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Some advice for Justin Bieber

 March 14, 2013

And the advice is this: Please go away, or be a big boy and learn how to behave in public. Your nonsense is clogging up my news wire, and I have far more important stuff to...

Really TV? No O’Brien? Heidi Klum to AGT?

 March 4, 2013

The TV gods have a weird sense of humor. Why else would "Downton Abbey" lose yet another major player? And why in holy hell would NBC pick two new snoozer judges for "America’s Got Talent" on the heels of a...

We liked Seth MacFarlane just fine (and other Oscar thoughts)

 February 26, 2013

I had to call on my partner in TV-watching crime Kathleen Edgecomb on this edition of Pop Blog. There's just too much to say about the bad press Seth MacFarlane has received after his stint as Oscar host. Neither of us were outraged. At...

Kim Kardashian gun gaffe a new low

 February 6, 2013

I'm not sure where to start with the latest head-shake-inducing gossip item about Kim Kardashian.
Beyond the regular stream of non-news she actively perpetuates — including a public discussion...

And a very Downton day to you (or, a call for social pet peeves)

 January 7, 2013

"Downton's Abbey's" got me thinking about good manners and all things proper. The denizens of Downton — both upstairs and down — pride themselves on proper form, tradition and civility, and I'm wondering if that's part of the...

Two words: Paul McCartney. One more: Nirvana

 December 13, 2012

So, you might’ve heard about last night’s Hurricane Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden. Dubbed "12-12-12" it was a huge event, on what many believed to be an auspicious...

'American Horror Story': What the what?

 November 27, 2012

*SPOILERS BELOW. Proceed with caution.
So, I know everyone’s way plugged in to "Walking Dead" right about now (me too), but is anyone out there still holding on to...

Walter White is Macbeth, and Cranston is cool

 October 11, 2012

The universe is telling me to write about AMC super series "Breaking Bad."
First, series star Bryan Cranston appeared on the Howard Stern* show this week. Cranston was in-studio to promote "

Dogs rule! (and Happy National Vodka Day)

 October 4, 2012

I admit that the whole "Blah, Blah, Blah Awareness Month/Day" thing is a little out of hand. I seriously wrote a blurb last week about National Vodka Day, not...

Spiteful Emmys fashion report

 September 24, 2012

Since my beloved "Mad Men" got the big diss this year at the Emmys (I so wanted the show to break the record for winningest television drama),...

Honey Boo Boo must be stopped

 September 11, 2012

I have a friend who hates to love reality TV—the trashier the better. She freely admits it, and I admire her candor. I used wait until my husband left to sneak a peek at, say, the Coyote Ugly tryouts in a more gluttonous age of...

Don't mess with Texas…or New Orleans

 September 3, 2012

I picked the perfect time to visit family in the south: August, on the heels of a hurricane.

UPDATED: Support swells for Russian 'Riot' grrls

 August 16, 2012

Yesterday I wrote the blog below about the impending verdict in the case of Pussy Riot vs. (pretty much) Vladimir Putin/the Russian Orthodox Church. If you didn't read it, catch up down below and meet me back up here.

Move over Tosh, I've got my own video picks

 August 10, 2012

I realize I'm opening Pandora's box here, but I must share my new favorite innovation for lazy (and old) people: Online Video Night. (It's kind of like a friendlier version of Tosh.0, in which we're not forced to behold his snarky little...

Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson: it's enough already

 August 3, 2012

Long before all the "Rob-sten" drama unfolded, I planned to devote a whole blog to Kristen Stewart and the perma-puss on her face. (Working title: "Kristen Stewart and Her Face.") I was saving it up for the Twilight junkets this fall, in...

The big Olympic opening 'surprise': I must know!

 July 26, 2012

So I'm trolling Twitter the other day and find a handy list of useful folks to follow if you want to be dialed into the London 2012 Olympics. Athletes, coaches, journos, etc. have signed on to Tweet the Games, and NBC and the IOC are...

How I learned to stop worrying and love "Burn Notice"

 July 24, 2012

At one point I would have classified USA's "Burn Notice" as a guilty pleasure. It doesn't wax sentimental like "Mad Men"; it's no high-brow literature in action like "Downton Abbey"; its jokes don't skewer like Jon Stewart or Stephen...

Emmy noms: An embarrassment of riches

 July 19, 2012

How about those 2012 Emmy Award nominees? When you pore through this year’s list of celebrated shows and actors, one sees just how fabulous television can be. (Read: justification for all those hours on the couch!)

Please pass the Oreos

 June 28, 2012

Among the many ... strong ... reactions to Nabisco's support-via-Oreo of Gay Pride Month, one of my favorites was

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 June 26, 2012

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