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The psychology of addiction maybe be complex and unknowable, but VH1’s new reality show Celebrity Rehab, debuting tonight, suggests that appearing on a reality show is a danger sign. The guests on the series–in which Dr. Drew Pinsky (Loveline) oversees “stars” in a rehab program for various addicitions–include Jeff Conaway, Brigitte …
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In the earlier Strike Watch thread, chaddogg asks:
In the arena of silver linings to dark storm clouds, I thought I’d share the link to this article in Variety, which discusses the improbable fact that the writers’ strike (and a few other factors) has arguably INCREASED the chance that Friday Night Lights survives for a third season
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Over at Deadline Hollywood Daily, Nikki Finke has been running a series of essays from striking writers titled Why We Write. The latest, from Lost’s Damon Lindelof, explains the uncontrollable urge to tell stories, but to get there, you first need to hear a little story about a 90-year-old woman, a train, and the question of whether you …
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If my count is not mistaken, we saw our last episode of Gossip Girl until the strike is resolved last night, and it ended on a note of scandalized solidarity for Blair and Serena. I like in particular how Blair has evolved from the villain to a sympathetic, if not entirely redeemed, character. It’s always a risk …
Okay, let’s get back to that Takashi Murakami show at the Geffen Contemporary in L.A. In an earlier post I mentioned that it had been better than I expected and sketched out some of the essential background on him and his work.
My Lonesome Cowboy, Murakami, 1998 — Image: Marianne Boesky Gallery
So what did I learn at that show? To …
