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April 2008

"American Idol" Results

April 30, 2008

This is one of those incredibly rare nights when the question of who is getting voted off is far less interesting than other stuff — specifically, how they handle the Paula disaster from Tuesday night. Theories and speculation have flown all day — it's been blamed on bad notes, confusion re the dress rehearsal, [...]

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Into the Scripted: "Reaper," "Bones," "House"

April 30, 2008

Nice to see Lucy Davis again. Even better to see that she was still around at the end of the episode.
Trying to catch up on things I've missed. Am sampling the "Costas Now" town meeting, including the Bissinger rant/debate.(Good gosh, Braylon Edwards, what did you think you had walked into?) But here I'm going [...]

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"Dancing With the Stars" Notebook

April 30, 2008

Goodbye, Shannon and Derek. A Monday/Tuesday wrap-up after the jump.

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"American Idol" Tuesday: Top 5

April 29, 2008

Since, as I mentioned below, I've been at the movies, I'm going to do some speed-watching tonight. But notes such as they are, including Paula losing track of who had sung, after the jump.

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Tuesday Night at the Movies

April 29, 2008

(Associated Press/Paramount)
Tonight I put on my movie-guy hat and hit a preview of "Iron Man." Not going into a whole review here, but I've been psyched for this pretty much from the moment I saw the suit, and I generally enjoyed the movie. A solid three stars (out of four). Very good performance from Robert [...]

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TCM Plans Big Sinatra Tribute

April 29, 2008

Had to believe it's been 10 years since he passed. But the occasion is being marked in a variety of ways, from the DVD release of the Philip Casnoff-starring "Sinatra" miniseries (on May 13) to a multiplatform TCM celebration. Details of that after the jump.

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Tuesday Morning Notebook

April 29, 2008

Notes on "HIMYM" and on Miley Cyrus, after the jump.

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Fun With Technology

April 29, 2008

I spent about two hours last night trying to get online before I gave up, went upstairs and curled up into a ball of nothing-is-going-right. (The earlier part of the day had included wrangling with my prescription plan over whether it would pay for some medication. Still haven't sorted out that one.)
The two hours [...]

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It's Official: More Britney on "HIMYM," and Soon

April 28, 2008

Not wanting to miss a chance to up the ratings during sweeps, "How I Met Your Mother" has set another Britney Spears appearance for May 12. Here's the announcement:
Singer Britney Spears will return to HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to guest star in an episode to be broadcast Monday, May 12 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET) on [...]

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Weekend Catch-Up: "The Office," "Grey's," "30 Rock," "Lost," "Survivor," "Reaper"

April 28, 2008

As I said in this morning's post, I spent the weekend doing things other than blogging, including yard work and even a trip to the movies. ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall." I may have more to say about it, especially about the difference between a comedy and a drama with laughs, with "Marshall" feeling more like the [...]

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Good Monday Morning

April 28, 2008

It's raining here but that's bearable after a weekend of warm temps and a lot of sunshine. (I can still feel the latter on the back of my neck.) The bricks around the flower beds, many sent tumbling during the winter, are back in place. New bricks circle the arbor and the two young trees, [...]

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Frantic Friday

April 25, 2008

I'm in the cone of silence regarding almost everything on Thursday night. But I can point you to the last "American Idol" podcast, this time with musical accompaniment. Find it here. This may be the closest I ever get to being Howard Beale on camera.
Off-camera,. that's another story.
Speaking of "Idol," I sat in on a [...]

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"American Idol": Same As It Ever Was

April 24, 2008

(Update: Next week is the music of Neil Diamond.)

Every year there comes a point when the "American Idol" votes favor an undeserving contestant over better singers. You can trace the line from Nikki McKibbin to Sanjaya Malakar. And every year, when that happens, someone mutters about the show having turned into a popularity contest instead [...]

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Wednesday Night

April 23, 2008

I had a movie screening tonight so I have not yet watched the "American Idol" results. I know who is out, and am suitably appalled. But I'll save an extended rant until after I have watched the show.

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New "DWTS" Podcast

April 23, 2008

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"Law & Order": Farewell, Ed Green

April 23, 2008

"How do you do it?" detective Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) asks his boss, Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) on tonight's "Law & Order."
"One foot in front of the other, for 30 years." Van Buren replies.
While Merkerson's tenure on "L&O" has only been 15 years, that question and answer resonate tonight as Martin makes [...]

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"Dancing With the Stars" Results

April 22, 2008

In-progress notes after the jump. …

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"American Idol" Top 6

April 22, 2008

No matter how
the performances are
considered, Andrew
Lloyd Webber may be
the best "American Idol"
mentor ever.
Notes after the jump. …

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Al Wilson, R.I.P.

April 22, 2008

The singer famous for "Show and Tell" has reportedly died. Here's a video from "Soul Train" of another song, "Willoughby Brook."

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"Meerkat" Movie On TV on May 25

April 22, 2008

It's a prequel about Flower. Details after the jump,

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