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July 2007

Star Jones Bypassed

July 31, 2007

After playing coy for years and ticking off a roomful of reporters in July, Star Jones has finally copped to using a gastric bypass to lose weight. Find the story here.
For all her talk about hypocrisy and the like, she apparently didn't learn everything about being honest from her experience. Check out my friend Alan [...]

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Ingmar Bergman, R.I.P.

July 30, 2007

The acclaimed Swedish director has died. One report is here. …

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Tom Snyder, R.I.P.

July 30, 2007

Tom Snyder is leaning back in his heavenly chair, a cigarette in hand, a big laugh ready to explode when God finishes a funny story …

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Lawless Is Back, Sam Jones Redoes "Flash"

July 28, 2007

A couple of Sci Fi Channel announcements, after the jump …

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Fall Pilot Screenings?

July 27, 2007

Commenter Amy on my "Mad Men" post below has made a suggestion about some possible screenings of TV pilots later this year in Akron. I made a couple of comments of my own, but I thought I'd raise the question in a post. Anyone interested? Daytime or nighttime screenings? Would you be willing to come [...]

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Some Recent Links

July 27, 2007

My review of "The Simpsons Movie" is here.
A review of "Talk to Me" is here. More thoughts about Don Cheadle here, and a list of some of his movies worth seeing here.

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"Mad Men"

July 26, 2007

If you haven't caught up with this AMC show, please do so tonight …

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ABC Premiere Dates

July 26, 2007

I'm a day late with these (since time has been short and work has been long), but here goes, after the jump ..

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Embargos Don't Work

July 24, 2007

As I've noted, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was reviewed by at least two newspapers before it was in stores. Now the attempts to keep "The Simpsons Movie" protected have also failed. TVTattle.com found a British review.
(I haven't read the review, since I'll be seeing the movie myself today.)

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Drew Is "Right"

July 23, 2007

Cleveland's own Drew Carey is the next host of "The Price Is Right." No truth to talk that he's changing the name of the show to "Dirty Jokes and Prizes." Official announcement of the job and of Carey's announcement on Letterman, after the jump …

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"Saving Grace"

July 23, 2007

I wrote about the show, premiering tonight, in a previous post called "A Wedding and Three TV Shows." Looking back at those comments, I don't have a lot to add, so I'll just save you backtracking by posting them again after the jump. …

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"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon"

July 23, 2007

Before taking a break to read the last Harry Potter, I finally dug into this biography of the great Warren Zevon …

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The Miracle of Barbara Stanwyck

July 22, 2007

Richard Corliss's profile of John Travolta in the July 30 begins with Travolta talking about old Hollywood stars and his presenting an honorary Oscar to Barbara Stanwyck in 1982.
"If you'd met Stanwyck," he explains, "she would have crushed you with her ability to adore and adorn you, just like a Southern belle." …. "Oh, you [...]

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"Funky Winkerbean"

July 22, 2007

UPDATE: The problem is now corrected.
A small correction to what you may read online …

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The Days and Nights of Harry Potter, Part 3 (Still No Spoilers)

July 21, 2007

I'm done, and more or less content …

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The Days and Nights of Harry Potter, Part 2 (No Spoilers Included)

July 21, 2007

"They're sealed, just like the proficiency test!" a girl declared as a dolly loaded with boxes of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was rolled down a bookstore aisle. …

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More Love for Mr. Rogers

July 20, 2007

A couple of weeks ago I griped about Wall Street Journal columnist Jeff Zaslow's rip on Fred Rogers, blaming him for people' s sense of entitlement. In a follow-up, Zaslow has admitted some excess. That is:
Many readers appreciated the arguments. But others felt the column was unfair to target Mr. Rogers, who was such a [...]

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The Days and Nights of Harry Potter, Part 1 (No Spoilers Included)

July 20, 2007

In a little over 12 hours, people will start ripping through their new copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." My route to that moment began this morning …

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Harry Potter and the Cone of Silence

July 19, 2007

The New York Times ran a review of "Deathly Hallows" today. (So did the Baltimore Sun, according to Romenesko.) And, as someone who ranted below about being told to hold back information on "The Simpsons Movie," I suppose I should shrug off the Times' move as them pursuing the news, and never mind the spoilers. [...]

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Emmy Noms

July 19, 2007

List is here I expect to have more to say later, including about "Friday Night Lights" getting shafted … and what may be my happiest nomination of the day — for the Andy Samberg/Justin Timberlake "box" song on "Saturday Night Live," in the "outstanding original music and lyrics" category… Tell you what: Since I've been [...]

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