding a scandal that you’ve been reading and hearing about—or, more to the point, not reading and hearing about, in large media outlets …
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Liveblogging the Tapedolympics
I’ll be at this space tonight, doing some play-by-play on the NBC coverage of the Olympic opening ceremonies. Tuned In Jr. and Tuned In Jr. Jr. will be staying up to watch too, so coverage depends in part on whether I can keep them from spilling anything on my laptop.
Any “liveblogging,” of course, has to contend with the slight …
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McCain-Obama: The Pop-Culture Debate
Entertainment Weekly is a Time Inc. sibling, so this may seem like corporate whoring, but it is probably malpractice for a pop-culture/politics blog not to link to EW’s Q&As with John McCain and Barack Obama on their favorite TV, movies, music, etc.
This may sound a little Maureen Dowd-y, but comparing the two, you have to wonder if …
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Dead Tree Alert: Headed for Hills
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In the current issue of TIME, I preview MTV’s The Hills, which returns for season 4 later this month and which, God help me, I like:
It all sounds shallow, and, O.K., it is. The surfaces are precisely what make The Hills entrancing: it is possibly the best-looking series on television. It doesn’t just look better than life. It
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WJPTV: Your Tuned In Radio Alert
I’ll be on the WBUR public-radio show On Point at this morning, discussing this column about the working-class reality TV of Deadliest Catch, et al. The hourlong segment (where it’s carried live) starts at 11 a.m. E.T., and will include a longer interview with Deadliest Catch czar Thom Beers and (I think) one of the Deadliest Catch crew; …
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You Too Can Rob NBC
It’s 8:08 a.m. E.T. as I type, and I am watching what is apparently a live European webcast of the Olympic ceremonies, which will be aired tonight tape-delayed by NBC. Thanks, Macedonia! Any of our far-flung viewers catching the festivities live?
[Update: OK, as of 8:13, the video on the above link has shifted over to a Netherlands …
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Corporate Press Release Theater: There Are Many Copies
The more Battlestar Galactica dies, the more it stays alive. Sci Fi today announced another BSG prequel movie, to air next year—and this is not the already-planned two-hour prequel movie that has a good shot at becoming a full-fledged prequel series. Details after the jump:
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Lost Discussion Group: News Flash
Another tidbit from the Lost panel at last month’s Comic-Con to chew over this morning:
-Will Rousseau get a flashback? CC: “You will learn some more about Rousseau’s story. To use the word flashback might be disingenuous. Instead of flashbacks and flash forwards, we’re gonna do something different.” (This was the first of a few
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The Morning After: Test Your Medal
Bravo Photo: Barbara Nitke
Spoilers for the Olympix-themed episode of Project Runway coming up after the jump:
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Hilton Defeats McCain
The election is over, and Paris Hilton has won.
The background, in a nutshell: Last week, John McCain debuted an ad accusing Barack Obama of being “the biggest celebrity in the world,” which is supposedly a criticism. The ad juxtaposed Obama’s image with pictures of Britney Spears and Hilton. The Hilton family, which it turns out had …