When you create a new sitcom, and it is not very good, and the title begins, “I Hate…,” you can pretty much expect every TV critic in America to come up with their own play on the title to express how much They Hate This …
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The Whore of Akron: More Than Just a LeBron James Takedown
The invective poets of ancient Rome had nothing on Scott Raab, author of The Whore of Akron: One Man’s Search For The Soul of LeBron James. It’s part unauthorized LeBron James biography, part personal memoir, all unabashed …
Jim Rash On Co-Writing The Descendants and the Future of Community
Earlier this month, the small but rabid fan base of the NBC sitcom Community received some discouraging news: the show will be put on indefinite hiatus after the new year due to low ratings, perhaps never to return. But fans can …
New York Film Critics Can’t Wait to Give Their Top Prizes to The Artist
The Gotham gang also names Brad Pitt and Meryl Streep as Best Actor and Actress, and Albert Brooks and Jessica Chastain in the supporting categories
How’s That Again? Tree of Life Ties With… Beginners at Gotham Film Awards
Mike Mills’ near-memoir Beginners and Terrence Malick’s sweeping The Tree of Life tied for best feature at the Gotham Film Awards Monday night. This may be the only two things that the films have in common. Malick’s The Tree of …
Comedian Patrice O’Neal Dies at 41
High Grossing: Movies That Make Their Audiences Sick
It’s not just the script of the new Twilight film that is making people queasy. One Utah man is claiming that the strobe-light-filled birthing scene near the end of the movie prompted his seizure. Of course, this isn’t the …
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Bored to Death Finale: Family Affair
Quick spoilers for the season finale of Bored to Death below:
Last night was the last episode of Bored to Death‘s season three, and perhaps, depending how HBO reacts to the ratings, the last of the series. I’ve always quietly …
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Top 10 Post-Black-and-White-Era Black-and-White Movies
As the silent black-and-white movie ‘The Artist’ continues to receive rave reviews, TIME looks at other great monochrome films from Hollywood’s color era
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The Morning After: With New Sex Allegations, The Cain Trainwreck Adds Another Car
I don’t yet know how history will remember the Herman Cain candidacy for President, but the pizza king /erstwhile GOP frontrunner has given us what I believe is a first in Presidential campaigning: the candidate went on a cable-news show yesterday evening and scooped his own accuser on a charge of a 13-year extramarital affair. Asked …
House Watch: The Fall Finale Edition
This week’s House M.D. wrapped the first half of Season 8. The episode, “Perils of Paranoia,” more fully developed the new Team characters, Adams and Park, who finally seemed like real people last night. More below, but first a …
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TV Tonight: The Sing-Off Sings Itself Off
The most important show on television, The Sing-Off, ends its first regular-season outing—and, if I’m to guess from the ratings, possibly its last—tonight with a live finale. As I wrote earlier, together with Top Chef it’s …