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The Hollywood Caller: The GOP’s Insecurity Surrounding Two Hillary Clinton Movies

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Who’s the most powerful non-announced candidate for a proposed presidential run? Hillary Clinton. And the GOP has started their rage early. Rich Kids will still be rich but now on television — where you can mostly find them anyway. Ryan Seacrest to perfect his game show “Come on Down” voice, Batman will most likely need his prostate checked before gearing up for an upcoming movie. Steven Spielberg is able to say “No.” Michael Bay should always take a note. Lindsay Lohan and Oprah have a chat. Continue reading →

2013 Emmy Nominations: Netflix Breaks Through and Joins the Ranks!

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It’s possible the networks are throwing a little shade this morning, as they now have to contend with that for-pay digital online movie clearing house, Netflix, in the world of scripted television. It must make them feel all goofy in the wallet now that another viewing vehicle has entered the ring. Haha! James Gandolfini may be laughing just a little bit way up there, since his groundbreaking show on HBO, The Sopranos, can be counted as the first time network television really had to compete with an outside source full of curses and nudity in order to make their little shows on the boob tube really work. Dennis Franz’s butt cheeks on NYPD Blue weren’t happy about that development. So let’s see how everyone fared. Continue reading →

Paula Deen’s Supporters Take to Food Network’s Facebook Page; Hilarity Ensues

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For those of you living under a rock for the last 72 hours or so, you may be unaware that the Food Network has fired Paula Deen for admitting during a deposition to making racist and anti-Semetic jokes, using the N-word, and planning an Antebellum Southern Plantation-style wedding.

Paula Deen has many fans, and they have taken to Food Network’s Facebook page to protest Paula’s firing. Their comments are hilariously awful. These are their stories. Continue reading →

The Walking Dead Explores “Predator and Prey” with Varying Success

We’ve come to the last two episodes of the nail-biter third season. We’ve seen the return to true suspense, the emergence of a real plot with consequences for the living and the dead, and re-entered the world that was once inhabited by old friends (Morgan) and broadened it to encompass a town run by an insane man, a group of hearty drifters, a katana wielding badass, the finding of a long lost brother, and the end result of turning one’s back on friends for the gain of sleeping with the enemy, literally.

It is her story we witnessed last night. Continue reading →

Walking Dead: Monday Morning Post-Mortem

walkingdeadFirst, a quick recap of the last week’s episode: Season 3, Ep. 11, “I Ain’t a Judas”, first broadcast Sunday 24 Feb. 2013. The one where Laurie goes to the prison to try to get everyone there to go to Woodbury.

As we open, everyone is getting their heads back together after the low-down dirty rotten surprise attack by Governor Nasty (and the mass zombie-disgorgement from the truck, aka Best Scene in the Whole Series So far).

Helpful Hershel and Increasingly Grown-up and/or Creepy Little Carl tell Alpha Male Again Rick to get his shit together. This is possibly unnecessary, given that the final shot of the previous week’s episode was a close-up of Rick’s narrowed, back-in-charge eyes.

Either way, soon Rick is acting like a real leader again, consulting with Hershel and Daryl. And informing Daryl that he’s responsible for Miserable Son of a Bitch Merle not being a complete prick in future. (Hint: shoot off his jaw, like with the zombies.  Mute Merle would be fairly acceptable, and useful, to have around.) Continue reading →

Pretty Little Liars S3:E21 Recap: Oh, Spencer

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The most suspension of disbelief-centric teen-mystery-drama is back. We left last week’s episode with the re-emergence of the mystery woman in red + the hit and run of Detective Wilden + Spencer’s almost heat stroke from being imprisoned in her high-tech sauna. You know, typical teenage stuff on a Tuesday night.  Continue reading →

Podcast Savant Marc Maron… on Television? WTF!

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I don’t know how many of my compatriots realize this — but we currently live in a golden age of American comedy. And this glittering era doesn’t follow from anything projected onto various screens by Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey or Tina Fey. Nor is it due to anything written or directed by Seth MacFarlane or Judd Apatow. And it’s not because Charlie Sheen left Two and a Half Men, finally allowing the flagship brand of televised network comedy (cough!) to reach its true potential.

Instead this golden age has resulted because Marc Maron — a formerly little-known standup comedian with more than two decades of performing experience, but little lasting success — has been producing his uniquely tense and revealing comedy podcast for more than three years now. Continue reading →

The Hollywood Caller: Patton Oswalt to become Television’s Next Big Puritan-ist

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Patton Oswalt, funny human, will show us his “Salem Side” on the small screen; Star Wars gets another pair of Rockports; Julian Fellowes probably can’t multitask; Smash‘s Dramaturg got turdulent; Ke$ha thinks things apparently; Shia LaBeouf realizes that crashing robots are more fun than the whole thespian thing; Russell Crowe still has vocal chords. Continue reading →

Project Runway Season 11 Episode 2 Liveblog

project-runway-26Hey, everybody! Last week we were introduced to the sewtestants for this new season of Project Runway and got to see how well they can construct garments…and exactly which kinds of crazy they each represent.

Let’s see, there’s that one Native American designer who will not let you forget she’s Native American, because she’s really and truly Native American. She also calls herself “Water Lily.” Okay, then. And the guy who spells his last name “HallmarQ”? What’s up with that? Then there’s the woman from Portland who is hell-bent on embodying every stereotype of the Portland hipster. And then there’s this guy who looks like he will kill you in your sleep and then use your body as his dress form. I think his name is Günter, but who knows? Continue reading →