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Despair reigns in return of popular A&E series
November 30, 2009
It’s interesting — if a little obvious — that a medium as omnipresent and ordinary as television rarely presents everyday life.
When the end is here, stick to the script
November 29, 2009
When the world ends, there will be cannibals. There will be sepia tones.
When the end is here, stick to the script
November 29, 2009
When the world ends, there will be cannibals. There will be sepia tones. The Statue of Liberty’s mammoth head will go thundering through the streets, after being dislodged from her body by a big tidal wave, or perhaps a fiery rain of asteroids.
Holiday movies bark up the wrong Christmas tree
November 28, 2009
Like fruitcake and stuffing, holiday movies like “The National Tree” (7 p.m., today, Hallmark) must follow a certain recipe.
Kunstler’s daughters make the case for dad
November 27, 2009
Emily and Sarah Kunstler’s father was William Kunstler, the civil-rights attorney best known for representing the Chicago Seven anti-war activists who had protested the Vietnam War at the 1968 Democratic convention.
Stop-motion animation showcased in quirky ‘Mr. Fox’
November 27, 2009
The films of Wes Anderson — among them “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Rushmore” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” — are the very definition of an acquired taste: You either swoon over the director’s fussily art-directed images, his hipster-speak dialogue, and his ’60s mod music soundtracks, or (like me) you want to hurl heavy objects at the screen.
Thanksgiving music everywhere
November 26, 2009
Music abounds this holiday evening.
‘New Moon’ wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend
November 23, 2009
The vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist
November 23, 2009
Michael Jackson made history by winning four American Music Awards on Sunday night, but he couldn’t beat Taylor Swift as the year’s favorite artist and the evening’s top winner.
Just 2 years left: It’s not too soon to start missing Oprah
November 21, 2009
Is it too soon to begin missing Oprah?
Net Worth: Failed handymen the subject of visual mockery on Web
November 20, 2009
I’m not good at fixing things. Sure, I can set up a home stereo system or program a VCR, but tasks that fall into the “handyman” realm are a continual mystery.
New Moon’ lighter, goofier, better directed
November 20, 2009
The “Twilight” soap opera continues with a lighter, goofier and far less erotically charged sequel, “New Moon,” a movie directed by a man and not a woman…
‘Jon & Kate Plus 8’ ends Monday
November 20, 2009
You might say our national nightmare is over. Or is it just a TV series?
Scientists: World’s end not in 2012
November 20, 2009
As moviegoers across the nation watched the end of the world with the opening of “2012” last week, news of Earth’s demise spread quickly across the Web. Scientists, fed up with the misleading prophecies, quickly set the record straight with their own series of articles and a YouTube video.
Late-night moviegoers flock to ‘New Moon’
South Wind 12 theater sold $4,525 in advance tickets to two showings
November 20, 2009
More than 500 people had good reason to carouse into the creepy early-a.m. hours Friday morning: The midnight release of a vampire movie, of course.
Teen’s tall tale makes it to small screen
November 18, 2009
Nothing says Christmas like the voice of William Shatner.
End Times Entrepreneurialism: Hollywood taps into the ‘2012’ prediction for big box-office profits
November 17, 2009
Hollywood’s latest foray in the apocalyptic genre carries a curious title: “2012.” That’s the year popularly believed to be the end of the ancient Maya calendar. Roland Emmerich’s new movie uses the apocalyptic date as a springboard to show the end of the world on screen with a melee of CGI and special effects. While the movie “2012” has been widely panned as a shallow disaster-porn flick, the cultural phenomenon surrounding 2012 is a fascinating rabbit hole…
‘Madagascar’ does Christmas early
November 17, 2009
The computer-animated gang from a popular film franchise comes to Santa’s (Carl Reiner) rescue in “Merry Madagascar” (7 p.m., NBC), the very first holiday special of the too-early-to-be-Christmas season.
This ‘Chef Academy’ cooks on a low flame
November 16, 2009
There was a time when it was enough for a chef to be recognized for the quality of his food and the popularity of his restaurants.
‘Prisoner’ remake more muddled than intriguing
November 15, 2009
The 1960s have been very, very good to AMC, whose Emmy-winning “Mad Men” transformed it from a cable channel known exclusively for classic — and sometimes not-so-classic — movies to a player in the realm of original series.
Disney World takes steps to fight swine flu
November 15, 2009
How about some hand sanitizer before greeting Mickey Mouse?
Gershon’s ‘Everything’ to make Scarlett Blanche
November 14, 2009
If you’re exploiting the “Gone with the Wind” take on Southern womanhood, you might as well go all the way.
Net Worth: Accidental cult following helps remodel untidy ‘Room’
November 13, 2009
“Nobody knows anything.” That cautionary maxim attributed to screenwriter William Goldman (“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”) is among the most oft repeated in Hollywood.
‘2012’ a suitable disaster
November 13, 2009
Nothing like a dandy evening’s apocalypse to take the edge off recession, unemployment, Afghanistan and Glenn Beck.
TLC, WE vie for wedding audiences
November 13, 2009
“Battle of the Wedding Planners” (9 p.m., TLC) increases the network’s movement into the service-as-entertainment arena, celebrating the drama and finding the comedy as caterers and bakers go about their tasks.
Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN
November 12, 2009
Lou Dobbs, whose anti-immigration stance roiled controversy, has exiled himself from CNN.
A ‘Greek’ legend made and unmade
November 10, 2009
The sports documentary series “30 for 30” (7 p.m., ESPN) recalls a lost media world and a larger-than-life American with “The Legend of Jimmy the Greek.”
Lennon and McCartney versus Marx and Lenin
November 9, 2009
It was 20 years ago today that citizens of Berlin tore down the Berlin Wall, marking a symbolic end to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West.
Supermen — at least in their minds
November 8, 2009
“Fanboy and Chum Chum,” which premieres this weekend on Nickelodeon, is a cartoon about two kids who live in a permanent state of playing.
New ‘Call of Duty’ could set entertainment record
November 8, 2009
This holiday season’s biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil.

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