The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globes — the least reputable and most avidly watched pre-Oscar awards show …
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TV Tonight: Harry's Law
Say what you like about David E. Kelley’s body of work—and I’ve said enough over the years—I have to at least give him credit for basing a career on trying to upend our expectations of TV. But his new NBC drama, Harry’s Law, forces the question: when the way a particular writer “subverts” our expectations becomes the expectation …
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Big Love Watch: Now What?
Brief spoilers for last night’s season premiere of Big Love coming up:
It was fitting that the season opened with the Henricksons, literally, in the wilderness. Over four seasons of Big Love, Bill has cast himself as the family’s guide as they seek a Promised Land separate from the abuses of Juniper Creek and the shame of a secret …
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Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Insurrection
The Golden Globes are most entertaining when watched in the company of someone who knows that the awards and the awarders are best not taken too seriously. Last night, that person was host Ricky Gervais, who—hilariously and to Hollywood’s apparent discomfort—didn’t so much host the awards as he conducted a three-hour roast of …