Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and the new Out of Oz, picks the five things he’s really enjoying right now.
Eddie Murphy Quits The Oscars
Less than 24 hours after Brett Ratner stepped down as Oscar producer amid controversy surrounding a recent anti-gay slur he made, Eddie Murphy has followed suit
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Glee Watch: The Birds and the Beiste
Spoilers for last night’s Glee below:
Right up front, let me say that “The First Time” was the best episode, overall, of Glee season three. Before we get to the good stuff, though, we had to get through about fifteen minutes …
Sweetie Darling, Mummy Wants an Ab Fab Movie
Normally, we’d be wary of news that a 20-year-old television show was being rebooted as a feature film. But Jennifer Saunders just might be able to pull it off.
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The Morning After: Sons of Anarchy Chooses Sides
Brief spoilers for last night’s Sons of Anarchy below:
Sons of Anarchy has always been a show built around two compelling, successful, but in the long term incompatible, stories. There’s one about Jax and Clay and Gemma and …
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Reality TV: Bringing Families Closer Together
Being a TV critic means that I have a job that, as far as my kids are concerned, is essentially like being paid to eat candy. But I get to share few of my goodies with them. Daddy is not likely to bond with the Tuned In Jrs (7 …
Dancing with the Stars Week 8 Results: Nancy’s Grace Period is Over
The HLN host accepted defeat far more graciously than she accepted the Amanda Knox verdict.
It Sucked to Go Through World War II. Inferno Will Remind You Why.
There’s no point in trying to summarize Inferno, because it’s a book written against summaries. It’s an anti-summary.
DVD Roundup: Harry Potter‘s Riches, Nic Cage’s Rags
Every week, we shine a light on a few big, worthy or just plain weird DVD releases.
Tower Heist Director Brett Ratner Steps Down As Oscar Producer
Following his use of a gay slur during a Q&A (and other remarks), it was only a matter of time.
‘Overweight Lover’ Rapper Heavy D Dies at 44
Rapper Heavy D, 44, who made his reputation as a chubby but suave lyricist as frontman of Heavy D and the Boyz, dubbing himself the “overweight lover” in the early ’9os with hits like “We Got Our Own Thang” and “Gyrlz …
Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar: Yanking the FBI Chief Out of the Closet
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Hoover as a man of many innovations, animosities, fears and secrets—but not much dramatic interest
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Enlightened: The Best New Show No One But You, If You Are Bothering to Read This Post, Is Watching
The end of last week’s mail brought a new batch of screeners for HBO’s Enlightened, the Laura Dern–Mike White half-hour about a California woman trying to get her life back together after a nervous breakdown and spiritual …