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Harvey Korman, the comic actor best known for his appearances on The Carol Burnett Show and Mel Brooks’ movies (for instance, as the tightly wound Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles), died yesterday. On the Burnett show, my earliest memory of him, he was one of TV’s all-time great supporting comics, pulling off multiple roles with …
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, why don’t you watch this very informative video that’ll answer some of your questions, and I’ll take care of some business.
Last week I revisited the sacred site of the Woodstock festival, 39 years after I made my way there as a 17-year-old hippie would-be. Then I wrote about it in this week’s magazine.
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, ABC has a deal to produce an 11-episode series about homeland security agents who patrol airports, shorelines and borders.
DHS has to be a little nervous about that, right? After all, the department hasn’t gotten the greatest press in the past few years, and there have been news investigations that …
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I don’t have a discussion topic for you. Except for this one: LostLostLostLostLost! OMG Lost finale I can’t stand it!
Anyway, if you’re like me, you need some sort of outlet for your nervous Lost energy today, so consider this a warmup area for tonight, to throw out any …
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A little something I found en route to looking up something else. There’s an article in the print New York Times today headlined
Monkeys Think, Moving Artificial Arm as Own
Eh. I might read that article, or I might not. The online headline for the same story, though?
That article I cannot …
Again. Back tomorrow.
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Last fall, when the TV industry was on the verge of the writers’ strike, there was a lot of debate over whether the strike’s effects on ratings would be fleeting, or if viewers would disappear for good.
We may not have a definitive answer yet, but there are definite signs—namely, ratings figures—and they don’t look good for the …
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From the Boston Globe via The Huffington Post comes word that Dunkin Donuts has pulled a commercial starring Rachael Ray over complaints that Ray’s neckwear was hostile to the state of Israel.
The ad, in which Ray wears what Dunkin describes as “a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design,” came under fire from conservative …
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According to AMC’s PR department, today the network is announcing the official premiere date for season 2 of Mad Men: Sunday, July 27 at 10 p.m. E.T. Yes, Mad Men will be on Sundays now, so you can turn it on and pretend that HBO is running original series once again. (Actually, it should make a good double-shot with HBO’s Iraq mini …
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In six days, Discovery Home ceases to exist, or, to put it more positively, is reborn as Discovery’s enviro-themed Planet Green channel. It’s a little sad. I always had a soft spot for Discovery Home; for one thing, it was the home to the now-defunct Cookin’ in Brooklyn, restaurateur Alan Harding’s offbeat food show based in my home …
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Have you ever known a TV critic you’ve agreed with? Really agreed with? Agreed with so much that you come to rely on her and hang on her every recommendation? Agreed with so much that you’ve fantasized: “Ah, if only I could have her brain removed from her head and implanted in an electronic device directly attached to my TV!”
Well, if …
Tuned InNews Media
…the former White House Press Secretary says you were too easy on him.
The upcoming memoir from Scott McClellan is already getting heavy attention for its scathing criticism of a Bush administration that he says was deliberately deceptive and self-deceiving in—among other things—launching the war in Iraq and in mishandling …
