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Matthew Weiner Gives Hints About Tomorrow's Mad Men Season Finale
This will be us tomorrow night at 10.In a TV Guide interview, posted last night, creator Matthew Weiner mostly talks about his decision not to skip over JFK's assassination on his show (it would be "cowardly" and "a lie"), but the kind of rabid fan who's planning to host or attend a finale party tom …
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House Expected to Vote on Health Care Tonight
Can you feel the excitement in the air? Nancy Pelosi is confident that after a closed-door meeting with Obama this afternoon, the House will vote on the health care bill tonight. [TPM] Read more posts by Lindsay Robertson Filed Under: congress, health care, health carnage, nancy pelosi, the h …
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Ewan McGregor and Craig Ferguson Have a 15-minute Giggle Fit
Ewan McGregor was on Craig Ferguson last night to promote The Men Who Stare at Goats, and the two must know each other pretty well, because it was less an interview and more just two guys making each other laugh. Ewan gets into Craig's Purell stash, claims that his nudity in films is a feminist act, …
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Gwyneth Paltrow Will Play Nicole Kidman's Wife in The Danish Girl
Gwyneth Paltrow has replaced Charlize Theron in The Danish Girl, based on the true story of the first surgical transsexual, to be played by Nicole Kidman. [Variety] Read more posts by Lindsay Robertson Filed Under: casting, charlize theron, gwyneth paltrow, nicole kidman
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The Wanda Sykes Show Takes on SNL Tonight
Thank god for 2-at-a-time DVR taping: the long-awaited premiere of The Wanda Sykes Show happens tonight at 11. Hopefully, Taylor Swift won't steal Syke's thunder -- we're especially excited about the "Bill Maher-type of panel discussion," but with drinking. Wanda Sykes has a Show (Or so They Tell …
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Rihanna: The Full Diane Sawyer Interview
After a week of teases on GMA, ABC finally aired Diane Sawyer's full interview with Rihanna on 20/20 last night, and it actually lives up to the hype in terms of candor. Rihanna didn't deflect any of Sawyer's questions, even the tough ones, and comes across as someone who is doing this not as a publ …
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Week in Review: Eff Love
All of you who were hoping that Vulture hero Hugh Jackman would reprise his role as the dashing host of the Oscars were dealt a minor blow on Tuesday when it was announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are going to tag-team the duties (after Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey all turne …
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Broadway’s Spider-Man Lives! Also, Peter Parker Cast
Good news! Despite the various budget-related calamities that forced the production into hiatus and the release of actors from their contracts, the creative team behind Broadway's Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark just announced that the show will, in fact, open someday. In a press release, they say U2 …
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Mariah Carey Speaks Out on Her Precious Mustache
For Mariah Carey, the road to transforming herself into Ms.Weiss, an ally of the struggling protagonist in Precious, was hard and hairy. Very hairy. To judge by her recent comments to the press, the divas notable performance as the weary, Rayon-clad, makeup-free social worker is dominated in her mi …
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Collapse Director Chris Smith on His New Doc and the Impending Fall of Civilization
None of the were-totally-screwed documentaries weve seen over the past few years could've prepare us for the terrors unleashed on our minds in Chris Smiths riveting new documentary Collapse (out today). Basically a monologue by writer and thinker Michael Ruppert about the state of the planet and the …
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Maggie Siff on Or, and Being Don Draper’s Soul Mate
Maggie Siff caught our eye during the first season of Mad Men as Rachel Menken, the savvy department-store head who has an affair with Don but turns down his invitation to run away with him. Save for a brief appearance in season two, she's recently spent more time with the bikers of FX's new comedy …
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Community: Are You Sure You Don’t Want a Piece of That?
Until last week's episode of Community, we had sort of been on the fence about the newest addition to the Peacock's Thursday-night lineup. However, something magical happened during the Halloween episode and, for the first time since the show's debut, the characters finally seemed to leap off the wr …
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Mad Men: The Complete One-liners of Roger Sterling
With his philandering hampered by a recent marriage and his role at work made uncertain by his company's new British ownership, Mad Men's Roger Sterling has been sidelined from the narrative for most of the show's third season. To make up for it, though, Matthew Weiner has written John Slattery a hi …
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The One-liners of Mad Men’s Roger Sterling
With his philandering hampered by a recent marriage and his role at work made uncertain by his company's new British ownership, Mad Men's Roger Sterling has been sidelined from the narrative for most of the show's third season. To make up for it, though, Matthew Weiner has written John Slattery a hi …
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30 Rock Auditions for Middle-of-the-road Sitcom
Episode ones study in meta might as well have been study hall; episode three, sadly, doubled back to muse on red-state humor. Last nights episode number four promised more such high jinks (Audition Day outsiders, in other words, trying to get in). But we believe it may come to be seen as the mome …
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Oscar Futures: Precious Arrives — With a Backlash?
Every week between now and February 2, when the nominations are announced, movies and stars will help themselves or, sometimes, hurt themselves in the Oscar race. Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the blogs, and out-and-out guess when necessary to track who's up, who's do …
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Jemaine Clement on Why Flight of the Conchords Might End, and What Might Be Next
Earlier this week, Jemaine Clement broke the news that his folk-comedy duo, Flight of the Conchords, very likely might not return as a series. He and his elfin collaborator, Bret McKenzie, will make their final decision within the next month. Whats at stake? Family commitments, as it turns out. Bret …
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Sneak Preview: MoMA’s Tim Burton Retrospective
On November 22, the Museum of Modern Art will open Tim Burton, a retrospective for the man who, it goes without saying, has brought us some of the most fantastical movies of the last two decades, from Beetlejuice to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Rather than cobbling together a predictable slew …
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John Lithgow’s Nudity an Inspiration to All
"He walked in and dropped trou; not many people could have done that. He was a delight to work with. He inspired everyone to bring their A game." Dexter executive producer Sara Colleton on John Lithgow's first day on set [USAT] "It's amazing. It feels good. That Yankee hat is almost the New York …
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Grey’s Anatomy: Where the Magic Happens
Since everyone who operates together sleeps together, this week's episode appropriately opens on the beds of Callie and Arizona and Meredith and McDreamy. It's the middle of the night, and everyone's pagers are going off. Well, everyones except for Merediths, whom we only see briefly this episode, a …
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