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Is Hugh Laurie Caught in a Talk Show Time Warp?

April 20, 2010
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Many of us probably feel as though we’re stuck on a treadmill.  The daily grind is such that one day blends into another, and most days seem more alike than they do different.  Your boss yelled at you yesterday?  Or was it the day before?  Maybe it’s every day.  Have you finished that TPS report?  [...]

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Tina Fey Unveils the Sarah Palin Network – Video

April 11, 2010
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Check it out.  Tina Fey skewers Her Sarahness again.  Considering Palin’s recent forays into TV prime-time, with appearances on Fox, and her own reality show, this spoof doesn’t seem too far off the mark.  The scary part is, it could be that Fey is just giving her satirical target ideas.  If Oprah can start her [...]

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Noomi Rapace Discusses Her Preparation for the Role of Lisbeth Salander – Video

February 22, 2010
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In the video below, Noomi Rapace, the star of a trio of new Swedish films based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, discusses her approach to the role of Lisbeth Salander, a punk hacker sleuth who works in tandem with liberal Stockholm journalist Mikael Blomkvist to solve homicides. Larsson’s books have become a publishing phenomenon, already [...]

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Red Riding Trilogy Gets U.S. Theatrical Release

January 11, 2010
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The Red Riding Trilogy is a BBC adaptation of the tetralogy of novels by British writer David Peace, Red Riding Quartet.  The books use actual serial murders, including the Yorkshire Ripper case, as part of the narrative spine, although the broader theme of the story is multi-level government corruption. The producers have chosen a novel [...]

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Al Franken Tells Joe Lieberman to Put a Sock in It

December 17, 2009
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Al Franken sticks it to Joe “Filibuster” Lieberman, then gets a hissy fit lecture from John McCain, who really should take his meds before going out in public.  See the video below. Image by Chad Davis, licensed through Creative Commons.

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Jack Bauer Interrogates Santa Claus

December 17, 2009
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Jack Bauer doesn’t take nothin’ from nobody.  And he doesn’t let those pesky ol’ Constitutional rights stand in the way of a decent interrogation, never mind who’s in the hot seat.  Check it out in the video below. Image by Tyger Lillie, licensed through Creative Commons.

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Tom Ford Shoots Christopher Isherwood

December 16, 2009
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Julianne Moore is apparently reprising (or at least recasting) her role as a gorgeous redhead romantically (and frustratingly) attracted to a repressed gay man.  The previous outing (no pun intended) was, of course, “Far From Heaven,” in which her surly, whiskey-drenched, gay husband was played manfully by Dennis Quaid. This time around, Moore is chasing [...]

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Matt Damon Goes Green

December 15, 2009
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Matt Damon sounding hoarse, with bags under his eyes.  Carrying automatic weapons.  The shot is captured by a relentlessly bobbing handheld camera.  It’s the the kind of shot that makes you relentlessly nauseous.  In one scene, a plot pointer it seems, Greg Kinnear is having a hissy, and holding a Very Big Phone, which must [...]

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Mel Gibson Gets His Mad On

December 13, 2009
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You know from the first couple of seconds into this trailer that something very nasty is about to happen to Mel Gibson – or rather, his daughter.  Big mistake.  We all know what happens when Mel gets his mad on.  Trouble in River City – not to mention a few racial slurs, followed by artfully [...]

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Tim Allen Goes Crazy

December 13, 2009
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Ever wonder what happens to former sitcom stars when the sitcom lifeline has been cut?  They end up in movies like “Crazy on the Outside,” the latest vehicle for Tim Allen.  Judging from the trailer, this might have made a viable premise for a new sitcom for Allen – if sitcoms were still popular.  From [...]

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