I was out in San Francisco last week to catch an advance look at the William Kentridge show that opened March 14 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art — more on that later — and to check in on the nearly complete rooftop sculpture garden that SFMOMA is building on top of its adjacent parking garage. (Opens May 10.) While I was …
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Lost Discussion Group: Spirit of '77
Namaste! Lost returns from its halftime break—hope you had time to make a sandwich and hit the bathroom—with tonight’s episode, titled “Namaste,” which promises to be quite Dharma-heavy again. To kick off the pregame discussion, let’s talk about the impact of having so much of the story now set (seemingly for the duration, but you …
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Idol Predix Thread
My Idol reviews are online, directly below, in that post that looks like the American Idol Season 8 Commemorative Stamp Collection. Because it seems ungainly to throw a roundup and predictions into the same post, I thought I’d give my predictions for tonight here:
I have no idea.
Well, not no idea. If forced to pick, my money’s on …
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Judging American Idol: The Final 11
Click on the photos for reviews.
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Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day!
Someday, the kindly folks who run the time.com blogs will enable me to embed videos from Hulu. Until then, from Lisa Simpson and I… Sláinte.
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Corporate Press Release Theater: HGTV Hunkers Down
Although the bursting of the housing bubble hasn’t kept me from watching marathons of House Hunters episodes, these and other real-estate shows—with anxious buyers rushing to stretch their budgets and pull the trigger on houses—increasingly seem like remnants of a lost, prosperous time, artifacts of some ancient civilization dug from …
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Barack Obama: The Series!
In an effort to buck up the national mood and sell his economic plans, President Obama is considering a series of ten-minute addresses on TV, reports Slate’s John Dickerson. (The White House offered few details, but I would have to guess they’re talking about primetime.) A few thoughts:
* Obama has gotten attention for using YouTube to …
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Morning Roundup
Have miscellaneous bidness to attend to this morning, so chew on these info-nuggets in the meantime:
* David Chase is making a miniseries for HBO about the history of the film industry in the twentieth century. The final night will be a two-hour silent blank screen.
* The ratings are in, and Kings got its crown handed to it.
* …
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HIMYM Watch: Fictions of Lily
Spoilers for How I Met Your Mother coming up after the jump:
Rose Matters
In the continuing drama of the attempt by Brandeis University to — choose your term — transform/shut down/trash — its Rose Museum of Art, more than 50 members of the Rose family rose up on Monday. It was the Roses who contributed the original $1 million endowment that paid for construction of the museum in 1961. At a Brandeis …
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O, Jay: Obama to Appear on Tonight Show
When you’ve got a book to plug or a movie to shill, you go on the Tonight Show. Also, it appears, if you’ve got legislation to move, and economic plan to sell, and an electorate that needs a pep talk. Thus Barack Obama will take the unusual step of going on with Jay Leno as a sitting President Thursday night. Considering the …
Size Doesn’t Count
When the economic house of cards started falling last year, I wondered how long it would take for museums to start cutting staff and programing. We all know the answer to that one by now . But I also wondered if the two behemoths of the museum world might be able to resist. In any discussion of museum endowments, the Getty Trust in …
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Ron Silver Dies at 62
Ron Silver, an actor as well known for his off-stage activism as his on-stage work, has died of esophageal cancer. While I didn’t particularly follow Silver’s political work (he was active in liberal causes but endorsed George W. Bush for re-election in 2004), as an actor on TV (and film and theater), he was distinguished for bringing a …