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June 2007

Slogging Through Harry Potter: The Movies

June 30, 2007

It was about 15 minutes into "Chamber of Secrets" that I decided I had had enough Potter onscreen for one day …

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Joel Siegel, R.I.P. (Updated)

June 29, 2007

The movie reviewer for ABC has died. The ABC news story is after the jump …
I'm adding a link to Roger Ebert's tribute, since Ebert knew Siegel and knows something about illness, too. Also, Ebert quotes a line from Siegel that, even when you're not fighting death, says something about how a critic operates in [...]

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Goodbye, "Studio 60"

June 29, 2007

Are we done? Please, please, tell me that's it. …

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"Transformers": Absurdity Triumphant

June 28, 2007

(Because studios get hinky about movies being reviewed too soon, this is not a review. More like notes from a viewing of what could well be the summer's biggest movie. To the notes, then:)
One of the smartest things about "Transformers" is that it knows that the basic idea is pretty ridiculous …

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"Rescue Me" Fallout (Updated)

June 28, 2007

If you haven't watched this week's episode, don't go to the jump. …

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Harry Potter: The Books

June 27, 2007

Only so many hours in the day, right? Some things have to be put off. For instance, I have never sat and watched "Titanic" from beginning to end. And, until recently, I had never read a Harry Potter book — a situation I rather aggressively remedied …

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TV's Platform Diving

June 27, 2007

I think that I have written before about the way watching TV has come to require watching TV. But the evidence keeps piling up, as in this announcement today:
ESPN, ABC and the National Basketball Association (NBA) will significantly expand their global relationship with ESPN’s most comprehensive digital rights package negotiated with any major professional sports [...]

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Molly Shannon Update

June 27, 2007

A new project for Lifetime, which sounds highly reminiscent of Michael Keaton's 1996 movie "Multiplicity." Details after the jump …

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Talking Mummys

June 27, 2007

Discovery Channel says it has found Hatshepsut, a female pharoah. (But shouldn't we be cautious? As B.B. King once said, "Nobody loves me but my mummy. And she may be jivin' too.")
Released details after the jump…

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You Think You're Funny?

June 26, 2007

Oxygen may want to exploit you…

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Blog

June 23, 2007

I am not, for the most part, very good at vacations …

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Harry Potter and the HeldenFiles Vacation

June 20, 2007

I've been on an extended break from the office, and have spent the bulk of it soaking up sun and going through the Harry Potter novels in order. (I'm a couple of hundred pages into the fifth at this point.) Will have a few notes later.
Small world, though. Here we are, on the coast of [...]

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"Rescue Me" and Me

June 13, 2007

Tommy Gavin and his guys are in a state of confusion. I know the feeling …

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More "Sopranos"

June 12, 2007

My friend Alan Sepinwall has a post-finale interview with David Chase; even if you've read excerpts, you can find the whole thing here

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"Knocked Up"

June 10, 2007

Strange as it may seem, considering what I do for a living, the bride and I went to a movie this afternoon. And one question immediately comes up: Why wasn't Linda Cardellini the female lead?

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Goodbye, "Sopranos"

June 10, 2007

I wrote a few notes for tomorrow's Beacon Journal, which I am posting after the jump …

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"Grey's Anatomy": Burke Out

June 8, 2007

The medical drama has decided not to renew the contract of Isaiah Washington, who caused a storm last season with his use of anti-gay slur …

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"Closer" News

June 7, 2007

During a break from compiling Paris Hilton news, I found this in the e-mail basket:
Emmy®-nominated actress Frances Sternhagen (Sex and the City) will return this season to TNT’s THE CLOSER as Brenda’s slightly overbearing mother, Willie Ray Johnson. And now we’ll meet Brenda’s dad, the tough, but charming Clay Johnson, played by Emmy-nominated actor [...]

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"Jericho" Picked Up

June 6, 2007

I've been skeptical about fan campaigns to save shows, but this one seems to have worked …

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"House": I Dare Ya …

June 6, 2007

Didn't get to the "House" season finale until the weekend …

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