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Emergency! My kid likes obscure old TV shows

When I packed for our short vacation at my aunt’s place near Sonoma last week, I carefully selected a small stack of DVDs — including kid-friendly programming and some adult stuff . In the middle of the… Read more

Miss USA: From cancer to ice cream

Do you recognize this woman? Well, the sash is probably a giveaway. This is the winner of the Miss USA contest, Kristen Dalton.She was the winner and therefore was neither asked nor answered a question by Perez Hilton at the contest. Here she is yesterday at the Nevada Cancer Institute ...

Predicting best picture Oscar, is it harder with 10?

I think it’s hilarious reading all the blog rants against the Oscars’ decision to expand the best-picture list to 10, written by the same film critics who issue their own Top 10 lists every year. I cheer Oscar’s decision. As the telecast confronts declining Nielsen numbers, this is a great ...

HBO’s ‘Hung’ hangs tough with 2.8 million viewers for premiere

HBO’s drama “Hung” on Sunday night was the network’s most-watched series premiere in more than two years, with 2.8 million total viewers, according to figures from Nielsen Media Research. With Thomas Jane as a down-on-his-luck basketball coach who becomes a gigolo, “Hung” was the pay network’s top series launch since ...

Halfwit grows ever more irritating

Been away at Glastonbury (sorry for lack of comms). Was sure I’d come back to find that Halfwit had been evicted. But no, the world is against me. They are out to rob me of all TV pleasure. They want me to suffer a mind meltdown so severe that I’ll ...

D&G gets tough

Denim is for whimps. So say D&G, which showed tough-guy leathers instead. The show opened with a pair of studded a zip-strewn, leather biker trousers and in keeping with the biker theme, there was plenty of metal hardwear in the… Read more

Mid-Term Review

Anon I’m personally extremely tired of the sequel to Max Mosley’s demise and the politics going with it (although I’m usually intrigued by politics, this is simply descending into playground bickering). So team by team, here’s a little review. Brawn GP- Brawn will have two questions to answer before the end of ...

Tom Shales on Networks’ Coverage of Deaths of Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson

Two of the broadcast networks, ABC and NB C, squared off for two hours on “a night of heartbreak in Hollywood,” as a disembodied voice called it. They assembled their still-formidable resources to “mourn the loss of two American icons”: Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, both of whom died yesterday. ...

Dai Yuqiang, an Opera Superstar Made in China — and Happy to Stay There

BEIJING — Dai Yuqiang, the most famous opera singer in China, sits at the dining room table at a friend’s home here and laughs like a small boy. Read more

Michael Jackson’s mother wins temporary control of estate

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine on Monday won temporary guardianship of the late singer’s children and control of his estate as a legal battle over his kids, money and belongings began to take shape. Read more

August 1st 2009
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Review: Philip Kennicott on ” at National Gallery of Art

In 1928, the Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer released The Passion of Joan of Arc, which has remained a hardy perennial on almost every critic’s top 10 list of all-time greatest films. His career after that — the subject of a National Gallery of Art retrospective that begins Sunday — ...
July 31st 2009
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Film “The Cove” seeks to expose dolphin killings

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tense new film shows Japanese fishermen luring thousands of wild dolphins into a hidden secret cove in Japan where activists say they are captured for marine amusement parks or slaughtered for food. Read more
July 31st 2009
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US model is mother of Law’s child

American model Samantha Burke is the woman carrying Jude Law’s fourth child, the actor’s spokeswoman has confirmed. Read more
July 31st 2009
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Jackson’s personal doctor was in financial trouble (AP)

LOS ANGELES – Dr. Conrad Murray was in dire financial shape when he signed on as Michael Jackson’s personal physician earlier this year at $150,000 a month. The Las Vegas cardiologist owed a total of at least $780,000 in judgments against him and his medical practice, outstanding mortgage payments on his ...
July 31st 2009
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Stinkiness is next to Bounciness. (Cool Things I Never Learned In School 4)

When we were kids, we played “Superball Baseball” against the garage door. The rules were simple: Bounce the Superball off the driveway into the door, and the other guy had to catch it. If he caught it in the air, you were out. If he caught ...

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