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I voted early this year, and so all the money they're spending on those combative Presidential Election TV ads is being totally wasted on me.
For years, I reckoned that those who longed for the so-called Golden Age of Television were really just yearning for a less complicated time, when there were two or three broadcast networks, everybody watched the same shows, and life was, well, as simple as black and white.
It must have been the most surreal TV experience an entire nation ever had.
When you think about it, it was a little strange that a fresh-faced kid like Don McLean made his name singing the 20 th Century's ultimate nostalgia piece, "American Pie." Barely 26 when the record became a smash, he was an unlikely conduit for such an outpouring of yearning for the past.
There are two types of famous people: There are the Snookies and the Kardashians, whose fame is, perversely, the result of being famous. Then there are the Billy Crystals and the Paul Williamses, whose fame comes layered with affection, because of the ways they've touched our lives.
Billy Crystal confessed that he was left shaking after the thunderous audience response he got at tonight's preview screening of his new film Parental Guidance. Those shakes may well been the result of emotional overload, but it may also have had something to do with the sheer physical effect of…
We were already thrilled to be showing this year's most prominent movie for grownups - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - at our film festival this year, but 20th Century Fox did us a true solid by hosting a High British Tea reception before today's screening.
Greetings from New Orleans. I've just spent the evening strolling around the French Quarter, which for those of you who have never been is something of a cross between Downtown Disney and the Innermost Circle of Hell.But most importantly, this afternoon I was at the Louisiana Theatre at the New…
Phyllis Diller was 37 when she did her first comedy gig. But despite her late start, when Diller died on Aug. 20 at age 95, she'd nevertheless enjoyed one of the longest uninterrupted careers in show biz history.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to cable TV, The Discovery Channel is celebrating its 25 th annual Shark Week-seven days of programming that honors everybody's favorite oceangoing predator.